Quinoxis

APPEARANCE: 

BACKGROUND: 

    The Cerealians were running out of time.

    The dawn of a new age was upon the galaxy's horizon. With the militaristic mobilization of the originally primitive Saiyan warrior race leading to the brutish battlers being able to extend their conquest to realms beyond that of their present state of affairs, the rest of the cosmos was being put on notice- things were bound to change, and most likely not for the better. 

    Already, reports surged from across the stars of Saiyans ravaging entire star systems with their newfound galactical mobility, with races left and right falling prey to their now more organized fleet- with even just one or two mercenaries more than enough to take down entire peoples for the right price.

    Unwilling to go gentle into that good night, the Cerealians immediately began to look for a solution. While their precision and analytical capabilities enabled them to be formidable in one-on-one combat scenarios, when it came to all out warring scenarios like what the Saiyans leaned back on as their go-to approach, they folded in almost every imaginable scenario. Their damage output simply wasn't matchable to the destructive capability of the Saiyans. 

    So, what was their solution? 

    The creation of a super weapon able to battle on par with the universe's most powerful fighters. The greatest minds of the Cerealian people were all too aware that no number of expendable bodies would be able to take down even just one or two Saiyan capable mercenaries, so they decided to pool all their resources into one basket, and to create a biologically superior Cerealian able to fight the battles that they never could. 

    With the Cerealian government running out of options, the scientists in charge of the program were given the greenlight, and so Project Quinoxis was formed. In order to avoid creating mass hysteria, the Cerealian scientists tasked with the producing of such a warrior were ordered to do everything in their power to keep the project under wraps- which meant that their available resources came from purely military funding, which included any and all selected test subjects. Many of the test subjects pulled straight from their military ranks died during testing, as their fully matured bodies could not sustain such a level of biological tinkering so far into their life span. The type of genetic engineering that they were subjected to destroyed their entire person from within, and the lab floors ran red only mere weeks into their heavy testing.
    
    Considering the ill-repute they were now accruing with their higher ups after constant failure after failure, their pool of potential bodies for testing was growing smaller and smaller day by day. The government was refusing to allow any further innocent blood to be shed, and it wasn't like they could go out with some patriotic slogan and start recruiting just anyone off the street for anonymous testing- too much suspicion and even more paranoia would come of such a move.

    However, when all seemed lost, one of the head scientists of the program, Oataris, proposed a solution. The number of orphaned children that ran amok in their various cities and towns were primed to be near perfect test candidates. Not nearly as old as their former subjects, their biology was more malleable, their physical forms not nearly as concrete. With the added benefit of being lost and lonely souls with no formal attachment to anyone or anything that would draw any attention back to them. 

    Although initially appalled, the charismatic (and at times forceful) demeanor of Oataris and his position as one of the lead scientists of the project proper led to the group following suit, beginning to pluck the orphaned children of Cereal in an attempt to create the perfect weapon against a race of walking weapons. Many children were taken in with the promise of a roof over their head and a place to eat and feel safe, only to find themselves amidst the most physically straining testing known to any man. 

    While many children came and went, one stood atop the heap- and that child was little Barleus. Or at least that's what they were told his name was, the little backstory they were given alluded to the young boy having run away from an abusive home, and being left to roam the streets as he begged for any passerby to stop and help.

    Oataris had been the one to procure the boy off the street, and he soon found himself the golden boy of the whole operation itself. It was as though the little boy's very hatred burned so brightly that his body managed to pull itself together and even sustain itself throughout every biological change that they made- his pure anger soaking into his very genetic code. 

    Indeed, Barleus was the perfect test subject the project had been waiting to bestow their awesome power upon. With the bulk of his early stage of genetic rewriting being completed, the little boy was placed into a mock healing pod- a capsule that would slow his body's aging process to a crawl so that his body could fully adapt to the rapid chanegs made to the very core of his being. Locked away deep underground to ensure that nothing or anyone could dare to disturb the hatchling's journey toward perfection.

    Unfortunately for the team, and for the rest of the civilization at large, time still wasn't on their side- and their time followed soon after this successful selection came about. But even as the rest of the Cerealian people burned away into the wind above ground, deep below the surface, Barleus continued to brew. 

    Oataris, while "hopeful", also was not stupid- at the rate the Saiyans were moving across the cosmos, there was no way Project Quinoxis would reach completion in time to make any sort of difference in the fate that had been sealed for the rest of his people. However, that did not mean his magnum opus, the pinnacle of his biological study had to be part of the ashes that would be scattered to the far-off winds. No, Oataris refused to allow the culmination of his life's work on the breaking and creating of greater life itself to crumble into nothingness, and so he created a computer program that would allow for Barleus to continue his growth uninterrupted, and even after his untimely demise, Project Quinoxis persisted- maturing for nearly a century until the day finally came.
    
    Barleus, no, Quinoxis, finally awoke from his deep slumber. 

    Prepared to destroy everything within his unending hatred. 

Light Offensive || Gravitas Grasp
Forming invisible strands of Ki able to be easily manipulated, Quinoxis feigns using the very gravity around him in order to potentially grab and throw both opposition and objects at said opposition. Aforementioned strands of Ki are also able to do damage on their own, either by being used as whips or in other various shapes and forms. 
Power: 20%
KP Cost: 1 KP
Variants: N/A

Medium Defensive || Millet Mirage
Utilizing the highly perceptive nature of his Cerealian right eye, Quinoxis analyzes and predicts the movements of his opponents, where he then dodges preemptively at high speed, appearing as a mirage as he evades. 
Power: 80%
KP Cost: 2 KP
Variants: Evasive

Light Offensive || Pinpoint Piercer 
Forming both hands into the shapes of finger guns, Quinoxis proceeds to flood his artificially enhanced Cerealian right eye with an overflow of Ki. Momentarily evolving his right eye even further beyond utilizing the technology wrapped around it, the Mad Cerealian uses it as a sight in order to send forth a bullet-like stream of energy straight from his fingertips directly at the opponent, which has the ability to cut through most material (living and non-living) on contact.
Power: 20%
KP Cost: 2 KP
Variants: Piercing

Medium Offensive || Sorghum Strike
Analyzing the attack patterns and defensive sequences of the opposition with his fabled Cerealian right eye, Quinoxis locates the most opportune time and place to strike- lacing his right hand with Ki as he blasts the opponent with a straight right hand in their analyzed weak point. 
Power: 60%
KP Cost: 3 KP
Variants: N/A

Heavy Sparking Offensive || Quantum Roar
Coalescing the rage gathered over generations of unanswered hatred, Quinoxis allows this focused energy to explode from deep within, releasing it all from his gaping maw in a thunderous cry of anger- a column of emerald, green energy overflowing from his mouth and colliding directly into the opposition, whilst similar electric-looking lines of Ki streak outwards from his body in all directions, potentially hitting both friend and foe in light of this devastating display. 
Power: 100%
KP Cost: 4 KP
Variants: Quake+

Utility || Energy Sense
A technique that allows you to sense, measure, and differentiate the ki signatures of ki attacks and all living beings without the Anti-Sense trait. Higher ki signatures are easier to sense and can be sensed at greater distances than lower ones. This technique is passive and does not use KP.

Utility || Depowering Pulse
After years of experimentation, the scientists of Project Quinoxis finally produced a means of putting an end to the Saiyan scourge once and for all. This unique ability enables the user to nullify and deactivate Ki-based energy utilization and constructs created by Ki users. Activated by physical contact, Depowering Pulse disrupts the flow of energy within a person's body, causing the victim's Ki-based techniques, attacks, or constructs to decay and lose their power. This power specifically targets and weakens the essence of Ki, rendering it ineffective against the user. (Writer consent required for it to be used in character).

Support (Max Power) || Fury Forge
You may activate Max Power at the very start of your post, increasing the power of all of your techniques by +10% while active. This will drain Momentum at a cost of -1 MP per post at the beginning of your post and prevents you from gaining MP naturally, using evasive or escape techs, blocking escapes, and intercepting attacks meant for others. You can only turn it off at the end of a post, at the end your second post after activation at the earliest. You will still consume MP and not regain any MP on the post you turned it off on. If you run out of MP, you lose Max Power's effects at the end of your post and cannot gain any MP on your next turn.