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      Besides picking up the name signs for their foster dads, one of the first signs that Miyoko learned and picked up were the sign(s) for “I’m scared”.

While it sounds rather upsetting, it was actually a good thing and a relief for Miyoko as the Fukuharas wanted them to be able to convey that they were uncomfortable in an environment at any given time–something they had not been allowed to do ever before.

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Miyoko | A Name

未…代…子.                 ❝ Mi…yo…ko. ❞

    Not many people used their given name after they were seperated from their father. It was always Itō-san or Itō-kun. To the doctors that cared for them, to most of the caretakers (Morisaki being the rare exception) and even to the other children, who were already so used to the caretakers doing it. It wasn’t like anyone was close enough to Miyoko to really warrant changing things up.  

They hated their family name. Hated being connected to their father. 

  But worse–they grew terrified that they would forget their name. Before they completely lost their hearing, they had a habit of repeating it, over and over again. Just to hear it. Then they turned to writing it. The journals filled with the characters of their name again and again only garnered more unwanted attention from their bullies but it didn’t stop them.

    Once in awhile, they feel compelled to resume their old mantra and            you can catch them mouthing their name in a slow, drawn out fashion. It just calms them for some reason.

With this they still much prefer going by Miyoko or their hero name, Relay, in public and often many do not even know their surname.

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Miyoko makes it a habit to visit various Child Institutions as often as they can, especially during the holidays. They believe the children deserve to see a Pro Hero that has their back and they often donate much of their salary to the homes as well.  

They still believe the system failed them and their fellow orphans and they’re very outspoken in the need for changes, even when no one wants to listen. 

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a few headcanons about school and Miyoko

Miyoko went to a normal school, despite living at the Children’s Home. 

It took many years before anyone managed to get them the resources that they needed there however and they fell behind quite a lot. They had to do a lot of extra work in junior high to catch up before they went to Hero School.

While they didn’t ever really “run away” since the Home was the only place that fed and housed them, Miyoko often hid at the school or stopped for several hours on their walk home to avoid going back. This often angered the caretakers that had to collect them, particularly because the child wouldn’t get their nightly chores done on time. 

Miyoko’s homeroom teacher held a grudge against them and made their school life difficult. 

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Miyoko | Scarring

    Miyoko’s body is heavily scarred.

Ichiro Ito clasped his hands over a panicked Miyo’s ears to try and force them into observing his attack. His close proximity to Miyoko left the child with radiation burns from their ears down their neck, back and arms. 

     Doctors could only do so much for them at such a young age and the damage eventually led to their hearing loss and left scars across much of their neck and upper back plus a few sparse locations on their arms. 

    As a child, they took to wearing make-shift bandages and scarves to hide the scars and though it bothers them less as they’ve gotten older, they’ve just gotten used to the aesthetic. 

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Miyoko | Licensing Exam

The first part of the exam was the roughest for them. They weren’t close with their classmates and they had yet to really perfect any offensive tactics, even by the time they went to the exam. So when Miyo outright balked at ganging up on the UA class, their school abandoned them, going so far as to attack them as well. Inevitably, however, UA students saw this and ended up grouping up with them and ensured they completed the first stage. 

The second stage–rescue–was Miyoko’s time to flourish. Though they initially had points deducted when a HUC member assumed they were purposefully ignoring them, they earned the points back for calming their charges despite everything. And they passed with flying colors.

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Miyoko | Mental State/PTSD

Despite years of trying to put it behind them - the trauma from their childhood still sits with them and it shows in several different characteristics you will run into with them.

First and foremost is how Miyoko puts on a bubbly, open façade to the public and most everyone they interact with. But they actually have a pretty terrible self image and bad imposter syndrome. They never feel like anything they do will be good enough to prove their worth. And if you watch closely, you can see it take its toll on them, particularly when a mission goes awry. Due to this they have an incredibly hard time making and keeping close friendships because they keep everyone at arm's length out of sheer anxiety and self loathing. Very rarely do they manage to get close to someone and trust them enough to let them in.

Nevertheless, Miyoko is that friend that will always be there when you need them. Extremely reliable. Will come running at the slightest hint of trouble. But it's never an expected 2-way street. They won't ask for help or admit when they're scared or overwhelmed. They're always too terrified of being a burden or being vulnerable lest someone use it to their advantage.

Less notable is that their time in the institution also gave Miyoko a ridiculous sweet tooth (dango) and hatred for veggies.

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Miyoko | Communication Compilation 2

a few more things to know about Miyoko

The “voice” heard from the transceiver is NOT Miyoko’s. Miyo’s voice is very gravelly and hesitant with a soft slur and is used rarely and only heard by those closest to them. However, the sounds usually broadcasted are either mashups of different radio hosts formed into a sentence or a standard AI voice from a text-to-speech program. Miyo sometimes uses Present Mic’s radio show to confuse villains and imitate his presence. 

Miyoko really does use a lot of emojis when they’re using their transceiver or text-to-speech on their phone.

The rare times that they end up in close proximity of villains, Miyo 100% mocks them in sign language. It’s a weirdly disarming and unnerving tactic to some and gives Miyo an advantage. They believe if everyone else gets to say witty things to villains, so can they. 

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Miyoko | Quirk

Miyoko’s quirk not only allows them to manipulate radio waves, but to process them as well. In this case, their brain functions as a “radio receiver”, taking radio waves and processing them into understandable information. Miyoko describes it as a voice in their head. They don’t hear the words exactly but they are THERE, having their distinctness to them.

This seems to only work successfully with radio signals carrying just speech over music. signals with music produces far too much extra "noise" and is incoherent to them. 

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Miyoko | Communication Compilation

Miyoko has almost always been selectively mute. As a toddler, they were equally as hyperactive as they were timid, particularly in the presence of their parents’ frequent business acquaintances. They had trouble finding the right words and stuttered a lot and their father expressed his disappointment loudly and violently. They eventually decided that it was easier to avoid talking at all. A belief only furthered by the abuse they suffered after they lost their hearing.

Being mostly mute - they use either sign language or their quirk to communicate. Their quirk allows them to mix up radio signals to broadcast a message from their transmitter like a text-to-speech program. But it's a habit to sign anything they are saying even if the transceiver is broadcasting a message.

Due to the damage to their ears they are not a good candidate for hearing aids or implants. Nor do they have much interest in them as their quirk would interfere with their function.

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Miyoko | The Parents

Ichiro Ito. 

fc: mori ougai from bun.go stray d.ogs 

dirty gremlin man. Miyoko’s biological father. A sadistic villain known as Static Frenzy. He and his wife were small-time villains that became a sudden problem when their small organization joined forces with a Yakuza clan and targeted several local officials. He was a controlling man who was convinced that he would create a legacy and attempted to mold Miyoko as he saw fit, breaking them when they didn’t fall into his perfect image. One stand off led to the death of his wife and left Miyoko severely injured. He was eventually arrested after several rampages following & is incarcerated in Tartarus.

Aoi Ito.

fc: erica from gan.gsta

Miyoko’s biological mother. Aoi was a cold woman who married young and gave birth to a child she was never capable of properly bonding with. Her quirk allowed her to take the form of an individual’s greatest fear and led to the development of depersonalization disorder in her late teens as she grew more and more detached from her own personality. To her, her relationship with Ichiro was not one based on love but of mutual benefit. Struggling with showing affection and afraid that she would become the child’s greatest fear,  Aoi kept Miyoko at a distance at all times. Aoi was incidentally one of the many casualties of Ichiro’s goals. 

Kaito Fukuhara. 

fc: Van Hohenheim from Fullm.etal Alche.mist 

Miyoko’s foster dad, #1. Kaito is a socially awkward, but otherwise rational and collected man who co-owns a cat cafe with his husband, Asahi. He’s extremely blunt and straightforward and has a hard time with small talk that isn’t about cats. He did graduate college, though he makes little use of his degree. While he was incredibly timid about the idea of being a father, he found a quick attachment and understanding formed between him and Miyoko and remains Miyo’s closest confidant. 

Asahi Fukuhara.

fc: Daikoku from Norag.ami 

Miyoko’s other foster dad, Asahi is a hyperactive and extremely affectionate man. He used to live in a small town on the coast until he was kicked out during high school when he was caught dating a boy. He dropped out of high school and moved out to the city where he met Kaito. Asahi cooks a lot–when he’s stressed, when he’s happy–honestly all the time. He volunteers at shelters and children’s homes as a cook and became heavily involved in the community. He lost the majority of his hearing in an accident in middle school, was taught JSL but also wears hearing aids. He was the first of many to hear Miyoko’s plight and enlisted the help of the community to win the right to foster them. He can sometimes be a little “suffocating” for Miyoko, but he’s always respected their boundaries. He almost always sends Miyoko away with something to eat when they visit. 

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Hero Uniform, Miyoko.

Miyo’s hero outfit consists of a black vest over a tank top with leather bracers on their forearms. They have an upper arm cuff on their left arm which monitors their body temperature while using their quirk. The collar of their vest has a cooling function which helps regulate their body temperature and keep them cool longer. Their gloves have sensors on them that help Miyoko feel vibration and take in radio waves to store in a central transmitter.

A chest strap that goes on both their shoulders holds something resembling a small speaker to the center of their chest. This transmitter amplifies radio signals they pick up and can be used to broadcast messages to those nearby. Miyoko often uses the transmitter to redirect radio signals that others are unable to find or hear.

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Miyoko | All Might

Miyoko has COMPLICATED feelings about All Might, The Symbol of Peace.

Like their feelings about a LOT of other heroes - they think All Might relies too much on the system of popularity that a lot of heroes seem to and thinks it's a little Too Much TM. They frown at heroes who spend more time in the limelight than hero-ing, but Miyoko cannot deny that All Might does do an equal amount.

The deeper issues lies in their past - where All Might took on their father during the major stand off that left Miyoko injured and abandoned. Miyoko does not love their father, nor did they truly love their mother. Theirs was a loveless family, but it was their family. It was all they knew.

For them All Might is the symbol of the last moment before their life change DRASTICALLY. To them All Might rests at the crux of them losing their hearing and suffering within the children's homes, but also All Might is their hero for saving them from the abuse of their father - from the creation he planned to make them.

And Miyoko honestly cannot choose between whether they see All Might as their personal childhood villain or as the hero that everyone else sees him as. It's very difficult for them to deny that selfishness of their child-self.

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For Miyoko, I’m trying to keep myself in the habit of using the same indicators for how they’re communicating. So far it stands as follows: 

as it’s their go-to communication style - regular text will indicate that they are signing

italics will be for the rare times Miyoko actually speaks or writes.

and bold will be used to indicate when they are using their support equipment for “text to speech” - i may even enclose this text in brackets for easier reading, ex. { message }

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I'm moving Miyoko and Keisuke back to this blog. They've been added to the carrd roster. As such I'll be reblogging my headcanons back to this blog. I'll queue them up for the next few days so they don't spam the dash too badly.

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