Tada Suzu (Candella) [Student]

THE BASICS

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Tada is a young man of below average height with pale skin and exactly one defining characteristic: his prongs. Poking out from the edge of his forehead are two, sometimes lengthy horns that resemble the antlers found on a deer. Throughout the week, these horns tend to shrink, and tend to flake if Tada isn't feeling well.

Lithe and lean, Tada's not much to look at. A little ghostlier than most, he doesn't appear to be much of a hero candidate.

Always found wearing a pair of white gloves (black during training), Tada's fashion sense varies. When not on duty or in class, he's generally found in a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. When representing his family in public, he tends to wear flame-resistant business attire.

Toward the end of the week, Tada generally appears more washed out than normal. His horns will often appear smaller on a Sunday than on a Monday.

PERSONALITY

Tada is a fiery boy with an equally fiery personality. At the start of the week, he's too loud for his own good. At the end of the week, he's usually too drained to say much. Ever helpful to his friends, Tada has one major problem that he really can't get over...

Literally everyone is always looking down on him.

Tada has a problem appearing weak in front of friends and family, and often tries to go outside of his limits in order to defy the chip engraved in his shoulder. He's almost always acting out of spite or human kindness, with little to no in-between. While he can sometimes be a downer at the end of the week, it's simple enough to get him motivated by tapping into his innate need to help others or prove himself.

Burdened by the expectations put on him by his pro-hero parents, Tada tries to go Plus Ultra a little too much and really doesn't understand that he can't do everything. Thankfully, he's easily distracted and it isn't hard to derail him.

The only problem with that is that he's not very quick on his feet. Tada's the kind of guy to rush headfirst into danger with no plan when he feels challenged, and the type of guy to bluff an attacker when he's cornered. He's seen way too many action movies for his own good and will quote them literally all the time.

Ask him about the Lethal Menagerie series and he could write you an essay made out of movie quotes.

Ask about his horns and he'll probably stare at you like a deer in the headlights. 

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Corel City's not a big place. With a population of just over fifty thousand, it's not exactly a hotbed for hero activity... or for criminal activity, for that matter. Still, the Suzu Hero Family (and their eponymous hero agency) makes due where they can. Nana Suzu and her husband Harada (Wick & Basket respectively) are undoubtedly pro heroes, and their son was always going to follow in their footsteps.

At birth, Tada's only visible mutations were a pair of very annoying horns that he seemed to catch on literally everything around the house. For the first few years of his life, that was it: all he'd inherited from his parents seemed to be an unusual deformity. Considering the underwhelming quirk of his father (limited pyrokinesis based on existing flame) and his mother's own niche quirk (the ability to manipulate specially treated wicker), this wasn't very shocking.

What was more shocking was when he accidentally set them on fire during his fifth birthday party and activated the actual power of his quirk: pyrokinetic augmentation.

Panicking as soon as his horns caught fire, the young Tada ran about the house with the speed of a bat out of hell. He tore through five or six walls and set the neighbor's house on fire when he, burned to about half-wick, caught on fire too.

It took the entirety of the local fire department to put him out, and caused his parents a lot of trouble.

Despite this normally massive setback, his parents were proud. Tada took the acquisition of his quirk in stride, and no one was more stoked than him to discover that his horns would grow back to their normal size within seven days of being burnt down.

Though Tada's parents didn't seem to care whether or not he followed in their footsteps, they were content enough with his ambition to encourage his dream. Tada set his sights initially on Shiketsu High School, but balked away when he learned about the school's legendarily strict reputation.

So, instead, he applied for the (admittedly more prestigious) program at U.A., where he hoped to hone his skills as a hero and figure out how to use his quirk without burning down half a city block at a time.

THE ARMORY

Flintlighter: Tada's hero suit is comprised of a red and white jumpsuit with an insulated collar around the neck. The material is thick and flame retardant, useful for friction-heavy collisions and those awkward moments where he accidentally sets himself on fire (yikes).

The suit's material is easily punctured, but is made not to tear easily when coming into contact with things like debris and broken metal. It would do nothing to absorb the shrapnel from buckshot, for example, but it won't tear when moving through urban rubble.

When coming up against blunt force, it would disperse the shock from a long fall (ten meters or so), but would not lessen the impact of a hand-to-hand strike or the damage from a weapon.

As with a fireman's suit, Tada's Flintlighter suit can shield him from external temperatures as hot as 300F, but will falter against concentrated flames, and does little to regulate his own metabolic heat. 

Utility Lighter: Tada's suit has a pocket on the left leg for him to contain a lighter-like device with. The device is an electric candle lighter that allows him to ignite his horns. Due to design constraints, it can only be used three times per thread.

48 Herbs & Spices: Tada's suit has a second pocket on the right leg that he's placed a few specific oils in. These oils allow him to use his quirk in the rain, and are generally hydrophobic. They're easily overwhelmed by excess amounts of water, though, and wash away if submerged completely in any water source.

QUIRK & SKILLS

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WICKBURN

TYPE: Mutation
RANK/LEVEL: D+
SUMMARY:
Wickburn's most obvious manifestation takes the form of the antlers poking through Tada's hair. Packed with an unknown natural fuel, Tada's antlers spread energy throughout his body when ignited, allowing him to tap into a reservoir of fire-like power that his body replenishes at the end of the week (seven days after activation).

While ignited, Tada's "wicks" grant him access to enhanced strength, speed, and agility... as well as very limited pyrokinesis that he can use to augment his physical strength and speed.

In literal terms, Tada's augmentation enhances his strength to about double the level of a normal human being. Obviously, this is only useful if he trains regularly. By activating his "afterburners," he can augment his strength to let him punch easily through wood and dent simple metals (iron, copper, etc) for one post at a time.

More impressive, his speed is intensely amplified while burning out, and he can augment that existing amplification by turning on the "afterburners" to kill more of his fuel at once. Using the "afterburners" in any way reduces the duration he can utilize his quirk for by one post per use.    

On average, Tada can make use of his quirk to burn off at speeds of 30mph, but can use a "burst" to elevate to 50mph for one post. He can also use his quirk to bound around in tight spaces, provided he can find his footing.

Regarding his pyrokinesis, Tada can only control one source of fire: the source that's currently burning through his "wicks." He can choose to extinguish it or burn through it faster, enhancing his strength and speed at the sacrifice of fuel.

Tada can make use of his quirk for seven posts per thread, with his horns burning down to the root after the seventh post.


WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:

Wickburn has a limited and very visible fuel source. When Tada burns through his entire fuel source for the week, he cannot use his quirk at all and his antlers are burnt to two, ashblack pockmarks on his forehead.

Due to the fact that his flames need to be ignited by something that isn't him to begin burning, he also faces uselessness when underwater or fighting in heavy rain.

Quirk counters to Tada's quirk exist in the form of water quirks, cold quirks that prevent him from lighting his horns, or wind quirks that can put his flames out.

Natural counters include inclement weather, underwater environments, and open terrain that doesn't let him make use of his agility.

In order to maintain optimal fuel, Tada must avoid eating too much junkfood. Sugar will dilute his fuel source, meaning he eats a primarily ketogenic diet. When Tada eats outside of his diet, his horns will begin to flake, as the chemicals that maintain them will begin to break down.

RANK/LEVEL: D+
SUMMARY:
Tada has been trained by his parents in the art of self-defense, and has a limited knowledge of Shito-Ryu Karate and Jeet Kune Do. Most of his fighting style is, at the moment, improvisation using the two conflicting principles of those combat styles, and he hasn't had much experience honing them in real combat. In terms of actual proficiency, Tada is a green belt in karate, and a yellow belt in JKD. Against any expert of either style and without the use of his quirk, he'd be outclassed.

Thankfully, his augmented speed and strength while "burning" make him a much more formidable threat when in combat.

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