BLURB: Please note that his AU contains content warnings for suicide and abandonment, so if that bothers you, please keep it in mind.
Tooi is a Meta-human with some Kappa Physiology elements! Specifically:
• Webbed hands and feet! The feet are hidden well enough by shoes/socks, but the hands he usually keeps hidden by gloves unless he's alone at home. Something to note, though - the webbing on his hands has significant scarring. The nails on his hands also grow rather clawlike, so he has to cut and file them down regularly in order to pass.
• Breathing underwater!
• Enhanced endurance and strength!
Tooi's past is not a particularly happy one. Growing up in the 22nd Century's equivalent of Tokyo, much like his canon counterpart Tooi had a normal childhood with his parents and older brother Chikai in their family-run soba shop...up until he started manifesting the physical aspects of his Meta-human abilities. His parents, absolutely shocked and afraid, sought whatever medical procedure they could afford for their youngest son, and several that they couldn't afford, to get rid of the webbing in his hands (hence the scarring). This sent them into a hole of debt which they could not emerge from, and under the intense pressure to pay up and the failure of not being able to provide their youngest son with a normal life, they end up committing suicide when Tooi is 10yrs old.
Being fully aware of his burden on his parents, Tooi feels completely responsible for this - and then responsible for his brother, Chikai, leaving the family home and never returning. Tooi automatically assumed his brother just up and abandoned him out of disgust. So what does a kid who feels like he's ruined the lives of his only family do? That kid runs the hell away from home. Far, far, far away from home. Tooi stowed away on ships and hitched rides on trucks to get all the way to New Gate City, clawing his way through the seedy underbelly of society. Through hiding from authorities on his journey, he learned of his water breathing and enhanced strength and endurance, which he keeps on the down-low. It is from this experience that he has emerged into the city shockingly hardened, somewhat self-loathing of his own status as a Meta-human yet doggedly determined to survive in whatever way possible, if only out of spite to a world that took everything from him.
Other little things I wanted to incorporate into his AU: he lives in Last Ward, working legally in the Market Ward as a busboy in a hole-in-the-wall noodle restaurant and illegally as a small-time drug dealer. (Hey, you have to make those inflated rents for your shitty studio apartment somehow.) As odd as it is for a 14yr old to be so serious and keep a distance from anything childish, he does have a fondness for soccer and privately keeps track of his favorite teams. He's under no illusion he'll ever get to play professionally, but it's a dream he keeps very close to his chest.
LOOKING FOR:
• Fellow societal urchin/troublemakers! Preferably teens he can make a weird...rivalry and/or alliance with? It's hard to really get through to him to be actual friends, but he'll work with a group of he has to.
• Adults or teens who will absolutely meddle in his shitty life and drag him kicking and screaming into decency. I can't say it will work, but playing out the struggle to bring this kid properly to a better life would be a lot of fun.
• Fellow Last Ward neighbors who might want to almost-adopt a tiny delinquent!
• Uuuuuh does anyone want an underage dealer for dime bags of recreational drugs? He doesn't carry anything hard, just the 22nd Century equivalent of weed.
I would also love feedback on this AU idea - I'm sticking as close to canon for his backstory as I can in order to build off of it, but if it's something people feel like is too uncomfortable for the game I can change it or scale things back. Lmk please!
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I'd love to see potential canonmates in either Kazuki or Enta, to build a connection through the AU setting and see how that works. Wouldn't mind seeing his older brother Chikai as well - I tried to leave his role fairly ambiguous but if there's anything you might want to change or add if you think of bringing him in, again, let me know.
Also, please, feedback is super appreciated and welcome!
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CHARACTER: Tooi Kuji
CANON: Sarazanmai
AU NAME: n/a
AU AGE: 14
BLURB: Please note that his AU contains content warnings for suicide and abandonment, so if that bothers you, please keep it in mind.
Tooi is a Meta-human with some Kappa Physiology elements! Specifically:
• Webbed hands and feet! The feet are hidden well enough by shoes/socks, but the hands he usually keeps hidden by gloves unless he's alone at home. Something to note, though - the webbing on his hands has significant scarring. The nails on his hands also grow rather clawlike, so he has to cut and file them down regularly in order to pass.
• Breathing underwater!
• Enhanced endurance and strength!
Tooi's past is not a particularly happy one. Growing up in the 22nd Century's equivalent of Tokyo, much like his canon counterpart Tooi had a normal childhood with his parents and older brother Chikai in their family-run soba shop...up until he started manifesting the physical aspects of his Meta-human abilities. His parents, absolutely shocked and afraid, sought whatever medical procedure they could afford for their youngest son, and several that they couldn't afford, to get rid of the webbing in his hands (hence the scarring). This sent them into a hole of debt which they could not emerge from, and under the intense pressure to pay up and the failure of not being able to provide their youngest son with a normal life, they end up committing suicide when Tooi is 10yrs old.
Being fully aware of his burden on his parents, Tooi feels completely responsible for this - and then responsible for his brother, Chikai, leaving the family home and never returning. Tooi automatically assumed his brother just up and abandoned him out of disgust. So what does a kid who feels like he's ruined the lives of his only family do? That kid runs the hell away from home. Far, far, far away from home. Tooi stowed away on ships and hitched rides on trucks to get all the way to New Gate City, clawing his way through the seedy underbelly of society. Through hiding from authorities on his journey, he learned of his water breathing and enhanced strength and endurance, which he keeps on the down-low. It is from this experience that he has emerged into the city shockingly hardened, somewhat self-loathing of his own status as a Meta-human yet doggedly determined to survive in whatever way possible, if only out of spite to a world that took everything from him.
Other little things I wanted to incorporate into his AU: he lives in Last Ward, working legally in the Market Ward as a busboy in a hole-in-the-wall noodle restaurant and illegally as a small-time drug dealer. (Hey, you have to make those inflated rents for your shitty studio apartment somehow.) As odd as it is for a 14yr old to be so serious and keep a distance from anything childish, he does have a fondness for soccer and privately keeps track of his favorite teams. He's under no illusion he'll ever get to play professionally, but it's a dream he keeps very close to his chest.
LOOKING FOR:
• Fellow societal urchin/troublemakers! Preferably teens he can make a weird...rivalry and/or alliance with? It's hard to really get through to him to be actual friends, but he'll work with a group of he has to.
• Adults or teens who will absolutely meddle in his shitty life and drag him kicking and screaming into decency. I can't say it will work, but playing out the struggle to bring this kid properly to a better life would be a lot of fun.
• Fellow Last Ward neighbors who might want to almost-adopt a tiny delinquent!
• Uuuuuh does anyone want an underage dealer for dime bags of recreational drugs? He doesn't carry anything hard, just the 22nd Century equivalent of weed.
I would also love feedback on this AU idea - I'm sticking as close to canon for his backstory as I can in order to build off of it, but if it's something people feel like is too uncomfortable for the game I can change it or scale things back. Lmk please!
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I'd love to see potential canonmates in either Kazuki or Enta, to build a connection through the AU setting and see how that works. Wouldn't mind seeing his older brother Chikai as well - I tried to leave his role fairly ambiguous but if there's anything you might want to change or add if you think of bringing him in, again, let me know.
Also, please, feedback is super appreciated and welcome!