Post by Iron Maiden on Sept 8, 2019 17:57:28 GMT
 | NIKKI NAKAJIMA "You wanna test my metal?" |
THE BASICS
| REAL NAME: | Reiko, Kanahara |
| CURRENT IDENTITY: | Nikki, Nakajima |
| HERO/VILLAIN/VIGILANTE ALIAS: | Iron Maiden |
| GROUP: | Vigilante |
| RANK: | C+ |
| BIRTHDAY + AGE: | March 25th / 20 |
| GENDER: | Female (she/her) |
| SEXUALITY: | Bisexual - Demiromantic |
| NATIONALITY: | 3/4 Japanese, 1/4 Italian |
| AFFILIATION: | - |
| POSITION/CLASS: | - |
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
| HEIGHT: | 173cm |
| WEIGHT: | 64kg |
| HAIR COLOR | Brunette/Silver (Quirk) |
| EYE COLOR: | Maroon/Silver (Quirk) |
| SKIN COLOR: | Medium-Fair/Silver (Quirk) |
| BLOOD TYPE: | B |
| CHARACTERISTICS: | - |
| FC NAME (SERIES): | Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII) |
A tall and robust young woman just on the cusp of adulthood, Nikki Nakajima is an attractive young woman with dark hair and striking eyes that are crimson in colour, giving her a somewhat exotic and mysterious appearance. The face of this fine femme more delicate than one might expect given how aggressive and confrontational she is in personality, she has slender features and large, vividly coloured eyes that are quite noticeable to others. Burning with a bright red colour as if her irises are made from the same materials as rubies, while at times they can look a duller brownish tone when the lighting isn’t good, the eyes of Miss Nakajima gleam with scarlet colour in good light and this tends to be especially apparent whenever she uses her fiery magic.
Hearty of complexions for the most part and gifted with a rather ample bust which she is quite proud of, one would note that her Italian heritage gives her a slightly more curvy and ‘thick’ build than your average Japanese girl, giving her a slight sense of stockiness to her appearance but not in an overly noticeable or unpleasant fashion. Gifted with a large bust and broad hips, perhaps some of her potential voluptuousness seems to have been diminished by the lean cut of musculature, and she has noticeable definition in her arms, legs, and pretty much across her body, with the woman’s stomach showing a high degree of flatness and tone that she often highlights with a nice show of her midriff.
The dark features of this dishy young woman only enhanced by the rich and lustrous colour of her hair, the long and at times scruffy looking locks of Miss Nakajima are only a shade or two away from being fully black, being a deep shade of brown in colour but easily mistaken for the colour of the night in dim conditions or when it gets wet. Letting the magnificent mane she possesses growing rather long indeed, when loose the tresses of this temptress reach her backside and she usually shows a limited degree of concern for restraining them, at best tying them in a loose ‘dolphin tail’ bunch behind her to keep her silky strands from her face when she’s busy. Keeping her fringe shorter than the rest, she styles her bangs to hang just long enough that they can obscure her eyes and favours a simple part to let her locks hang over here eye in a functional fashion.
In terms of personal style the choices that Nikki goes for actually more modest than the designs she wore as a teenager, while she prefers to maintain a revealing ‘bad girl’ image, the dark fighter enjoys a little function in her fashion. Certainly far too much of a tomboy to ever wear proper dresses with any degree of frequency away from a ‘club scene’ at least, she is fond of miniskirts so long as they have enough ‘give’ to not impede her motions, and enjoys tank tops and other items. Not a brightly dressing beauty by any stretch of the imagination and the favourite colour in the apparel of this feisty young woman the colour black, she tends to focus on this mostly with highlights in the form of white or rich tones of red or occasionally blue.
Fond of her physique and happy to flaunt it, Miss Nakajima likes to show off her impressive chest by wearing tight and revealing T-shirts, tank tops and crop tops, she also enjoys wearing rather scandalously short skirts and hot pants to highlight the fullness of her thighs. Sometimes mixing items like thigh high socks and arm guards into her usual repertoire if she feels the need, the girl likes large and chunky looking ‘rocker boots’, often in more striking colours to really emphasize when she does a high kick or something of the sort.
Activation of her quirk providing her with a noticeable change of her image, while the basic features of the femme remain the same aside from becoming a little sharper looking in places, the skin, hair and eyes of Nikki all turn silvery coloured like one would expect of steel, as if she has suddenly become a fully mobile statue of herself.
Hearty of complexions for the most part and gifted with a rather ample bust which she is quite proud of, one would note that her Italian heritage gives her a slightly more curvy and ‘thick’ build than your average Japanese girl, giving her a slight sense of stockiness to her appearance but not in an overly noticeable or unpleasant fashion. Gifted with a large bust and broad hips, perhaps some of her potential voluptuousness seems to have been diminished by the lean cut of musculature, and she has noticeable definition in her arms, legs, and pretty much across her body, with the woman’s stomach showing a high degree of flatness and tone that she often highlights with a nice show of her midriff.
The dark features of this dishy young woman only enhanced by the rich and lustrous colour of her hair, the long and at times scruffy looking locks of Miss Nakajima are only a shade or two away from being fully black, being a deep shade of brown in colour but easily mistaken for the colour of the night in dim conditions or when it gets wet. Letting the magnificent mane she possesses growing rather long indeed, when loose the tresses of this temptress reach her backside and she usually shows a limited degree of concern for restraining them, at best tying them in a loose ‘dolphin tail’ bunch behind her to keep her silky strands from her face when she’s busy. Keeping her fringe shorter than the rest, she styles her bangs to hang just long enough that they can obscure her eyes and favours a simple part to let her locks hang over here eye in a functional fashion.
In terms of personal style the choices that Nikki goes for actually more modest than the designs she wore as a teenager, while she prefers to maintain a revealing ‘bad girl’ image, the dark fighter enjoys a little function in her fashion. Certainly far too much of a tomboy to ever wear proper dresses with any degree of frequency away from a ‘club scene’ at least, she is fond of miniskirts so long as they have enough ‘give’ to not impede her motions, and enjoys tank tops and other items. Not a brightly dressing beauty by any stretch of the imagination and the favourite colour in the apparel of this feisty young woman the colour black, she tends to focus on this mostly with highlights in the form of white or rich tones of red or occasionally blue.
Fond of her physique and happy to flaunt it, Miss Nakajima likes to show off her impressive chest by wearing tight and revealing T-shirts, tank tops and crop tops, she also enjoys wearing rather scandalously short skirts and hot pants to highlight the fullness of her thighs. Sometimes mixing items like thigh high socks and arm guards into her usual repertoire if she feels the need, the girl likes large and chunky looking ‘rocker boots’, often in more striking colours to really emphasize when she does a high kick or something of the sort.
Activation of her quirk providing her with a noticeable change of her image, while the basic features of the femme remain the same aside from becoming a little sharper looking in places, the skin, hair and eyes of Nikki all turn silvery coloured like one would expect of steel, as if she has suddenly become a fully mobile statue of herself.
PERSONALITY
LIKES DrinkingAdrenaline Fights Leather Hotties Open Spaces | DISLIKES OrdersLimitations Tight Spaces Preachy People Frivolous Waste Buttercream |
| RUMOR/SECRET: | She spent many of her teen years as an member of a crime group. |
On her best days someone who is witty and courageous but on her worst a woman who is belligerent and volatile, Nikki Nakajima is the kind of soul who some might see as full of surprises, though others might fear for her hot-headedness and aggressive temperament. This overall seeming to contribute to a character who can be somewhat bombastic and at times unpredictable, this dark diva is a good friend to those who get close to her and a fierce enemy to those who make the mistake of crossing her.
Certainly not the sort that is afraid to make her thoughts or feelings known when she wants to, Nikki can be something of a loudmouth who likes to vent her emotions through slang and swear laden outbursts, and isn’t afraid to be blunt or frank in her opinions. Certainly lacking a little bit for manners given how rude she can be at times and even seeming to casually see no problem with breaking social conventions and even some laws as she goes about her business, this dark haired beauty is a somewhat bombastic soul that might seem somewhat simple at first glance, but is far more complicated than she seems.
Initially presenting the kind of image of a person who is impulsive and driven by her feelings more than anything, while this is certainly true about Miss Nakajima, it is far from the whole truth. Not quite as open about what she feels as she would have you believe or at the very least far more guarded about the more sensitive areas of her emotional spectrum, whilst aspects of her psyche such as excitement, anger or base desire are readily apparent, she can have a habit of hiding and bottling up her more complicated feelings.
A girl who prizes her independence and laden with no shortage of abandonment issues given the torrid affair that was her life growing up, while in a good mood Nikki can be engaging, friendly and flirtatious, she is rather terrified of committing to people on an emotional level. Guarding her need for intimacy quite carefully and taking some time to show any level real of trust in people, this jaded young woman rolls with the punches and throws a few of her own, feeling it’s better to put up a tough front than let people know how much things get to her. Lonely but unable to admit it to people because she would feel too vulnerable and ‘weak’ to ever ask for the attention and affection of other people, despite her fiery nature she can be somewhat reluctant to show much warmth toward people and tends to panic and get defensive if she feels she is becoming exposed.
In a good mood the type of person who can be playful if rather dry witted and even somewhat flirtatious with the right people, Nikki can take time to bond with people and even when she has done can be somewhat flippant, seeming to communicate more through bravado and banter than honest expressions of her feelings. The cheeky sort who expresses her fondness for people with teasing comments and somewhat masculine mannerisms, she would hope any ‘friend’ would see that the warmth she shows in these things conveys her affection far more than the potential offense in her words, and in her heart would hate to hurt the feelings of anyone she viewed as important in her life.
Certainly the cynical sort, Miss Nakajima tends to show a jaded and somewhat pragmatic attitude toward the situations she encounters, sometimes coming off as a little lacking for thoughtfulness in regard to the beliefs of others. A realist, she tends to favour material needs and concerns above lofty ideals, prioritizing things like income and stability over high minded ideals and dreams though in this regard has softened just a little bit.
Very firm in the beliefs she has in herself and rather assured of her own mind and abilities, she has learned long ago that idealism only gets a person so far and has somewhat of a ‘might is right’ kind of mentality, believing that only people strong enough to protect their ideas and interests are going to get anywhere. However, there are times when she does show just a hint of envy toward folk that have a more idealistic approach at life, sometimes regretting her own cynicism especially when she
Not quite as heartless as she might seem and occasionally moved by her sympathy and desire to be ‘better than she was’, while she still struggles with the ingrained impulses toward more deviant behaviour, Nikki tries to be a more positive figure than she knows she was in the past. Sentimentality creeping into her heart thanks to certain influences upon her across her life, there are times when this fiery femme can show kindness in somewhat begrudging and reluctant fashions, though part of her awkwardness stems from the fact that she doesn’t like seeming like a saviour or ‘meal ticket’ to others.
Truly sympathetic toward those who are suffering or have nothing to cling to since she too has felt that way at times in her life, while she isn’t the best at cheering folk like that up, Nikki is fiercely protective of such people and not the sort who can ignore these kind of problems in front of her. This seeming to loan her a charitable and somewhat honourable side, even when she worked as a criminal Miss Nakajima disliked and avoided taking things from people who were as bad as or worse off than she was, adopting something of a personal ‘code’ even while committing acts that broke the law.
Certainly not the sort that is afraid to make her thoughts or feelings known when she wants to, Nikki can be something of a loudmouth who likes to vent her emotions through slang and swear laden outbursts, and isn’t afraid to be blunt or frank in her opinions. Certainly lacking a little bit for manners given how rude she can be at times and even seeming to casually see no problem with breaking social conventions and even some laws as she goes about her business, this dark haired beauty is a somewhat bombastic soul that might seem somewhat simple at first glance, but is far more complicated than she seems.
Initially presenting the kind of image of a person who is impulsive and driven by her feelings more than anything, while this is certainly true about Miss Nakajima, it is far from the whole truth. Not quite as open about what she feels as she would have you believe or at the very least far more guarded about the more sensitive areas of her emotional spectrum, whilst aspects of her psyche such as excitement, anger or base desire are readily apparent, she can have a habit of hiding and bottling up her more complicated feelings.
A girl who prizes her independence and laden with no shortage of abandonment issues given the torrid affair that was her life growing up, while in a good mood Nikki can be engaging, friendly and flirtatious, she is rather terrified of committing to people on an emotional level. Guarding her need for intimacy quite carefully and taking some time to show any level real of trust in people, this jaded young woman rolls with the punches and throws a few of her own, feeling it’s better to put up a tough front than let people know how much things get to her. Lonely but unable to admit it to people because she would feel too vulnerable and ‘weak’ to ever ask for the attention and affection of other people, despite her fiery nature she can be somewhat reluctant to show much warmth toward people and tends to panic and get defensive if she feels she is becoming exposed.
In a good mood the type of person who can be playful if rather dry witted and even somewhat flirtatious with the right people, Nikki can take time to bond with people and even when she has done can be somewhat flippant, seeming to communicate more through bravado and banter than honest expressions of her feelings. The cheeky sort who expresses her fondness for people with teasing comments and somewhat masculine mannerisms, she would hope any ‘friend’ would see that the warmth she shows in these things conveys her affection far more than the potential offense in her words, and in her heart would hate to hurt the feelings of anyone she viewed as important in her life.
Certainly the cynical sort, Miss Nakajima tends to show a jaded and somewhat pragmatic attitude toward the situations she encounters, sometimes coming off as a little lacking for thoughtfulness in regard to the beliefs of others. A realist, she tends to favour material needs and concerns above lofty ideals, prioritizing things like income and stability over high minded ideals and dreams though in this regard has softened just a little bit.
Very firm in the beliefs she has in herself and rather assured of her own mind and abilities, she has learned long ago that idealism only gets a person so far and has somewhat of a ‘might is right’ kind of mentality, believing that only people strong enough to protect their ideas and interests are going to get anywhere. However, there are times when she does show just a hint of envy toward folk that have a more idealistic approach at life, sometimes regretting her own cynicism especially when she
Not quite as heartless as she might seem and occasionally moved by her sympathy and desire to be ‘better than she was’, while she still struggles with the ingrained impulses toward more deviant behaviour, Nikki tries to be a more positive figure than she knows she was in the past. Sentimentality creeping into her heart thanks to certain influences upon her across her life, there are times when this fiery femme can show kindness in somewhat begrudging and reluctant fashions, though part of her awkwardness stems from the fact that she doesn’t like seeming like a saviour or ‘meal ticket’ to others.
Truly sympathetic toward those who are suffering or have nothing to cling to since she too has felt that way at times in her life, while she isn’t the best at cheering folk like that up, Nikki is fiercely protective of such people and not the sort who can ignore these kind of problems in front of her. This seeming to loan her a charitable and somewhat honourable side, even when she worked as a criminal Miss Nakajima disliked and avoided taking things from people who were as bad as or worse off than she was, adopting something of a personal ‘code’ even while committing acts that broke the law.
BACKGROUND HISTORY
| PLACE OF BIRTH/HOMETOWN: | Nagoya |
| PARENTS: | Mia Kanehara Nee Marcello (Mother) Hideo Kanehara (Father) |
| SIBLINGS: | None |
| SIGNIFICANT OTHER: | Ain’t no one who can tame me. |
| OTHER: | Eiji Ishikawa (Mentor – Deceased) Rina Shimizu (Landlady) Kanna Kusanagi (Bash Buddy) |
A girl whose life began much like any other, Nikki Nakajima, or rather Reiko Kanahara as she was born, was the daughter to a Japanese father and a half-Italian mother, and for her young life was quite happy. The happiest she has ever been in her life, really.
Growing from a baby to a young girl, her quirk manifested at the age of three years old when she was mischievously trying to reach for something that had been placed out of her reach by her mother on a book case, and ended up pulling the whole thing down on her. Mia rushing in and horrified to see her baby girl buried underneath a piece of furniture, to her great relief she realized the girl had instinctively activated her quirk to protect herself and was shocked, but OK.
Heading to school as most children do, little Reiko was a somewhat precocious and energetic child who was daunted by almost nothing. Perhaps instilled with a sense of safety and security by her quirk, she was the type to climb up trees and hit the boys who pulled on her pig tails, and was on the whole something of a tomboyish little girl, but she was happy. Oh so happy. It was a shame that it wouldn’t last.
The blissful beginning of her life coming to a nasty end when Miss Kanahara was caught up in what she found out later was a villain attack in a mall when she was nine years old, she and her parents ended up in a shop as the building was ruined and collapsed on top of them. Reiko ‘lucky’ as she was distracted by a puppet show, she was a ways away from her parents and thanks to her quirk only suffered a few quirks and bruises as the structure buckled but her family wasn’t so fortunate and were killed as a result of the incident, shattering the life of the little girl.
Sent to live with her Japanese aunt and uncle after this had happened, even though they tried to understand and care for the girl to try and help her recover from things, Reiko never really seemed to heal fully after what had happened. Filled with anger, and this seeming to fuel her rebellious streak even more, she felt smothered by the attention of her foster parents and unable to properly channel and process her feelings.
This not all, she was also afflicted with an increasing sense of insecurity thanks to the fact that she was now effectively the ‘sister’ to her cousin, she couldn’t help see the happy relationship between this family and compare it to her own loss, feeling envious and inferior because of it. Miss Kanahara’s Aunt and Uncle certainly making the effort to make her feel included but deep down the girl never really feeling like she belonged here, all these factors seemed to frustrate her and drive her down an angry and defiant path because of it.
Seeming to want to stand out from her cousin and define herself differently the tomboyish streak that Miss Kanahara possessed only growing bigger because of this, and she ended up falling in with a bad crowd from school, no matter how much her family tried to prevent this. The duo despairing at her outrageous behaviour, by the age of fourteen she was already drinking alcohol and joyriding, and even broke into the bōsōzoku scene despite her age, while her cousin was a prep school ‘princess’ who she felt could do no wrong. A perfect contrast to herself, really.
Everything boiling down to a moment where her uncle slapped Reiko across the face in despair because of her behaviour and attitude, something inside her just snapped and she responded instinctively, hitting the man back hard enough that she knocked him out and left him looking quite hurt. This horrifying both the man himself and her aunt and cousin, not only did this lead to a great sense of guilt immediately but also terror for Miss Kanahara that she would be rejected and worse arrested or something, and so she fled her home immediately after because of this.
Choosing to live for and look out only for herself after this, while life as a homeless teenager was not an easy one, her tough attitude and desire to survive helped her in this. Acting like a petty criminal as she did so, Reiko would intimidate and rob down wealthy looking folks for money to survive at first, then got ‘in’ with a drug dealer who gave her a job moving his product and beating payments out of reluctant addicts.
Turning up at music venues and concerts and passing out all kinds of things, Reiko even got into the scene herself and while she was smart enough to not take anything too hard, developed a fondness for drinking and using recreational ‘supplements’ in her own time. This quite the disheartening period for her on the whole, while she did not feel wholly comfortable with what she was doing the girl felt like she had no choice if she needed to survive and live on, however she ended up finding ‘help’ out of this life from a rather unlikely source.
Perhaps her ‘boss’ at this time getting a little bit cocky and intruding into Yakuza territory as he tried to expand his business, Miss Kanahara ended up facing some thugs sent to shut down their operation for good, and surprised them by giving as good as they gave her. It taking more than a handful of goons from the crime gang that went after them to get the better of the foul mouthed girl who fought like a lioness, though she was eventually subdued and likely looking at being executed to make an example of their defiance, the boss of the gang seemed to decide to spare her instead which surprised Nikki.
Apparently the old man known as Eiji Ishikawa liking her grit and taking a shine to her despite the damage she had done, he offered her a choice between having his men finish the job or joining his group, as he felt she would be an asset to him. This something of an easy decision to make really, while part of Reiko wanted to deny him simply to be defiant perhaps some part of her wanted to ‘step up’ her game and get a better life, and she accepted the offer of the boss.
Given money and a roof over her head as a result of their deal as well as the promise from the big man she would face no repercussions for what had occurred Reiki started working at first as a low level enforcer for Eiji Ishikawa, though some were unhappy at having a ‘little girl’ as part of their gang her impressive quirk and unexpected experience in violence proved an asset to them, and gradually the girl started to earn respect and her place in the group.
Taken under the wing of the man in charge, the brassy and unassuming attitude of Miss Kanahara seemed to impress the gang boss and several of his habits and beliefs seemed to rub off on her. The Yakuza a complicated culture to understand, Eiji very much embraced their odd codes of chivalry and outlaw compassion, while he was far from the most law abiding citizen the man was regarded as a force for good by some. Always seeming to use his influence and the power of his gang to create a feeling of peace in across his turf, he was respected by civilians and villains alike, and most folk knew it was much better for everyone to keep him happy than risk his wrath.
The girl very much representing the side of his fury, she proved herself an able fighter in turf wars despite her young age, and began to steadily approve of his more peace-minded approach. Tempering her passion somewhat or at least directing it against useful sources all while showing a genuine affection and encouragement toward her, some might have seen him as a strange role model but his acceptance of the girl forged a bond between them that grew strong and some seemed to feel threatened by the ‘outsider’ the boss seemed to favour so much.
Discontent seeming to grow with some in the gang, the boss’s eldest son Daisuke seemed to be far more ambitious than his father was, and also somewhat impatient. Seeming to want to expand their operation rather than trying to maintain a status quo with limited prosperity, he conspired with another gang leader to have a meet go bad, and end in Eiji’s death. Everything going horribly wrong however and the foolish boy underestimating his supposed allies, not only was the boss killed but all too quickly the group he had allied with attacked the weakened group as a whole, with only a handful of their people seeming to survive the resulting turf war.
Reiko among these, her relatively low position in the group meant that she wasn’t targeted as heavily as some of her peers within the Ishikawa group, but she was left devastated much the same by what had happened. Once again faced by the death of someone she saw as a parent, unlike when she was a little girl the lass opted to do something about it, and led a single handed fightback against the enemy gang and most importantly its traitorous leader. Possessed by the spirit of revenge and embarking on a reckless challenge of them that almost led to her being killed, she unleashed her brutality like never before and drove her nemesis into hiding, spreading rumours of the ‘Raging Oni’ that punished the wicked in the neighbourhood. However, this was not enough for her.
Eventually chasing the man down to a safe house in Hokkaido and beating him nearly to death, Reiko has no idea why she never finished the job, but instead left him to be picked up by law enforcement and face the music for his crimes. Perhaps remember the lessons of temperance that Eiji had taught her or preferring the idea of making him live as the ‘broken thing’ that she had made him more than giving him the easy way out of death, the girl succeeded in her mission, but found herself rather lost in the aftermath.
Unsure of what she should do with her life after this, while she was tempted to return to her aunt and uncle in the hopes of seeking some form of forgiveness, she chickened out of the idea and set off as something of a lone wolf in the world. Managing to distance herself from her former crimes by getting a new identity, Reiko Kanahara became Nikki Nakajima and began a new life as a new woman.
Trying to stay away from her criminal past in order to not draw too much attention to her, initially she tried to take on more ‘normal’ jobs to make ends meet, but struggled with them. The options she had limited due to her incomplete education and faked backstory, she worked various jobs such as cleaning, driving a taxi and even in convenience stores but did not get along well with most. A bit too rough and rude in her attitude for service jobs, while working as a cleaning maid in a hotel seemed to work out best for her she felt no fulfilment from it and found her new life boring and frustrating for the most part.
Perhaps a big change coming when Nikki was nineteen, having moved into a dirt cheap apartment in a dicey neighbourhood, she found herself confronted with a lot of the old vices she had during her criminal life thanks to the fact that much of it had been taken over by a dealer and acted as his drug den, with creeps and addicts littering much of the lower floor and intimidating most who lived there. The old woman who owned the building having been bullied by the guy to the point of terror, perhaps because of the sense of honour and integrity that Eiji had fostered in her, something about the situation pissed Miss Nakajima off more than she expected it would and she opted to do something about it.
Breaking down the door of the dealer and giving him a very public beating to humiliate him and then throwing him out with the promise that if him or his clientele ever returned she would finish the job, while the act was pretty risky, it earned her respect and reward and also a sense of fulfilment that she had been missing for what felt like all her life. Many of the residents of the block warming to Nikki soon after this, she found herself being greeted with appreciative smiles and even personal thanks from a couple of families who lived there with young children, and found it nice. It had felt like a long time since people were genuinely pleased to see her.
The women that ran the housing complex so grateful that she slashed the already cheap rent to practically nothing, she seemed to want to keep this tough and complicated girl around and they even fostered a kind of mother-daughter bond after a while. Mrs Shimizu often popping every few days with some ‘leftovers’ she had made or other excuses to visit her, while at first Nikki was a reluctant and uncomfortable with having someone like this in her life, she slowly began to accept the persistent and well-meaning woman like a grandmother and has become increasingly protective of her.
Remembering the sense of justness and excitement she felt when cleaning the drug dealer out of course and craving that again, while she was reluctant to fall back into her old habits and work for criminals, Miss Nakajima sought to do a little more with her innate talents than clean hotel rooms and as such sought out opportunities as a kind of ‘friendly neighbourhood mercenary’. Getting into contact with an information broker she had found when she needed to track down her nemesis and attain a new identity for herself, the young woman managed to get word of something likened to a guardian angel system, where people with the stomach and talent for crime would put that to use on behalf of more innocent and deserving clients.
Taking on several jobs both paid and otherwise that helped her do a little good, Nikki helped girls with abusive exes get even and scared away stalkers for people, and even did a bit of bodyguard work for some people that needed it. It certainly not the most glamorous occupation but at the same time seeming to not only provide her with a ‘decent’ outlet for her more violent urges but also help her feel a bit more fulfilled with what she was doing, this work seemed to in turn lead to her gaining a reputation as an avenging force for good in her neighbourhood which she steadily embraced.
Taking on the role of a Vigilante largely because of how her perspective had changed thanks to Eiji and her experience, the ‘Iron Maiden’ began to use ability she has to fight against those who would prey on the weak and needy, and though her life is usually far from easy, Miss Nakajima has found an odd sense of peace and enjoyment in what she does. Able to put her belligerence to good use and defend and avenge those who might have fallen through the cracks of society, while she would be lying if she said that she didn’t enjoy the ability to misbehave in a constructive manner right now, Nikki is as happy as she can remember for a long time.
Gradually letting people like Mrs Shimizu into her life as a force of positivity for her, while she can still be crabby and crude at times the girl feels she has turned over a new leaf and is doing a lot better than she had ever since her parents died, and hopefully, is also in her own way doing them proud as well…
Certainly not perfect but at least feeling like she is getting a little bit better than she was, while she remains a sassy cynic the girl is happy enough creating a kind of justice that one cannot find within the confines of the law and opening her world just a little bit more than she has been accustomed to doing so for so long, things seem to be looking up and whatever life throws at her the girl has something like hope, or perhaps confidence might be closer to the mark, that she can handle it…
Growing from a baby to a young girl, her quirk manifested at the age of three years old when she was mischievously trying to reach for something that had been placed out of her reach by her mother on a book case, and ended up pulling the whole thing down on her. Mia rushing in and horrified to see her baby girl buried underneath a piece of furniture, to her great relief she realized the girl had instinctively activated her quirk to protect herself and was shocked, but OK.
Heading to school as most children do, little Reiko was a somewhat precocious and energetic child who was daunted by almost nothing. Perhaps instilled with a sense of safety and security by her quirk, she was the type to climb up trees and hit the boys who pulled on her pig tails, and was on the whole something of a tomboyish little girl, but she was happy. Oh so happy. It was a shame that it wouldn’t last.
The blissful beginning of her life coming to a nasty end when Miss Kanahara was caught up in what she found out later was a villain attack in a mall when she was nine years old, she and her parents ended up in a shop as the building was ruined and collapsed on top of them. Reiko ‘lucky’ as she was distracted by a puppet show, she was a ways away from her parents and thanks to her quirk only suffered a few quirks and bruises as the structure buckled but her family wasn’t so fortunate and were killed as a result of the incident, shattering the life of the little girl.
Sent to live with her Japanese aunt and uncle after this had happened, even though they tried to understand and care for the girl to try and help her recover from things, Reiko never really seemed to heal fully after what had happened. Filled with anger, and this seeming to fuel her rebellious streak even more, she felt smothered by the attention of her foster parents and unable to properly channel and process her feelings.
This not all, she was also afflicted with an increasing sense of insecurity thanks to the fact that she was now effectively the ‘sister’ to her cousin, she couldn’t help see the happy relationship between this family and compare it to her own loss, feeling envious and inferior because of it. Miss Kanahara’s Aunt and Uncle certainly making the effort to make her feel included but deep down the girl never really feeling like she belonged here, all these factors seemed to frustrate her and drive her down an angry and defiant path because of it.
Seeming to want to stand out from her cousin and define herself differently the tomboyish streak that Miss Kanahara possessed only growing bigger because of this, and she ended up falling in with a bad crowd from school, no matter how much her family tried to prevent this. The duo despairing at her outrageous behaviour, by the age of fourteen she was already drinking alcohol and joyriding, and even broke into the bōsōzoku scene despite her age, while her cousin was a prep school ‘princess’ who she felt could do no wrong. A perfect contrast to herself, really.
Everything boiling down to a moment where her uncle slapped Reiko across the face in despair because of her behaviour and attitude, something inside her just snapped and she responded instinctively, hitting the man back hard enough that she knocked him out and left him looking quite hurt. This horrifying both the man himself and her aunt and cousin, not only did this lead to a great sense of guilt immediately but also terror for Miss Kanahara that she would be rejected and worse arrested or something, and so she fled her home immediately after because of this.
Choosing to live for and look out only for herself after this, while life as a homeless teenager was not an easy one, her tough attitude and desire to survive helped her in this. Acting like a petty criminal as she did so, Reiko would intimidate and rob down wealthy looking folks for money to survive at first, then got ‘in’ with a drug dealer who gave her a job moving his product and beating payments out of reluctant addicts.
Turning up at music venues and concerts and passing out all kinds of things, Reiko even got into the scene herself and while she was smart enough to not take anything too hard, developed a fondness for drinking and using recreational ‘supplements’ in her own time. This quite the disheartening period for her on the whole, while she did not feel wholly comfortable with what she was doing the girl felt like she had no choice if she needed to survive and live on, however she ended up finding ‘help’ out of this life from a rather unlikely source.
Perhaps her ‘boss’ at this time getting a little bit cocky and intruding into Yakuza territory as he tried to expand his business, Miss Kanahara ended up facing some thugs sent to shut down their operation for good, and surprised them by giving as good as they gave her. It taking more than a handful of goons from the crime gang that went after them to get the better of the foul mouthed girl who fought like a lioness, though she was eventually subdued and likely looking at being executed to make an example of their defiance, the boss of the gang seemed to decide to spare her instead which surprised Nikki.
Apparently the old man known as Eiji Ishikawa liking her grit and taking a shine to her despite the damage she had done, he offered her a choice between having his men finish the job or joining his group, as he felt she would be an asset to him. This something of an easy decision to make really, while part of Reiko wanted to deny him simply to be defiant perhaps some part of her wanted to ‘step up’ her game and get a better life, and she accepted the offer of the boss.
Given money and a roof over her head as a result of their deal as well as the promise from the big man she would face no repercussions for what had occurred Reiki started working at first as a low level enforcer for Eiji Ishikawa, though some were unhappy at having a ‘little girl’ as part of their gang her impressive quirk and unexpected experience in violence proved an asset to them, and gradually the girl started to earn respect and her place in the group.
Taken under the wing of the man in charge, the brassy and unassuming attitude of Miss Kanahara seemed to impress the gang boss and several of his habits and beliefs seemed to rub off on her. The Yakuza a complicated culture to understand, Eiji very much embraced their odd codes of chivalry and outlaw compassion, while he was far from the most law abiding citizen the man was regarded as a force for good by some. Always seeming to use his influence and the power of his gang to create a feeling of peace in across his turf, he was respected by civilians and villains alike, and most folk knew it was much better for everyone to keep him happy than risk his wrath.
The girl very much representing the side of his fury, she proved herself an able fighter in turf wars despite her young age, and began to steadily approve of his more peace-minded approach. Tempering her passion somewhat or at least directing it against useful sources all while showing a genuine affection and encouragement toward her, some might have seen him as a strange role model but his acceptance of the girl forged a bond between them that grew strong and some seemed to feel threatened by the ‘outsider’ the boss seemed to favour so much.
Discontent seeming to grow with some in the gang, the boss’s eldest son Daisuke seemed to be far more ambitious than his father was, and also somewhat impatient. Seeming to want to expand their operation rather than trying to maintain a status quo with limited prosperity, he conspired with another gang leader to have a meet go bad, and end in Eiji’s death. Everything going horribly wrong however and the foolish boy underestimating his supposed allies, not only was the boss killed but all too quickly the group he had allied with attacked the weakened group as a whole, with only a handful of their people seeming to survive the resulting turf war.
Reiko among these, her relatively low position in the group meant that she wasn’t targeted as heavily as some of her peers within the Ishikawa group, but she was left devastated much the same by what had happened. Once again faced by the death of someone she saw as a parent, unlike when she was a little girl the lass opted to do something about it, and led a single handed fightback against the enemy gang and most importantly its traitorous leader. Possessed by the spirit of revenge and embarking on a reckless challenge of them that almost led to her being killed, she unleashed her brutality like never before and drove her nemesis into hiding, spreading rumours of the ‘Raging Oni’ that punished the wicked in the neighbourhood. However, this was not enough for her.
Eventually chasing the man down to a safe house in Hokkaido and beating him nearly to death, Reiko has no idea why she never finished the job, but instead left him to be picked up by law enforcement and face the music for his crimes. Perhaps remember the lessons of temperance that Eiji had taught her or preferring the idea of making him live as the ‘broken thing’ that she had made him more than giving him the easy way out of death, the girl succeeded in her mission, but found herself rather lost in the aftermath.
Unsure of what she should do with her life after this, while she was tempted to return to her aunt and uncle in the hopes of seeking some form of forgiveness, she chickened out of the idea and set off as something of a lone wolf in the world. Managing to distance herself from her former crimes by getting a new identity, Reiko Kanahara became Nikki Nakajima and began a new life as a new woman.
Trying to stay away from her criminal past in order to not draw too much attention to her, initially she tried to take on more ‘normal’ jobs to make ends meet, but struggled with them. The options she had limited due to her incomplete education and faked backstory, she worked various jobs such as cleaning, driving a taxi and even in convenience stores but did not get along well with most. A bit too rough and rude in her attitude for service jobs, while working as a cleaning maid in a hotel seemed to work out best for her she felt no fulfilment from it and found her new life boring and frustrating for the most part.
Perhaps a big change coming when Nikki was nineteen, having moved into a dirt cheap apartment in a dicey neighbourhood, she found herself confronted with a lot of the old vices she had during her criminal life thanks to the fact that much of it had been taken over by a dealer and acted as his drug den, with creeps and addicts littering much of the lower floor and intimidating most who lived there. The old woman who owned the building having been bullied by the guy to the point of terror, perhaps because of the sense of honour and integrity that Eiji had fostered in her, something about the situation pissed Miss Nakajima off more than she expected it would and she opted to do something about it.
Breaking down the door of the dealer and giving him a very public beating to humiliate him and then throwing him out with the promise that if him or his clientele ever returned she would finish the job, while the act was pretty risky, it earned her respect and reward and also a sense of fulfilment that she had been missing for what felt like all her life. Many of the residents of the block warming to Nikki soon after this, she found herself being greeted with appreciative smiles and even personal thanks from a couple of families who lived there with young children, and found it nice. It had felt like a long time since people were genuinely pleased to see her.
The women that ran the housing complex so grateful that she slashed the already cheap rent to practically nothing, she seemed to want to keep this tough and complicated girl around and they even fostered a kind of mother-daughter bond after a while. Mrs Shimizu often popping every few days with some ‘leftovers’ she had made or other excuses to visit her, while at first Nikki was a reluctant and uncomfortable with having someone like this in her life, she slowly began to accept the persistent and well-meaning woman like a grandmother and has become increasingly protective of her.
Remembering the sense of justness and excitement she felt when cleaning the drug dealer out of course and craving that again, while she was reluctant to fall back into her old habits and work for criminals, Miss Nakajima sought to do a little more with her innate talents than clean hotel rooms and as such sought out opportunities as a kind of ‘friendly neighbourhood mercenary’. Getting into contact with an information broker she had found when she needed to track down her nemesis and attain a new identity for herself, the young woman managed to get word of something likened to a guardian angel system, where people with the stomach and talent for crime would put that to use on behalf of more innocent and deserving clients.
Taking on several jobs both paid and otherwise that helped her do a little good, Nikki helped girls with abusive exes get even and scared away stalkers for people, and even did a bit of bodyguard work for some people that needed it. It certainly not the most glamorous occupation but at the same time seeming to not only provide her with a ‘decent’ outlet for her more violent urges but also help her feel a bit more fulfilled with what she was doing, this work seemed to in turn lead to her gaining a reputation as an avenging force for good in her neighbourhood which she steadily embraced.
Taking on the role of a Vigilante largely because of how her perspective had changed thanks to Eiji and her experience, the ‘Iron Maiden’ began to use ability she has to fight against those who would prey on the weak and needy, and though her life is usually far from easy, Miss Nakajima has found an odd sense of peace and enjoyment in what she does. Able to put her belligerence to good use and defend and avenge those who might have fallen through the cracks of society, while she would be lying if she said that she didn’t enjoy the ability to misbehave in a constructive manner right now, Nikki is as happy as she can remember for a long time.
Gradually letting people like Mrs Shimizu into her life as a force of positivity for her, while she can still be crabby and crude at times the girl feels she has turned over a new leaf and is doing a lot better than she had ever since her parents died, and hopefully, is also in her own way doing them proud as well…
Certainly not perfect but at least feeling like she is getting a little bit better than she was, while she remains a sassy cynic the girl is happy enough creating a kind of justice that one cannot find within the confines of the law and opening her world just a little bit more than she has been accustomed to doing so for so long, things seem to be looking up and whatever life throws at her the girl has something like hope, or perhaps confidence might be closer to the mark, that she can handle it…
THE ARMORY
Riot Gear
Sporting her own set of protective equipment when ‘on the job’, Reiko has gloves and boots that have steel reinforcement in the knuckles, toes and heels to protect her extremities without her quirk and add a little more ‘punch’ to her normal blows. She also has a set of carbon fibre guards for her forearms and elbows, which she tends to hide when out and about under the cover of a loose leather jacket or coat. They can stand up to something like a baseball bat or kitchen knife, but something like a sledgehammer or katana could break through the protection they offer.
‘Delicates’
Managing to get her hands on some flame and heat resistant material to protect her ‘modesty’ should she find herself in an inferno, this will protect her from the average flame and looks like a sports bra and bike short combo.
Smarter Phone
A gift from a hacker friend of hers, while Reiko is certainly no tech wizard she can use this to automatically patch into and hijack local wifi networks and the like to provide her with coverage wherever she needs (for free!), and is biometrically locked so that only she can access it.
Combat Knife
A standard military issue combat knife, which Reiko uses for intimidation value and more as a tool than a weapon on most occasions. She’s yet to master shaving her legs with it though.
Iron Tablets
Needing to keep her iron levels up, Reiko carries and uses these over the counter items compulsively, tending to crave them by this point in much the same way a smoker would cigarettes.
Earrings
A set of simple silver earrings that are shaped like an exaggerated teardrop, they have no functional use but Reiko wears them habitually due to being a keepsake of her parents, and would be devastated if she lost one or both.
Sporting her own set of protective equipment when ‘on the job’, Reiko has gloves and boots that have steel reinforcement in the knuckles, toes and heels to protect her extremities without her quirk and add a little more ‘punch’ to her normal blows. She also has a set of carbon fibre guards for her forearms and elbows, which she tends to hide when out and about under the cover of a loose leather jacket or coat. They can stand up to something like a baseball bat or kitchen knife, but something like a sledgehammer or katana could break through the protection they offer.
‘Delicates’
Managing to get her hands on some flame and heat resistant material to protect her ‘modesty’ should she find herself in an inferno, this will protect her from the average flame and looks like a sports bra and bike short combo.
Smarter Phone
A gift from a hacker friend of hers, while Reiko is certainly no tech wizard she can use this to automatically patch into and hijack local wifi networks and the like to provide her with coverage wherever she needs (for free!), and is biometrically locked so that only she can access it.
Combat Knife
A standard military issue combat knife, which Reiko uses for intimidation value and more as a tool than a weapon on most occasions. She’s yet to master shaving her legs with it though.
Iron Tablets
Needing to keep her iron levels up, Reiko carries and uses these over the counter items compulsively, tending to crave them by this point in much the same way a smoker would cigarettes.
Earrings
A set of simple silver earrings that are shaped like an exaggerated teardrop, they have no functional use but Reiko wears them habitually due to being a keepsake of her parents, and would be devastated if she lost one or both.
QUIRK & SKILLS
STEEL
TYPE: Transformation
RANK/LEVEL: C+
SUMMARY: Capable of transforming any and every part of her body so that it has the qualities of steel, Nikki retains full mobility while using this form despite the hard and study nature of the matter that she becomes, endowing her with a number of advantages.
Her body increasing in sturdiness because of the fact that it has become akin to steel, she can shrug off things like blows from most metal weapons with ease, receiving very little damage or pain if she is beaten with a baseball bat by the average person, and the average bullet will tend to only cause shallow surface wounds without achieving deep penetration into her body. No longer subject to the same thermal limitations of the average person, while Miss Nakajima can be immobilized by being encapsulated in a large piece of ice, she feels very little pain or discomfort from the cold, and while she still conducts heat and as such might be pained by high temperature she can walk through the average fire without being burned.
Seeming to also be endowed with a rather noticeable ‘power boost’ because of her quirk, while using her steel form Nikki becomes strong enough to lift about 1000kgs with ease and her physical blows can easily shatter stone and concrete due to the combination of strength and sturdiness and even dent or bend pieces of steel, as well as use her potent leg strength to jump about 15 meters high in the air. The steel ‘muscles’ she possesses also much more hard wearing, she can withstand working at her maximum for much longer usual without showing signs of strain or fatigue while using her quirk.
At her current level, Nikki can maintain her ‘steel form’ for about 4 posts, and must rest herself for an equal number of posts after use as a cooldown.
WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:Magnetism a powerful force to deploy against her, because of her ferromagnetic body powerful enough forces of magnetics can overpower her as she uses her quirk, and she can become ‘stuck’ to strong magnets while using her power.
Electricity something of a problem for Nikki, while her steel body means that she can channel forces of electricity through her form without harm, it is painful for her to do so and leaves her with a momentary sense of paralysis because of the magnetism that flows through her as part of it, lasting for a few seconds after taking an attack.
Strong levels of heat don’t burn her body and she can handle something like boiling water with only minor discomfort while transformed, but fire does cause her pain and her body begins to ‘soften’ when it reaches the melting point of steel (1370°C), leaving her more vulnerable to conventional harm.
Seemingly still affected by airborne drugs and toxins as she breathes while using her quirk, Nikki can still be affected by things like poisonous gas or inhaled sedatives.
Nikki’s body growing noticeably heavier when she uses her quirk, it will gain the equivalent weight of a similarly sized portion of steel, this can be problematic when she is in situations where she is supported by something that can’t handle this weight increase such as a weak ladder or walkway. It also means that she tends to sink in water like a hammer while transformed, though thanks to her increased strength she can still swim reasonably well.
Nikki’s quirk seems to be dependent on her innate iron levels, and consequently to maintain it at top condition she must consume a lot more iron than the average person, resulting in her seeming to eat iron supplements like candy. Overuse of her quirk seeming to rapidly diminish the levels of iron she has in her blood, if she pushes herself too hard she can risk the symptoms of anaemia such as fatigue, breathlessness, dizziness and even collapse.
RANK/LEVEL: C+
SUMMARY: Capable of transforming any and every part of her body so that it has the qualities of steel, Nikki retains full mobility while using this form despite the hard and study nature of the matter that she becomes, endowing her with a number of advantages.
Her body increasing in sturdiness because of the fact that it has become akin to steel, she can shrug off things like blows from most metal weapons with ease, receiving very little damage or pain if she is beaten with a baseball bat by the average person, and the average bullet will tend to only cause shallow surface wounds without achieving deep penetration into her body. No longer subject to the same thermal limitations of the average person, while Miss Nakajima can be immobilized by being encapsulated in a large piece of ice, she feels very little pain or discomfort from the cold, and while she still conducts heat and as such might be pained by high temperature she can walk through the average fire without being burned.
Seeming to also be endowed with a rather noticeable ‘power boost’ because of her quirk, while using her steel form Nikki becomes strong enough to lift about 1000kgs with ease and her physical blows can easily shatter stone and concrete due to the combination of strength and sturdiness and even dent or bend pieces of steel, as well as use her potent leg strength to jump about 15 meters high in the air. The steel ‘muscles’ she possesses also much more hard wearing, she can withstand working at her maximum for much longer usual without showing signs of strain or fatigue while using her quirk.
At her current level, Nikki can maintain her ‘steel form’ for about 4 posts, and must rest herself for an equal number of posts after use as a cooldown.
WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:Magnetism a powerful force to deploy against her, because of her ferromagnetic body powerful enough forces of magnetics can overpower her as she uses her quirk, and she can become ‘stuck’ to strong magnets while using her power.
Electricity something of a problem for Nikki, while her steel body means that she can channel forces of electricity through her form without harm, it is painful for her to do so and leaves her with a momentary sense of paralysis because of the magnetism that flows through her as part of it, lasting for a few seconds after taking an attack.
Strong levels of heat don’t burn her body and she can handle something like boiling water with only minor discomfort while transformed, but fire does cause her pain and her body begins to ‘soften’ when it reaches the melting point of steel (1370°C), leaving her more vulnerable to conventional harm.
Seemingly still affected by airborne drugs and toxins as she breathes while using her quirk, Nikki can still be affected by things like poisonous gas or inhaled sedatives.
Nikki’s body growing noticeably heavier when she uses her quirk, it will gain the equivalent weight of a similarly sized portion of steel, this can be problematic when she is in situations where she is supported by something that can’t handle this weight increase such as a weak ladder or walkway. It also means that she tends to sink in water like a hammer while transformed, though thanks to her increased strength she can still swim reasonably well.
Nikki’s quirk seems to be dependent on her innate iron levels, and consequently to maintain it at top condition she must consume a lot more iron than the average person, resulting in her seeming to eat iron supplements like candy. Overuse of her quirk seeming to rapidly diminish the levels of iron she has in her blood, if she pushes herself too hard she can risk the symptoms of anaemia such as fatigue, breathlessness, dizziness and even collapse.
FISTICUFFS
RANK/LEVEL: B
SUMMARY: A seasoned brawler, Nikki is a capable fighter without her quirk, excelling in punches and kicks but also having added a few ‘fancy’ martial arts moves to her repertoire in recent times based on schools like Brazillian Jujutsu, Aikido and wrestling.
Stamina
RANK/LEVEL: C+
SUMMARY: The energetic type, when she wants to be, Nikki has a high level of personal fitness and could pull off a military training march or long distance run with ease, as well as go a few nights without sleep and remain relatively ‘functional’.
Scrambling
RANK/LEVEL: D
SUMMARY: An active girl and gifted with a quirk that made falling less of an issue for her, Nikki has been practicing parkour and it is steadily paying off, she has developed decent climbing skill and a reasonable sense of balance, though she is hardly a cat burglar at this point and can be clumsy if she rushes.
Rider
RANK/LEVEL: C
SUMMARY: A former member of a bike gang, while she doesn’t hold what one might view as a legal license to ride motorcycles Nikki is a skilled rider of most form of bikes, though is rather ‘rusty’ by her own admission and far from race standard. She can also drive cars, but prefers bikes where she can.
JESSIE
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