#five and nedzu have similar coping mechanisms so they vibe but nedzu also vibes with klaus's sense of chaotic humor

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Chikuzu Chizuku

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Finally did a full profile for him! Read it below the cut. (Sorry mobile users)

Full name: Chikuzu Chizuku

Pronunciation: [Chih-koo-zoo] [Chih-zoo-koo]

Meaning of Name: I heard his given name the dream he came to me in, but I couldn’t remember if it was Chikuzu or Chizuku, so I just decided to make both of them his name.

Hero/Villain Name: Devil☣ist: The Gaseous Hero

Nicknames: Chi-san, a multitude of others

History of Nicknames: Chi-san is what a lot of the UA staff and student body call him as it’s easy to mix up his given and surname. A multitude of cute nicknames have been given to him by his friend Gray.

Aliases: The Gas-masked Assailant (more on this further down)

Nationality: Japanese

Affiliation: UA Academy Staff

Quirks:  Gaseous Breath and Devil Morph

 Age: 22

Gender: Male

Orientation/Sexuality Preference: Gay

Birthday:

Appearance:

Eye color: He has three irises that range from bright yellow to neon green starting from his pupil. His sclera are black.

Eyewear: He sometimes wears sunglasses to hide his eyes.

Hair: Mulberry

Height: 5’8”

Body build: Average, very very average.

Complexion: Tan/light brown

Handedness: Right

Movement: A bit clumsy at times, also prone to sometimes shaking due to anxiety

Posture: Somewhat curled inwards, which manifests as slouching, slumping, and wrapping his arms and tail around himself.

Voice: Sounds faintly hoarse.

Speech Mannerisms: He tends to stutter and stall a lot in his speech when he’s nervous (which is about 90% of the time), though he speaks much more coherently when he’s comfortable. He speaks quietly, though not so quiet that people can’t hear him.

Defining physical traits: Eyes, small horns, demon/devil like tail.

 Statistics:

Power: ★★★☆☆ C

Speed: ★★★☆☆ C

Technique: ★★★☆☆ C

Intelligence: ★★★★☆ B

Cooperativeness: ★★★★★ A

Extra Explanation: He still has a lot of training to do, but he’s willing to work with anyone that doesn’t have an incompatible quirk (ie a fire based quirk)

Quirk and description: please view image profile

  Clothing:

Uniform: At school he wears a button up shirt, slacks, boots, and a flu mask or his half-face gas mask.

Casual outfit: Usually has a hoodie, jacket/cardigan, or a scarf on along with a flu-mask. Sneakers or boots for his feet.

Preferred outfit: Hoodie, sweat pants, sneakers, half-face gas mask.

Hero costume: Half-face gas mask, green-tinted goggles, two belts with pouches on, mini poncho, long sleeved shirt, gloves, cargo pants, and sturdy boots. It gives off a post-apocalyptic vibe. He usually has his horns a bit longer and his tail a bit shorter when he’s in his hero gear.

 Equipment / Support Items: In the pockets of his belt, he has a few first aid supplies and specialty flu masks (made to give to victims and allies to keep them safe from his quirk). He also has a few other bits and pieces in there that I can’t come up with off the top of my head.

 Characteristics:

Personality: Due to a childhood of bullying, he’s very reserved and anxious. He’s constantly paranoid that people will think he’s a villain based on appearances alone and tends to get skittish around certain types of people/heroes because of it. Despite that, he’s a very friendly person and does his best not to make assumptions based on first impressions. He wants to keep an open mind and even help comfort people who are in situations similar to what his was.

Big Five personality traits: anxious/paranoid, submissive, friendly, open-minded, cautious.

Most prominent personality trait: ANXIOUS

Best traits: Most people who know him consider him to be very friendly and understanding. He thinks his quietness is his best trait, as it means he’s not bothering anyone.

Worst traits: He’s tends to be a push-over as he hates conflict. His general submissive and quiet attitude also means that he doesn’t always speak up when he should.

Likes: His friend Gray, All Might and Deku, quiet places

Dislikes: Endeavor and like-minded heroes, open flames/sparks, confrontation

Quirks:  (not the superpower but little silly things they do)

Fear: Coming face to face with Endeavor (again), being mistaken for a villain

Skills/Talents: Due to his quirk, he’s studied chemistry extensively.

What his self-image is like: pretty negative, though it’s slowly getting better

Coping mechanisms: hiding away in a corner or in his room, curling up on himself in fetal position, breathing out colored smoke

Any life motto or quote they live by: Don’t judge others based on what they can’t help.

 Health:

Physical: Doing well, but needs to get into better shape for hero work.

Mental: His mental state is in pieces, though he’s slowly getting better.

Emotional Stability: Haha… what’s that?

If faced with crisis, what is their go-to: could be any based on the situation, though flight is the most likely and is very closely followed by freeze.

Habits: Tends to breathe out a bit of smoke when he sighs.

 History & Background:

Upbringing: Nothing much to note here.

What did they enjoy most about their childhood?: Not much.

What did they hate most about their childhood?: The constant “teasing” (read: bullying) from his classmates that he looked like a villain and he quirk was a very villain-like quirk to have.

Post-High School:

After he graduated from high school, he didn’t know what to do with himself. He was scared of applying for any sort of normal job in case he was turned away due to his appearance, so he eventually decided to do “underground” jobs. Most of what he did was delivery for questionable people, though a lot of the people he worked for where people who were down on their luck or didn’t want to be out in public for whatever reason (mostly quirk related problems). During this time in his life, he lived in a mostly abandoned building in a hideout he put together himself and wore a full faced gasmask near constantly.

The Gasmasked Assailant:

The area around his hideout was a very bad area with a lot of criminals and villains causing trouble. One night, one of the common local scuffles escalated out of control and Endeavor along with some other heroes ended up being called in. Though he normally watched local conflicts from a balcony near his hideout to make sure it wouldn’t move into his building, Endeavor’s presence drove him to hide inside.

Endeavor suddenly burst through the wall after being attacked and scared the daylights out of Chikuzu. When Endeavor turned around, his freeze instinct turned to fight, and he transformed his tail into the shape of a blade in preparation to defend himself. As he lunged forward and reached for one of the vents on his mask, Deku suddenly grabbed him and carried him out of the building to a safe location. This all happened within the span of about 10 seconds.

After asking why Deku “saved” him, Deku explained that he thought that Chikuzu was just a terrified civilian who was fighting back against one of the villains, and didn’t notice Endeavor through the doorway until after he had entered the room. After hearing Chikuzu explain his side, Deku told him that he would cover for him in the event Endeavor had mistaken him for a villain.

Later that night, Endeavor filed a report on a villain he could only identify as “a Gasmasked Assailant.”

Chikuzu threw out his full faced gasmask and switched over to convenience store flu masks.

A few days later…

Chikuzu happened to run into Deku and went over to thank him. After some conversation and a coffee, then decided to stay in contact via Line message. Deku promised not to out Chikuzu out as the Gasmasked Assailant.

Slip of the Tongue and Employment at UA

After a string of odd events including Deku running into Chikuzu while out and about with All Might and then accidentally spilling some of Chikuzu’s history to All Might, Chikuzu was invited to work at UA as part of the general staff and also train there to become a hero if he desired. Chikuzu hesitantly accepted, but after meeting with Nedzu and explaining his full situation then still being welcomed as a staff member, he accepted whole heartedly. He’s extremely grateful to everyone involved in integrating him into the staff.

He lives on-campus in the staff dorms and works mostly as a go-fer, though will substitute for teachers or do any other errands that might need doing.

Shortly after moving into the staff dorms, Chikuzu ran into a former classmate named Gray Mellion who had become a reporter. The quickly hit it off and starting messaging and hanging out with each other.

Current Dream: to get out of the shadow of his past

Long-term goals for Future: become a support hero, have a stable mental state

  Relationships:

Gray Mellion

Status: Former high school classmates turned close friends

How well they get along: Ever since running into each other recently, they’ve become friends and gotten very close. They often hang out with each other when their schedules line up.

What Gray thinks of him: A person who’s been broken down by their past, but is gradually picking up the pieces and putting them back together kintsukuroi style. He has a strong admiration for Chikuzu for coming out of a very dark mental place with a desire to help people instead of a desire to get even.

What he thinks of Gray: Very reliable best friend; the human equivalent of a blanket cocoon.

What Gray calls him: Chikuzu (his given name), Chi-kun, Chi, Chizu (from his surname), C.C., a variety of other pet names. He switches it up a lot.

What he calls Gray: Gray (his given name)

 Midoriya Izuku

Status: Friendly acquaintances

How well they get along: fairly well

What he thinks of Deku: An amazing person who saved him from the biggest mistake of his life (even if Deku didn’t know it at the time). He thinks Deku is going to be an amazing hero, and is already a hero in his eyes.

What Deku thinks of him: Someone who’s been in a very bad place and is trying his best to get somewhere better. Deku likes to check in on him every now and then to make sure he’s doing okay at UA.

What Deku calls him: Chizuku-san

What he calls Deku: Deku (his hero name) or Midoriya-kun