Maple

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME: Maple
ALIASES: Tuff Stuff!
AGE: 13
GENDER: Female
SPECIES: Tuffle

SPECIES TRAITS

STRATEGIST (Light): The first Standard Variant you take when creating Light Technique's has its TP cost reduced by 1.
SALVAGE: You are able to purchase items in the XP shop at a 20% discount. The SMM contribution is adjusted for the new price as well.
ITTY BITTY: Your small size makes you harder to hit. All non-Sparking evasive techniques and escapes have their effectiveness increased by +20%. Does not boost evasion on techniques affected by Strategist.

GENERAL TRAITS

Metamorphosis: When transforming, you may choose to retain the MP that you currently have. However, you cannot use a Sparking Technique on that turn.
Minion Mastery: If your Minion's PL is under 20% of Malus, XP put into the Minion in question does not count toward Malus. Minions benefitting from Minion Mastery cannot interact with the Chipped Potara item.

STARTING PLANET: Earth
HOME REGION: (Will decide at a later date.)

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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

APPEARANCE: A young girl from Hatchi City, diminutive in size much like the rest of her people. Maple Has short blonde hair and wide bright eyes brimming with enthusiasm. She sports a preference for bright colors and can often be found dressed in such apparel, with shades of pinks and purples being her favorite colors. More often than not Maple can be found accompanied by her robot companions of equally colorful designs.

HAIR COLOR: Blonde
EYE COLOR: Magenta
SKIN COLOR: White
HEIGHT: 76.2cm
WEIGHT: Tuffle Weight~



PERSONALITY: A bubbly and upbeat girl despite her experiences growing up. At times, typically when invested in her work, she can be incredibly focused on her goal, blocking out all other thoughts. The majority of the time however, Maple tends to be the complete opposite, scatterbrained as she switches from idea to idea with no real purpose. Her interest and love for robotics is outweighed by nothing else, with Maple even choosing robot companions over interactions with others. While her lacking desire to connect with others has sometimes led to them thinking her cold or callus, spending time with her and experiencing her nature and interests has alleviated such perceptions that her classmates back at the academy may have had. She's yet to lose her smile, but that isn't to say she has no concerns; Maple carries her own ambitions and is filled with a strong determination to see the goals she sets for herself to completion.

BACKGROUND: Maple grew up as the child of two Tuffle scientists; her father, Birch, being a robotics engineer who focused his efforts in the development of defensive armaments. While her mother, Willow, worked as a biotech engineer and was an avid environmentalist with a strong opposition towards Destron related projects. As Maple grew, so too would her interest in robotics at an exponential rate. While Maple showed no talent or interest in her mothers work, on the other hand, by the time she was merely five years of age she had managed to build her first two robots. Simple in design, but capable of 360 degree aerial moment, Hover Type - A. Sappy & Hover Type - B.B. Syrup would become the closest companions she could ask for.

At the age of ten, Maple's skill in robotics had improved exponentially, leading her to develop her newest companion, the combat dedicated Support Unit - Molassus Mk I. Though initially designed in an attempt to garner the attention of her parents, Molassus would quickly prove itself an invaluable ally to Maple as the threats and dangers in the subsequent years increased. Prior to such threats however, Maple's simple life as a student would continue, but though intellectually gifted in her own right just as the rest of her people, Maple's dedicated focus to robotics caused her skill in other aspects to prove lacking. With her parents both busy with their own work, it wasn't long before Maple's grades would begin to decline at the academy, though whether with was due to her actually lacking skill or merely from neglecting her schoolwork was anyone's guess.

Then, only a few months later, the dark times for the Tuffles would begin-

Mere days before her 12th birthday, the normally peaceful city would be assailed by alarms as all residents were forced to evacuate. For reasons unknown, the Saiyan King had begun to wage war, but with her quick thinking the Tuffle Chancellor had called for an evacuation order. For the most part, all had been orderly and calm, however being as curious as she was, Maple would make a poor decision that day to instead sneak around the city to witness the invaders, rather than evacuate as she was meant to.

With the Saiyan Army in sight, panic would set in for a portion of what few remained, leading to disorderly conduct as residents sought to escape the city. Though the end was chaotic, ultimately the evacuation would be a success, however the mob of people rushing to escape would lead to one of Maple's bots, Syrup, being badly damaged as it was trampled beneath of the feet of those fleeing. Still, though the day had been lost, it had been with minimal casualty and damage; Syrup would find itself repaired, though would exhibit strange quirks from then on.

Tensions ran high ever since, time would pass, but with further attacks coming in the form of the ancient Saiyan legend made manifest, trust would not be easily restored. Donning a golden aura as he hunted down those working on one of Hatchi's most valuable resource, Destron, the battle of the Super Saiyans was enough to shake the city to its foundations. While evacuations came once again, the damage proved to be much more severe thanks in part to the Saiyans companion as well as unaffiliated invaders and looters.

Once more, Maple would make a poor decision, seeking out the cause of the destruction, only to find herself in harms way as debris from a collapsing building nearly crushed her. To her luck however, Maple would be saved by Sappy, who had taken to intercepting the rubble of its own volition. The bot would sustain heavy damage, frightening Maple, but would ultimately be fine, receiving repairs and continuing to stay by Maples side. The event however had changed a perception within Maple; though she held no proof, a fury would burn in her at the sight of her bots near destruction. The "super saiyan" had incurred her wrath, for whatever that was worth, and once the event had successfully concluded, Maple would take up a personal study on the legend.

For Maple, every sudden event was like a lingering blur, with only few images remaining clear as day in her mind. Though it had been so recent in terms of the span of her life, with the peace she knew for so long uplifted so suddenly, and her home lost in one of the many attacks, the young girl simply found it to difficult to focus her thoughts. Never before had she needed to deal with such stress and fear in her before, but with that fear steadily began to grow an ambition that she didn't yet understand. The attacks had come, and just as quickly, had ended; despite Maple's feelings and all that had transpired however, once regrouped and resettled, her parents would once again return to their respective works, assuring Maple that it was for the greater good, completely disregarding of their daughters feelings.

Fed up with the way her life had gone, and worried of more attacks to come, it was then that Maple would make a decision for herself. Finding the academy worthless to her personal pursuits of knowledge, she would withdraw herself. With only a bag filled with some tools and belongings, as well as her three robot companions, Maple would depart from Hatchi. Her first goal was clear, to seek out the so called "super saiyan" that caused all the recent chaos in her life, and teach them a lesson!

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COMBAT INFORMATION

TECHNIQUES: You start with Three Standard Technique Slots and One Sparking Slot that you can use any way you like. Some species start out with additional slots, or access to certain slot-based abilities for free. You also start with two additional Utility Technique Slots.

Light Offensive || Blaster Fire! (3TP)
With her modified blaster, siphoned energy can be converted into quick and destructive lemon shaped energy blasts! Dangerous lemons, regardless of range!
Power: 20% (1TP)
KP Cost: 1KP (2TP)
Variants: N/A

Light Offensive || Charged Shot! (3TP)
By charging more energy through her modified blaster, Maple can fire a large and powerful blast of energy incapable of being dispersed/fizzled by weaker forces!
Power: 30% (2TP)
KP Cost: 2KP
Variants: Overflowing (1TP | Strategist)

Light Defensive(Evasive) || Emergency Boost! (3TP)
If emergency energy reserves are available, Maple can perform a quick, low-energy maneuver to escape incoming attacks!
Power: 50% (10% + 40% from Evasive)
KP Cost: 1KP (2TP)
Variants: Evasive (1TP | Strategist)

Light Offensive Sparking || Shooting Stars! (6TP)
Locking on to her target, Maple expends a flurry of accumulated energy from her blaster into the air that rushes down at high-speeds in a visual manner akin to a shooting stars across the sky!
Power: 10%
KP Cost: 2KP
Variants: Homing(1TP | Strategist), Overflowing(2TP), Triple Threat(2TP Sparking Variant), Piercing(1TP | Triple Threat cost reduction)


Utility Technique || Assisted Flight
By use of her companion hover bots, Syrup and Sappy, Maple can equip them as hover boots to fly!

Utility Technique || Robot Upgrades
Maple has modified her robots with transformation functions, allowing her to equip them for battle! (Flavor to her Transformations!)

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Please rename Starter Form: "Sweet Danger"
I'll also be applying for 3 Minions, distributing their PL's and linking their App's below!

STARTING LOADOUT: I would like to have the starting 24,000XP distributed as described below please-

Arm Blaster: 4,000XP (5,000 - 20% Salvage Trait Discount!)

Minion 1 (Sappy): 4,500XP
Minion 2 (Syrup): 4,500XP
Minion 3 (Molassus): 10,000XP

And the remaining 1,000 converted to PL for Maple~!


COMPANION APPLICATION(S):

Minion 1 - Sappy: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/4231/hover-type-sappy
Minion 2 - Syrup: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/4232/hover-type-syrup
Minion 3 - Molassus: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/4233/support-unit-molassus-mk