03-21-2004, 01:14 AM
Tessa's Character
Name: Burst
Real Name: Kei Ihilani Poloa-Miyazaki
Appearance: Kei naturally has a very Japanese complexion, but because she has spent so much time out in the sun she has a decent caramel colored tan. Her black hair is cut short in spiky, semi-pixie style. She has an oval face, with faintly almond shaped dark-brown eyes lined with thick black lashes. Keiâs build is also distinctly athletic after about twenty years of surfing.
Height: 5â5â
Age: 27
Powers:
Molecular Combustion, she has the ability to make things explode at will with a motion of her hand. She can combust anything from a coffee mug to a large passenger bus but not anything larger than thatâ¦buildings are out of the question though she can blow up portions of a building.
History:
Kei grew up with her mother on the island of Oâahu, in the North Shore town of Haleâiwa. Her father Yukio divorced her mother Noelani when Kei was 5, leaving her with a single parentâ¦a single parent that probably should have never had children. Her mother tried to raise her right, but Kei was a handful from the start; she was diagnosed with phobias such as Pediophobia (fear of dolls), Maniaphobia (fear of insanity), Isolophobia (fear of solitude, being alone), Dishabiliophobia (fear of undressing in front of someone), and Hematophobia (fear of blood). Kei is also thought to be a hypochondriac, though it hasnât been formally diagnosed.
Noelani quite often would leave Kei on her own, which spurred the little girl on to spend a majority of her time at the beach. You have probably already guessed that like any other Hawaiian local the girl tried surfing when she was seven and fell in love, which only caused her to skip school to hang out at the beach with the older surfers and learn as much as she could. By the age of 15 she was bumming around every North Shore Beach, starting at Kahana Bay and going down the shore to her childhood beach AliâI Beach, she was a near-professional surferâ¦the only thing stopping her was she enjoyed conning the tourists out of their money much more than actually entering tournaments.
She had become quite adept at earning money but conning, usually fooling people into thinking sheâd never seen a surfboard, betting them that she wouldnât even be able to stand up on a wave and then breaking out her skills and winning the bet. She remained solo in her cons, even after a few of her friends had asked to be let in on the betsâ¦Kei did this smoothly for about a year before the Honolulu Police Department got wind of her and put her into juvenile custody, moving her to a youth facility in Waikiki.
Kei spent a good two years in that facility, making a good show of going through rehab and changing her ways. After the County released her from the program her mother informed her that she was no longer welcome at home and she should look for a new place to stay. This didnât faze the now 18-year-old surfer girl; she had a friend who had an apartment in Honolulu who was currently studying Biology at Chaminade University. Her friend with the apartment Marco Rodriguez agreed to let her stay using the two spare bedroomsâ¦one for her and one for all her surf gear.
Determined to stay below the Police Departmentâs radar she got a job as a surf instructor in Waikiki, while still running smaller cons on the side. Usually involving businessmen and making them believe they wanted to spend every dime they had on her and eventually breaking the relationship offâ¦never making it possible for the police to link her to any of the incidents, because it would look more like a relationship than a con. After a couple years of both working and conning she had a small fortune in her bank account, making it possible for her to move outâ¦but she stayed with Marco to keep him company while he went through grad school, making sure he wasnât driven insane by his coursework.
After a couple years of staying out of the Honolulu Policeâs hair they wrote her off the list as being a threat and left her alone. Of course she didnât actually quit her criminal activities, she just became very good at covering them up.
Kei is also not a mutant, after Marco finished his grad work and got his masters degree he was soon hired by a research facility that was experimenting with the idea that individuals who did not carry the X-gene could still possess and control mutant-like abilities. Since Kei was short on cons when he was first hired and it was the surfing off-season as far as tourists were concerned she had agreed to be one of his first 5 test subjects, undergoing an experiment to instill a weather controlling ability into her genetic makeup. The experiment ended up failing as far as they were concerned, after 3 months she wasnât exhibiting any difference and couldnât control any aspect of the weather.
It wasnât until 6 months later, when Kei came home from a night out that she noticed Marco packing up some of his stuff and muttering about how he wasnât given enough of a chance, that they didnât choose the right test subjects and how he should be given another chance. When Kei attempted to intervene he wheeled around on her and began to yell at her for the failed experiment she had been a part of, when she finally got annoyed with it, gestured with her hand and ended up making the oven explode. Marco just stood their shocked for quite awhile, before he engulfed her in a bone-crushing hug.
Eventually he got his job back because of Kei and the genetic breakthrough, they dated for a short while until she made a mistake in a con and ended up back in hot water with the Police, soon after all her court hearings (the judge sentenced her to six months probation) she was recruited for Guardians because the government had gotten word of her unique abilities.
Name: Burst
Real Name: Kei Ihilani Poloa-Miyazaki
Appearance: Kei naturally has a very Japanese complexion, but because she has spent so much time out in the sun she has a decent caramel colored tan. Her black hair is cut short in spiky, semi-pixie style. She has an oval face, with faintly almond shaped dark-brown eyes lined with thick black lashes. Keiâs build is also distinctly athletic after about twenty years of surfing.
Height: 5â5â
Age: 27
Powers:
Molecular Combustion, she has the ability to make things explode at will with a motion of her hand. She can combust anything from a coffee mug to a large passenger bus but not anything larger than thatâ¦buildings are out of the question though she can blow up portions of a building.
History:
Kei grew up with her mother on the island of Oâahu, in the North Shore town of Haleâiwa. Her father Yukio divorced her mother Noelani when Kei was 5, leaving her with a single parentâ¦a single parent that probably should have never had children. Her mother tried to raise her right, but Kei was a handful from the start; she was diagnosed with phobias such as Pediophobia (fear of dolls), Maniaphobia (fear of insanity), Isolophobia (fear of solitude, being alone), Dishabiliophobia (fear of undressing in front of someone), and Hematophobia (fear of blood). Kei is also thought to be a hypochondriac, though it hasnât been formally diagnosed.
Noelani quite often would leave Kei on her own, which spurred the little girl on to spend a majority of her time at the beach. You have probably already guessed that like any other Hawaiian local the girl tried surfing when she was seven and fell in love, which only caused her to skip school to hang out at the beach with the older surfers and learn as much as she could. By the age of 15 she was bumming around every North Shore Beach, starting at Kahana Bay and going down the shore to her childhood beach AliâI Beach, she was a near-professional surferâ¦the only thing stopping her was she enjoyed conning the tourists out of their money much more than actually entering tournaments.
She had become quite adept at earning money but conning, usually fooling people into thinking sheâd never seen a surfboard, betting them that she wouldnât even be able to stand up on a wave and then breaking out her skills and winning the bet. She remained solo in her cons, even after a few of her friends had asked to be let in on the betsâ¦Kei did this smoothly for about a year before the Honolulu Police Department got wind of her and put her into juvenile custody, moving her to a youth facility in Waikiki.
Kei spent a good two years in that facility, making a good show of going through rehab and changing her ways. After the County released her from the program her mother informed her that she was no longer welcome at home and she should look for a new place to stay. This didnât faze the now 18-year-old surfer girl; she had a friend who had an apartment in Honolulu who was currently studying Biology at Chaminade University. Her friend with the apartment Marco Rodriguez agreed to let her stay using the two spare bedroomsâ¦one for her and one for all her surf gear.
Determined to stay below the Police Departmentâs radar she got a job as a surf instructor in Waikiki, while still running smaller cons on the side. Usually involving businessmen and making them believe they wanted to spend every dime they had on her and eventually breaking the relationship offâ¦never making it possible for the police to link her to any of the incidents, because it would look more like a relationship than a con. After a couple years of both working and conning she had a small fortune in her bank account, making it possible for her to move outâ¦but she stayed with Marco to keep him company while he went through grad school, making sure he wasnât driven insane by his coursework.
After a couple years of staying out of the Honolulu Policeâs hair they wrote her off the list as being a threat and left her alone. Of course she didnât actually quit her criminal activities, she just became very good at covering them up.
Kei is also not a mutant, after Marco finished his grad work and got his masters degree he was soon hired by a research facility that was experimenting with the idea that individuals who did not carry the X-gene could still possess and control mutant-like abilities. Since Kei was short on cons when he was first hired and it was the surfing off-season as far as tourists were concerned she had agreed to be one of his first 5 test subjects, undergoing an experiment to instill a weather controlling ability into her genetic makeup. The experiment ended up failing as far as they were concerned, after 3 months she wasnât exhibiting any difference and couldnât control any aspect of the weather.
It wasnât until 6 months later, when Kei came home from a night out that she noticed Marco packing up some of his stuff and muttering about how he wasnât given enough of a chance, that they didnât choose the right test subjects and how he should be given another chance. When Kei attempted to intervene he wheeled around on her and began to yell at her for the failed experiment she had been a part of, when she finally got annoyed with it, gestured with her hand and ended up making the oven explode. Marco just stood their shocked for quite awhile, before he engulfed her in a bone-crushing hug.
Eventually he got his job back because of Kei and the genetic breakthrough, they dated for a short while until she made a mistake in a con and ended up back in hot water with the Police, soon after all her court hearings (the judge sentenced her to six months probation) she was recruited for Guardians because the government had gotten word of her unique abilities.