Post by Tane Tilo on Mar 28, 2018 5:44:04 GMT
Tane Tilo a.k.a. Qilin
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Affiliation: Superstar
Physical Appearance:
Of the three cousins that have come to take in China, Tane is the most striking.
During the day, he's easily picked out with his darkly cocoa skin, and long black hair. The second feature that would be noticed is the protruding spire of keratin that sprouts from his hairline, creating six-inch, Antelope-like horn. Standing at 5'8", only a little taller than his cousin Ina, Tane is a very graceful young man, with long limbs and a slender frame. He often wears elaborate jewelry, and has gemmed plugs to stretch his earlobes.
His odd appearance only grows more dramatic at night. Most of the keratin in Tane's body is bioluminescent, meaning certain edges of his horn, his head hair, beard (if he grew one) and body hair will glow a soft blue or purple at the tips when in darkness.
Tane prefers to wear plain clothing, instead letting his appearance and accessories decorate his outfits.
Personality:
Tane rejoices in his mutation. Slightly vain and carefully tending a mystical air, this doesn't keep him from leaping to action when necessary. Tane is accomplished (but certainly no master) of a few martial arts and the parkour discipline. Unlike the Qilin that he took his name from, Tane is *not* vegetarian, though he's careful to get largely vegetable dinners when meeting influential people. Gotta keep up appearances!
As much as he came to Hong Kong to help people, Tane also came to revel in the night life. He often plays as translator, picking up languages easier than either of his cousins. Tane flirts with both men and women, but when asked about his specific sexuality, Tane answers with noncommittal shrug. Leilani has adopted this practice when they go out into the bars together, leaving Ina a little exasperated. He often plays as translator, picking up languages easier than either of his cousins.
History:
Tane is one of five children born to a Meta-Tahitian woman and an Indian man. Youngest of the five, he was a quiet, contemplative child with with a large triangular lump on his forehead. At age three his parents tried to have it removed. The MRI showed that not only was that benign lump firmly rooted into his skull, some important arteries from his cranial cavity were wound into it. Surgery would be greatly expensive, and carry too much risk against his life. He would simply have to live with it as it grew.
Because of this defect, Tane was often bullied as a child. He would allow this and ignore their taunts. If his assailants turned their attention on his family or friends, those same bullies would find themselves with his foot to the back of the head. Despite his largely pacifist ways, Tane took great pride in his martial arts classes, using them only as a last resort in defense of himself or others.
Tane graduated from his schooling in Tahiti and immediately set off for India, to live with his grandparents for a time. This led to a very long and at times easy journey around the continent of Asia. He found that his unique physical attributes often opened doors that were otherwise closed across the breadth of South Asia. With heavy mythology circulating around the mythos of the Kirin, Qilin, and Unicorn, who was he not to take advantage? He visited Tahiti as often as he could manage to see his family there, and eventually agreed with his cousin Ina to accompany her to China as the 'face man' of her company, on the condition that she made an effort to also help those who performed good deeds in the streets of Hong Kong. He'd also join in the fight, when necessary.
Power: Qilin Beams
Though his appearance sets him as a man apart, the main offensive force of Tane's meta-mutation is multicolored heat rays that emit from his eyes. With titanic effort, focus, and time, these beams can be hot enough to cut through common metals and steel alloys, which he has only discovered through a very traumatic life event. Leilani thinks that its this overabundance of internal energies that causes what she calls his "nightlight mode".
Drawback:
He's emitting heat ray beams from his face. If he over-uses this ability he can go temporarily blind, and must wait at least 3-4 hours for his sight to return. If he concentrates to the point of melting steels through his focus alone for an extended period of time, the blowback could leave him blind for a week at minimum.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ Linguistics
+ Socialization
+ Positive Conflict Resolution
- Wanderlust
- Meat
- Driving cars
Likes/Dislikes:
+ Traveling
+ Asian Fashion
+ Kicking aggressive douchebags in the back of the head
- Those who prey on the weak
- Leilani's non-stop Instagramming
- Short doorways
Style Points: 0 Avant Garde