Aberrant: Mutant High - Character - Hikialani "Kia" Mizuki

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Name: Hikialani Mizuki
Nature: Hedonist
Gender: Female
Age: 16

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Appearance: Kia is gorgeously beautiful, as one might expect from someone who can consciously tweak their body into shape every day. With the sleek, bronzed physique of her Hawaiian mother's side, and just a touch of her father's Japanese around her face, she somehow manages to pull off being both inexpressibly cute AND sexy, heightened by the sheer unselfconsciousness with which she expresses herself in her face and body language.

Psychology: Hikialani is irrepressibly sunny and optimistic in outlook. She recognizes the limitations of herself and others, but rarely lets setbacks get her down and never for very long. Kia is highly empathic towards others and tries to consider their viewpoints before judging them. She can sometimes seem 'overly' nice, or indecisive because of this. Her demeanor is usually either calm and pleasant, or excited and exuberant. The reality is that Kia hasn't had to deal with much adversity, or serious consequences, and so a good deal of her overall demeanor is straight-up naivete. The rest of it is just a desire to 'make up' for her mutation...raised with this great big secret, she's always felt inherently separate from people, and wants to be everyone's bestest friend ever to try to make up for that gulf she feels.

Background: The daughter of a Japanese vulcanologist and an indigenous Hawaiian microbiologist, Kia has spent her entire life on one island of the chain or another. Her parents were often working in different areas, leaving Kia in the care of her maternal grandmother, who kept discipline but otherwise gave Kia a free hand to do as she liked so long as her responsibilities were met. Hikialani learned to be relatively self-sufficient, but was also secure in feeling that loved ones had her back should she need it. Even so, the day that her mutation first came into full expression was a troubling one for her. She'd always been exceedingly healthy and fit, but one day while swimming she ventured out too far from the protection of a cove and was caught in an undertow that dragged her away from shore and under the surface. No matter how she struggled, she couldn't break away...and after almost three minutes, she finally succumbed and breathed out her last breath of air. Then she breathed in water, thrashed for a second or two, and realized she was -breathing water-. What's more, her body had changed...bony fins had grown out of her arms and calves. Webs between her fingers and toes. For awhile Kia merely believed herself to be atlantean or some other strange thing like that. It wasn't until she'd had time to experiment that she found her body was able to change in other ways as well. She realized she was a mutant, and was immediately worried not only about her own standing on the island and with her friends, but about what might happen to her parents. She resolved to keep it secret...but some promises are just too hard to keep. Finally her parents caught her one day, and it all came out. Kia's mother was actually rather excited...her scientific curiosity piqued...but both of them were very concerned about Kia's safety and future. Fortunately, her mother still corresponded with an old friend from college who was now working at a most extraordinary school. A school for children just like Kia.

Attributes:
Strength ****/* (athletic)
Dexterity **** (flexible)
Stamina *****/**** (tenacious)

Charisma ***
Manipulation **
Appearance **** (fit)

Intelligence **** (Bright)
Perception ***
Wits ***

Skills:
Academics ***
Athletics (Swimming) ***
Awareness **
Brawl ***
Endurance ***
Linguistics **
- English (Native)
- Hawaiian
- Japanese
Perform (Dance) ***
Rapport ***
Resistance ***
Style *
Subterfuge *
Survival *

Willpower: ***** ***
Quantum: *
Quantum Pool: 22/22
Taint: 0

Initiative: 7
Soak: 9 bashing / 6 lethal
Move: Walk 7 Run 16 Sprint 32

Backgrounds: 13
Geonome **
Mentor ***

Uniform - Nanofluidic
- Armor ** (+2b/2l)
- Customizable Form ***** (imitate any clothing or appearance, shrink to 10% surface area)

Powers:
Shapeshift ****
Bioluminescence *
MegaStamina ****
- Regeneration
- Adaptation
MegaStrength *
- Quantum Leap
Body Modifications:
- +2 Bruised health levels
- Chromatophores

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Power Max: Speed Splicing

- Kia's form becomes almost amorphous, as she assumes full control of her genetic potential, altering her body's configuration freely at the speed of her imagination. Rippling from claws to armored hides to wings to spines and then back again, Kia can adapt herself moment by moment to any attack, and retaliate with whatever force and technique her whims can come up with.

Bonus Points: 15
Willpower +4 8
Perception +1 5
Specialties +2 2

Nova Points: 30/30
- Shapeshift 3 15np
- Bioluminescence 1 1np
- Mega Strength 1 3np
- Mega Stamina 2 6 np
- Body Modification: Extra Health Levels (+2 Bruised) 2np
- Body Modification: Chromatophores 1np
- Attributes +6 2np

Experience Points: 20/108
+2 Brawling, 6xp
+1 Academics, 4xp
+1 Rapport, 4xp
+1 Stamina, 16xp
+2 Mega-Stamina, 25xp
+1 Shapeshifting, 21xp
+1 Willpower, 7xp
Adaptation, 5xp

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Mentor: Dr. Lucia Chase, School Physician

-- Dr. Chase got her first PhD from the University of Hawaii, and was the roommate of Kia's mother for several years. Though Kia's mother was aiming at microbiology, not medicine, the two women became good friends and kept up with each other over the years. It was Dr. Chase who suggested sending Kia to the school when the girl's mutant powers started kicking in to high gear, and she's now seen fit to take Kia under her wing and help her through this difficult transition.