Post by Mia Howitzer on Dec 22, 2013 1:51:06 GMT -5
Basics
Name: Mia Howitzer
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 16
Birthday: September 10
Grade: 11th
Powers:
Volatile constructs;; She can create explosive constructs in the form of bombs and other explosives. While she can control and manipulate the bombs she makes, she cannot control other bombs and any unexploded bombs of hers will need to be defused like any others. Her explosions are directly linked to her strength and more so her emotions; stronger emotions mean bigger blasts. She can generate bigger blasts with little energy by using accelerants; small blasts to something flammable and/or explosive and boom.
One major downside of her power is that she's vulnerable to her own blasts, meaning she can inadvertently injure and even kill herself if she's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Another limitation is that while she can light 'em up she can't control anything beyond that. Any side affects from the explosion, i.e. fire and debris, are completely random and out of her control. Her constructs are also non-discriminatory. While she can launch blasts in the direction she wants and control the fuse time to a point -she can only delay the explosion for 30 seconds- that's the extent of her control. Anything in the blast radius is fair game
Weapons Manipulation;; A subset of volatile constructs, Mia can summon weapons at any time. She can't summon guns or any automatic/mechanic weapons, instead relying on knives, swords, whips and the like. She can manipulate weapons, using them as shields or having them float in the air, able to use multiple ones at once. She is not anywhere near perfect using these, though she practices for hours at a time with her weapons, determined to get better.
Enhanced Durability;; Self explanatory, this allows Mia to take more damage than an average human, or at least take more before affects start to show. She can take more physical damage, both internally and externally, able to take falls from greater heights and able to withstand using her own power.
Member Group: Battle Front
Canon or not: Nope
Appearance: You'd never know she's a weapons girl. Of course, you wouldn't a lot of Ashford students are what they are, but with Mia...It's a little surprising. Standing at 5 foot even, she's petite and tiny, in all honesty. That's why it shocks people when she pulls a comparatively huge gun out of somewhere. Nevertheless, she's stronger than she looks, training with her weapons and just working out in general having toning her body and giving her the muscles that she's not afraid to use. Granted, compared to some she's pretty much a flyweight if that.
She's somewhat pale, though does have a little bit of a tan. Her hair is brown, and once long she's since chopped it all off. What? It annoyed her and she figured since she deals with weapons so much she'd rather not take the chance of it getting in her way. Her eyes are a vibrant lime green, bright and always with a spark of mischief.
Her normal outfit is usually composed of any combination of shorts and tank tops, goggles sometimes hanging around her neck just in case she uses some heavy firepower. Thanks to her enhanced durability she doesn't have many scars, the majority from before her powers manifested. Still, scars are there, mostly over her hands and knuckles from always getting into fights when she was younger.
Personality
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Overall Personality: Mia likes to say she graduated from the Shock-and-Awe School of Diplomacy, going for fights rather than discussions. The first to the fight and the last to leave it, she doesn't do backing down unless its the only choice left and someone she cares about is in immediate danger. Because of this Mia is seen as reckless and for good reason; she doesn't really care what happens to her as long as her friends, allies, and loved ones are safe. This isn't to say she just charges in without a strategy other than win -which is kinda true- but she has a knack for coming up with plans on the fly once she gets a feel for her opponent. Since she's small she can't really win using brute strength -at all unless her opponent is even smaller than her- so she uses a combination of what strength she has, smarts, and fighting dirty. Don't think she won't throw elbows and bite, because she will and will grin while doing it. She takes joy in beating people up, probably because their look of surprise when they realize she can actually fight, though has a rule to never beat someone up unless they deserve it.
She's a bit -okay a lot- AGRO, but she is also very affectionate; her friends can always count on getting hugged and loved on by her. She's very friendly and will go out of her way to make new friends and make anyone she sees feeling down or sad feel a little happier regardless if she already knows them or not. She's a joker, regularly making jokes and pulling pranks on everyone she knows. Nothing too bad mind you, she can usually get a laugh out of her target. She's sarcastic and clever, loving to banter with people and tease them. She sometimes hurts people feelings by doing this, some not getting her sense of humor and when this happens she feels horrible and will do anything to make up for it. Even promising not to tease them like again.
Despite her happy-go-lucky-I-can-kick-your-ass demeanor, Mia is actually very intelligent. When something interests her she will go out of her way to learn anything and everything about it, to the point where she's able to explain the intricacies of the subject on cue and repeat facts and quotes verbatim. Combat, war, and weapons are by far her favorite subjects and she could spend hours discussing strategies, specific battles, and this or that weapon. Get her going at you're own peril, though. Even though she'll notice your eyes glazing over in boredom she won't shut up she loves talking about them so much.
She is extremely protective of her friends, and turns into quite the bossy little thing when they get hurt or sick. She will drag them kicking and screaming to the doctor if she thinks they need it and will shove medicine down their throats if they refuse to take it. She sounds mean and harsh when she does this, but if you look closely you can tell she's worried, just hiding it behind surly, threatening words because she hates seeing them like that.
History
Family Members/guardians:
Beth Howitzer - mother
George Howitzer - father
History: Mia was born and Raised in Washington D.C., the daughter of military official an a baker. Her father was gone long hours, Mia sometimes going days without seeing him even though he worked in the city while her mother left for her own job after Mia went to school and was back before the final bell. Mia wasn't exactly a conventional little girl, preferring dinosaurs and bugs to dolls and tea parties. She was the tomboy, the loud one, the one who got into fights. When she first started school some tried to bully her for her size. They quickly learned that one does not bully Mia Howitzer lest one get a fist in the face.
When she was six her life changed for the better, though you wouldn't know it from the beginning. The exchange student Gunryo Tetsuya, whom she'd never really paid attention to due to his quietness and shyness, had dumped his food all over in the lunch line. She punched him the face, as was her usual course of action when something like this happened, and they ended up getting into a fight. Once the adults broke it up both were put into detention together and it wasn't long before Tetsuya explained what happened. Now knowing that it wasn't Tetsuya who was at fault, when they got let out in time for recess Mia beat up the one who tripped him in the first place. They both ended up getting sent back to detention together, where they became best friends.
For a year this went on, Mia getting into fights with Tetsu trying to break them up and usually ending up joining in with both spending about a third of their time in detention. She took Tetsu under her wing, assuming responsibility for him because he was a fragile kid and was a target for bullies, soon giving him the nickname "Turtle" because as they bonded she got him to come out of his shell, though pretty much only in detention.
Soon they met Justin Choi, or Dragon as they called him. Tetsu, or now Tai -the nickname Dragon came up with- met him first. Mia was out sick that day and seeing as his guard dog was gone, the bullies ganged up on Tai before Dragon stepped in, running them off somehow. The next day Tai introduced the two and the duo were now a trio; wreaking havoc with the boys trying to keep Mia from getting into too much trouble though she regularly employed them in her schemes.
However that all changed in middle school. All Mia knew was that something happened during the day both her and Dragon were home sick, something that caused Tai to go back to Japan. Her parents told her that he moved because of one reason or another, but she always doubted that. She hasn't heard from him again and to this day still sometimes worries about the sky kid who made detention fun. The double blow happened mere weeks later, Dragon having to move back to Korea. The trio was effectively split up forever it seemed. It was around this time that her powers manifested, Mia so distraught that when her mother tried to console she accidentally caused an explosion that set the house on fire. She had minor burns and some smoke inhalation but nothing major and neither did her parents, but the doctors requested that she stay in the hospital a few days as a precaution. It was during this time that her parents explained to her what caused the explosion. Turns out her paternal grandfather had it too. Her parents never told her because her grandfather had gotten cocky and arrogant with his powers, and when he was showing off to his friends he accidentally blew himself up along with two of those friends.
Her other powers were slower to manifest, but when they did her father turned even more paranoid, actively seeking out Ashford the same time they were looking for her. Safe to say she was on a plane before she could say goodbye.
Behind the Character
Name: Blitz
Chatango Name: Blitzy01
RP Experience: 6/7 years
How did you find us: RPG-D
RP Sample: See Carter
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