Appearance
Souji wears a school uniform, which clearly doesn't belong to him. He has a pair of striking silver eyes, and rather well tended to silver hair, cropped in an appropriate style. Souji is rather slender, having a thin build and being of a rather tall height for his age. He has a rather care free expression permanently attached to his face.
Personality
Souji is easily amused, and seems curious about any and everything. His wide eyes and discharming smile allow him easy access to a variety of things that boys his age usually wouldn't be allowed near. Souji is rarely serious about anything, laughing and joking about things that frighten even the hardest of criminals.
Abilities
Electrokinesis
Control over electricity.
Souji can manipulate electricity to his will. There are drawbacks, of course. When manipulating a high amount of electricity through his body, Souji often experiences massive pain, and ends up vomiting blood. The human body was not made to withstand lightning strikes, nor was it designed as an electric current. Souji can control electrical appliances to a mild degree, and has a static field surrounding him at all times. This field, if Souji is frustrated or concentrates, can erase phones, cameras, video cameras, and destroy nearby electrical appliances.
Level 1: Souji can manipulate electrical appliances. Evoking electricity is doable, albeit quite difficult.
Level 2: Souji can use electrical appliances to shock people. Feels like that feeling when you shock yourself on a carpet or what not. Evoking electricity becomes stronger.
Level 3: Souji can manipulate the electricity inside of appliances to the outside world, and use it as a weapon. His evoking of electricity has increased enough that he can draw power from his own body, rather than his surroundings.
Level 4: Souji's manipulation increases exponentially. He can now use the innate electricity created by balloons and such to power his own attacks, and can grasp and throw things using his electrical ability. However, he can only throw things that operate on electricity. Such as train rails, electric toothbrushes, et cetera. Evoking is far easier, and he can now form shapes with his electricity, as well as direct electric currents within his own body. His evoking of electricity now has far more than enough voltage to harm his opponents.
Level 5: In the event of a storm, Souji can now control that electricity. In addition, he can now manipulate things with even the slightest amount of electricity, such as a shoe with a slight electric charge from a carpet. His evoking is now strong enough that he can do basically whatever the hell he wants with electricity, from forming lightning bolts to electromagnetism manipulation. However, when first emerging as a Level 5, Souji would not be able to manipulate electromagnetism at all, so it would be back to basics, as his power would function in a completely different way. Souji's evoking could now have more than enough to kill an enemy. However, the drawback is his now erratic AIM Field, which could harm nearby allies, and cause great harm to himself.
Additional Uses
Might destroy electronics if he grows frustrated.
Physical Traits
Slender Physique: Souji's wiry and tall for his age, and he uses it to his advantage.
Weird Eyes: Souji's eyes are silver, the exact same shade as his hair.
Tattooed Breast: On the upper left side of his chest is a series of four numbers, 2796, in a sort of barcode number style.
Talents
Swords!: Souji is rather decent at kendo, and as such owns a bokken, which he carries most places.
Gambling!: Souji appears to have the Devil's own Luck when it comes to gambling, winning game after game when even the odds state he should lose.
Pianist!: Souji plays the piano with a bit of skill, and sometimes picks up odd jobs as a pianist.
Notable Equipment:
"That's no sword…": Souji's bokken is much more than it seems. inside is a slender electric conduit which he can use to manipulate his ability through. However, the wood dulls the effect of being shocked by electricity to a great degree.
Souji's first memory is of a green tube, and a breath. Half lidded eyes, men in white coats outside, studying him. The tube opened, and he fell forward. Nobody caught him. He was a subject. His arm was lifted, and he screeched in pain as a brand was applied to his shoulder. He was four years old.
Souji was tested, and found to have an Esper ability. He was five.
Training. Six to ten. Level ups at ages seven and nine.
He found his file once, in the lab he was never allowed outside of. Most of it was blacked out, but he could read a few words. The name of a mythological animal Fushichou, and an ordinary name. Souji. He took them as his own, but only in his heart. After all, to the rest of them he was still 2796.
Souji was eleven years old when he discovered his purpose. He had awoken for training, and found the room empty. Curiously looking around, he was shocked to discover that the room was locked down.
2796, it is time for you to fulfill your purpose.
Looked up. Saw an open window. Doctor inside.
"Purpose…? Coat-san, what're you talking about?" The eleven year old was still tired, having only recently woken up.
You are the penultimate being, 2796. You are why this project began.
Project? What was Coat-san talking about?
A laugh emitted from the microphone. **I suppose it is alright to reveal it now. After all, the time is finally here.
A deep breath. Seventeen years ago, the head scientist of Academy City died. He was a brilliant leader, and a very cunning scientist. In the event of his death, he launched this project. Project Phoenix.**
Souji smiled. That was his last name! Not the version he liked, but still.
Phoenix was a project that he had planned for many years. It was his way back from the dead.
Souji snickered. Silly Coat-san! Dead people stayed dead forever! That's what Teacher-chan had taught him.
Project Phoenix was a cloning project. We cloned his DNA, over and over and over. Sometimes we thought we had it, but the clone didn't have emotions, or couldn't comprehend, or had another defect. Sometimes they were perfect but lacked an ability, which the head doctor simply could not do without. He had lived one life without a power.
Souji listened, inquisitive. What did this have to do with him?
We thought it was a failure after the 2,000th clone. Four years had passed.
No. It couldn't…
But we pressed on. 796 times, to be exact.
No no no no
And then we had it. The perfect clone. It remained in the tank for four years before we allowed it out so we could train it.
Lies lies lies lies
You are the perfect clone of the old doctor 2796. And now you shall fulfill your purpose. You have his brain, his appearance, and his body. You have an ability that he did not have. All you are missing are his memories and personality. Which, of course, are easy enough to transplant.
It's not true it's not true it's not true
It has been my pleasure working with you, 2796.
Souji, no 2796 stood still in the middle of the Lockdown Room. He had trained here before, and he had studied here. It was his quiet place, and he loved it. And now he would die here?
"Is… is that supposed to be a joke?"
The voice from the megaphone snorted. Why would we joke about our greatest accomplishment 2796? You are the perfect clone of Doctor Souji Adachi.
A crackle in 2796's hand. A bright blue light.
This room is resistant to your Electrokinesis 2796. Your esper ability is useless in here, especially at your level.
"Useless at this level…?"
The boy looked up, a hollow smile and blank eyes.
"What about a Higher Level?"
An explosion.
2796 has gone Nova! Repeat, 2796 is nova! initiate transplant immediately! Now!
The blue light expanded. Inside, a boy floated, crackling with electricity. He held up a hand towards the speaker.
CRACK. The electricity in the speaker raced backwards, arching out of the control room.
No! Hurry the process! Transplant at 25%!
2796 howled. His head was throbbing.
37%! 56%!
The electricity in the control room arched again.
72-
The lightning in the control room exploded. There was a howl through the speaker, and then the line went dead.
2796 turned to the door. He slammed his fist into it, and it crumpled. After all, the door was operated by an electric panel.
The next day, the facility was gone. A crater remained. No witnesses, no survivors.
The day after, a rumor ran through the schools. An eleven year old boy had stolen several uniforms from a local middle school, and then fled.
The third day, Judgement was issued orders to capture and arrest an eleven year old Electrokinetic on sight.
Two weeks after, the orders were rescinded, and a flee on sight order was issued on a certain eleven year old, who had been nicknamed Astraphobia. The nickname was ironic, as the fear of electricity he inspired in those who faced him rarely recovered.
A year later. Souji Fushichou found himself inside of a small apartment, unaware of what had occurred before. He was unsure of where he was.
A year has passed since then. Souji Fushichou has yet to be found by Judgement, or by Anti-Skill. The flee on sight order remains, as does the nickname. However, he has begun to move again. And when Souji moves, so will the Project that he attempted to destroy. Following the perfect clone's every move, studying his newfound life. Freedom is a new thing for 2796 after all. And the single clone to escape the Project will have a role in the future, one that required him to be free. It was always useful to have 2796 as a threat to the clones who wanted to escape. Hounded at every turn, followed in secret by watchers. The clones that came after would never run again. And with hundreds of factories, thousands of clones, it was only a matter of time before another, superior clone would return, and then they would require 2796 once more. Because even with millions of clones, they would not have the 72% of Doctor Souji's mind to transplant into the true successor.
And after all, Tree Program had the exact calculation of 2796's every move.
Current:
Souji ran into Ishimaru Moroe, and the duo ran into several confrontations - usually from each other. Souji was then taken over by Adachi, who led the boy into a mindwipe with the help of Ishimaru Moroe.
He is now "Hajime" - Moroe's personal clone.
Fights
vs. (name of other character)
Result: Draw
