- Cheol Akiyama -
Après avoir pris ses marques, Cheol s'est rendu à la cafétéria. En entrant, il regarda nerveusement, à la recherche de visages familiers. Son premier instinct était de chercher Kitty, qu'il pensait être le plus gentil des gens qu'il avait rencontrés et le plus facile à s'entendre, mais il ne pouvait pas la voir. Il a vu Alexis, mais...
Pour être honnête, il l'a trouvée un peu intimidante.
En outre, elle semblait converser avec une autre fille, et il ne voulait pas être grossier et interrompre leur conversation, alors au lieu de cela, il a décidé de simplement se procurer de la nourriture d'abord et ensuite s'inquiéter de l'endroit où s'asseoir. Il pourrait s'asseoir avec Paul s'il le trouvait. Après tout, ils étaient colocataires, et Paul semblait assez gentil, sinon un peu gardé.
Finalement, il a obtenu une assiette de nourriture, puis s'est arrêté, à la recherche d'une table pour s'asseoir.

- Vice-principale Nina Smith -
Alors que les élèves avaient été emmenés à la cafétéria par les autres enseignants, Nina avait passé un certain temps à nettoyer ses propres quartiers pour quand Deia avait besoin de dormir. Cependant, pendant ce temps, elle avait rencontré un petit problème...
Le rapport lui interdisait expressément de toujours retirer Deia de ses restrictions. Ça voulait dire qu'ils s'attendaient à ce que Deia dorme dans son fauteuil roulant? Ça n'a pas semblé particulièrement confortable. Est-ce que Deia avait déjà dormi dans un lit chaud? Qu'est-ce qu'on qualifie de sommeil pour Deia? Est-ce qu'elle a déjà eu ce luxe?
Nina maudite intérieurement et s'assit sur son propre lit, se sentant soudainement submergée. Elle aurait vraiment souhaité qu'on lui ait donné un avertissement avant que tout cela ne se produise. Elle ne se sentait pas prête.
Pendant qu'elle était assise là un moment, elle a noté quelque chose dans son coin de sa vision, et a tourné la tête à une photo placée sur sa table de chevet. Wistfully, elle l'a ramassé et l'a tenu à son visage. Il dépeint une plus jeune Nina, ou Marina comme elle avait été connue à l'époque. Elle souriait, un sourire plein et heureux. Dans ses bras, était un jeune garçon tout aussi heureux, qui lui ressemblait beaucoup. Mêmes cheveux rouges, mêmes yeux verts, même visage mince, même menton pointu.
Nina a trouvé une forme de sourire sur son propre visage, soudainement calmé en rappelant quelques lointains souvenirs. Puis elle a remplacé la photo sur la table et s'est levée. Ça va aller. Le pire est arrivé, elle pouvait demander à Deia ce qu'elle voulait.
Après un peu plus de nettoyage, Nina a fini par quitter sa chambre et est allée à la cafétéria. Elle a aperçu Deia, mais ne l'a pas approchée immédiatement, au lieu d'aller chercher de la nourriture pour la fille. Elle ne savait pas ce qu'elle aimait. Elle n'était même pas sûre si Deia se connaissait, donc elle a choisi la nourriture qu'elle trouvait la plus gentille, avant d'aller à Deia et de s'asseoir près d'elle.
-- Bonjour, Deia, dit Nina, joyeusement à la fille. "Comment allez-vous? J'espère que vous n'attendiez pas trop longtemps."
Real Name
Cheol Akiyama
Superhero Alias
Technically not a real alias, but his transformed persona seems to refer to himself as Yuugure
Gender
Male
Age
13
Power Set
Cheol has no powers on his own, but possesses a magical Tengu mask which, when he puts it on and says the words "Kaa kaa!", which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a crow makes, it turns him into a Karasu Tengu, a crow demon. He gains wings, which give him the ability to fly, and incredibly quickly at that, a very minor increase of strength, and enhanced senses. And while he can't telepathically communicate or talk to crows, they have a tendency to be attracted to him, and he has found a way to influence them into helping him sometimes in battle, though more as use of a distraction. He changes back to human form by saying his full name three times.
Other Skills:
- Has had two years of karate training.
Weaknesses
- Yuugure is somewhat of a 'glass cannon'. In exchanged for his flight and speed, he's got a light bone structure and is incredibly fragile. He'll bruise far easier than even a normal human while in Tengu form, and his bones are incredibly likely to break if given enough impact. And like any flying creature, strong winds or forces can push him back, even when he's not flying.
- As Yuugure, he can easily be carried away by his newly-found animal instincts, sometimes to the point that he may become feral, wild and even unable to speak. This usually passes in an hour, but sometimes he has to be pacified in some way before he can regain his senses. This usually happens when he's startled, incredibly enraged or, as he's technically a crow now, when he's around dead bodies or raw meat, as his hunger for the taste of carrion takes over.
- As mentioned previously, Yuugure is a bit of a daredevil and incredibly arrogant in his powers, and will often underestimate his opponents, which can cause him to get into a lot of trouble.
Appearance


Transformed (Note: This picture is not by me.)
Personality
Cheol seems to have two sides to him. In his everyday life, he's come across as a shy, polite and relatively friendly boy. He doesn't talk much and is rarely the first to start a conversation, but he's a good listener, and if you tell him something, he's likely to remember it. However, when around him, you will occasionally get this feeling that he's not entirely relaxed or comfortable. It's minor, but if you focus long enough, you'll start to see that that small, shy smile on his face looks just a tad forced. Because deep beneath Cheol's kindly exterior, there is a well of built-up anger, slowly collecting over the days and desperately desiring to get out. Sometimes it does. Sometimes Cheol's facade slips and the rage comes out, he looses control, but it usually only last a minute before he manages to pull it back, only to excuse himself from any people who may be watching.
The only time this anger is ever properly let out is when Cheol is fighting crime as Yuugure, in which he seems to become a completely different person. It is unknown if this is a side-effect of the mask's power, a separate personality within the ask or simply Cheol free to show his real nature, but he changes from quiet and polite to raging and reckless. He's much more at ease and may be a bit of a thrill-seeker, feeling more happy for a fight if he feels the odds are a little more against him. He's also mischievous, often taunting his foes as he flies above them and even might use similar taunts on his own allies, albeit with a lot less maliciousness.
Backstory
Born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, Cheol grew up in fairly well-off family. His father was Japanese and a policeman, who always taught him to stand by his morals, and his mother was Korean and a business woman, who always taught him to aim high and be ambitious. They were loving parents who perhaps spoiled their son a little and may have sheltered him somewhat from dangers of the world, but they did care for him, and Cheol cared for them in turn. However, they were almost always busy work, which meant Cheol often came home to an empty house, and was the main reason they never noticed that, once Cheol reached junior high-school, he was being bullied.
Accused of being very 'feminine' and a bit of teacher's pet, Cheol was often teased by the older boys at his school. This started off mildly, but became worse and worse as time went on, and Cheol became a little more withdrawn with each day, and cut himself off from any chances of friendship. He became bitter, angry, and unsure of what to do. Worst of all, he started... fantasising about things. About hurting his classmates and all the terrible things he could do to them, and this made him worried. It got so bad, he started feigning illness so he didn't have to go to school, but after the first three times, his parents stopped listening to his excuses.
Then, one day, when his tormentors followed him from school, cornered him in an alley way and stuffed him into large dumpster and slamming the lid on him, Cheol found something in the dumpster. It was a mask, like the ones you found in Japanese theatre, which had been formed into the likeness of a crow. Once he finally got out of the dumpster and headed home, taking the mask with him, he decided to put it on for laughs, running around the house, pretending to be a bird and wishing he could just fly away. However, when he said the words 'Kaa kaa!', the sound a crow makes, he ended up activating the mask's magic and turned himself into a Tengu. At first, he was reasonably freaked out, but then, after he had calmed, he started to think it was kind of cool, and started practicing, trying to learn how to fly. It took all evening, but eventually, he managed to fly, though it was by no means graceful. He flew high above the city for a long time, before realising he would have to change back, though had no idea how. He landed in a alley near his house and tried to pull the mask off... which was more like pulling at his own face as that was what his mask had become. He did this again and again, but to little avail. Just as he was about to get incredibly frustrated, a mysterious figure appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and told him that in order to change back, he had to say his name three times (surname first, by the way, as this is Japan). Cheol did as he was told and changed back. Relieved, he was about to thank the figure, only to find that he was gone. Confused, but too glad to ask questions, Cheol returned home.
After this, he started using the mask after school, once even using it to frighten his former bullies, who never bothered him again. He also used it to fight crime, as his father did and just like the superheroes in some of his comic books or like those he'd heard about that lived in America. He adopted the name 'Yuugure', meaning 'nightfall', as he felt it 'just sounded right'.
Recently, he has been invited to join the Herculean Academy for Superheroes and, after revealing to his parents the truth about the mask and the powers it gives him, they decided to let him attend, hoping it would keep him out of trouble.
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