Katsuo Shugoshin's Upgrade!

Thu Jun 12, 2014 2:50 pm

Name Of Character: Katsuo Shugoshin
Link To Character Profile: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t11937-shugoshin-katsuo-approved-6-0
Reasons For Upgrading: Katsuo has been training in the woods, getting his face kicked in, and his body broken by Suo. It was only natural that eventually his powers would emerge and I've decided to push him out of the realm of being useless and into the world of being a productive member of this site. As such it would also make sense that he has grown stronger due to the training he has received from Yuu and Hanako. Now in a kill or be killed situation, Katsuo's powers need to emerge.
What Are You Upgrading: Originally this was just going to be an emergence of his powers, but after a deep bit of thought it occurred to me that if his powers did awake then he would also receive a slight boost to his tier. So here is the upgrade!

Powers

» Chi Powers:

Yang Surge: Most people on Earth call it this, but a Yin Surge is a powerful blast of white light that is released from your body's life energy. It can take any kind of shape you wish, however, upon hitting something it will not only do large scale damage similar to a Grand Rey Cero, but it can even accelerate energy across a 2000 meter area in order to make some people or objects more vibrant, bright and a general sense of upward energy is felt in the effected area. When this happens, it can increase the users own powers for a period of three post. Not only that, but if a soul is killed by this, the chances of them becoming a hollow is lessened greatly.

Yin Surge: As to be expected, a Yin Surge is the exact opposite of a Yang Surge. When this attack is used a powerful blast of black light that is released from your body's life energy. It to can take the shape of whatever you wish and cause massive damage, but in it's effective area of 2000 meters it can cause a mass silence within the area, deep darkness to be visibility seen and an overall slowed feeling. When this happens, the users abilities will be boosted just like the Yang Surge.

Geppo: Being that there powers somewhat evolve around the Yin and Yang, moon step would be their form of flash step, high speed movement where in the case of tier you will be able to keep up with the Shinigami's flash step. Yuèqiú bù thought does have one thing that is different from the Shinigami's flash step because it makes no noise.

Vindeca "Heal": Using Chi in order to get their bodies to the best shape as possible, using the chi flowing in there own bodies they are able to regenerate faster then the normal human beings this doesn't mean their bodies heal instantly, it's almost like the Shinigami, there bodies can heal faster then normal humans can, this doesn't pertain to any injuries like a cut off limb, they cannnot regenerate a arm or a thumb or anything, these are flesh wounds to the body.

Tekkai "Iron Mass": Training themselves as much as possible along with the Chi in their own bodies they have formed a almost 'perfect' body where their muscles are so close together that they have higher endurance then the normal human, also with using this they are able to form Chi on their own skin, this is constantly active, and is a lot like the Arrancar's own Hierro.

» Awakened Appearance:

Upon awakening Katuo's body becomes covered in glowing runic symbols, these symbols are not symbols, but in fact are the veins of his genetic mutation inherited from the Shugoshin family known as the Chi Conduit. His muscle mass increases along with his height and if one could peer inside of his body one would note that his bones have increased in density, improving their natural endurance. On the outside, little changes. His eyes have a faint green glow about them and his height and muscle mass have shifted in favor of being taller and more brutish looking. However, he retains the vast majority of his original appearance.

» Awakened Powers:
Body of Chi: Katsuo's body is irregular in many ways. An unnatural stamina, an unbelievable resilience, and not known to even Katsuo, a body made to perfectly assimilate the natural energies of the world around him. Refered to simply as a "Body of Chi", Katsuo can gather the natural energies of his surroundings to enhance his own abilities to combat foes stronger and faster than himself. This is all possible due to an unnatural genetic mutation that has been inherited through the Shugoshin blood line that allows for advanced chi energy storage. This unnatural system inside of his body, simply called a "Chi Conduit", is constantly circulating chi energy throughout Katsuo's body. The appearance of the "Chi Conduit" visibly is shown via weird runic symbols that appear all over the skin, glowing an eerie green. These symbols are not actually on the skin, but within a special network of veins that the chi energy travels through.

The powers associated with the body of chi are usually enhanced reflexes, increased strength, and improved regeneration factor. However, these are simply the passive effects of the basic Body. By forcing the chi energy into a more volatile state, Katsuo can draw upon specialized chi based attacks or defenses that can be used to damage others or to protect others and himself. There are a few ways to force the chi energy into a volatile state, all of them can cause great strain on the other systems outside of the "Chi Conduit", but can be quite rewarding if used properly. One such way is to assimilate outside chi energy into his body, to do this Katsuo must receive the chi energy from a willing donor. It can not be taken by force and must be received via choice and nothing else. Katsuo can assimilate this energy from other humans, plants, and animals.

A second way to force the chi energy in his body into a volatile state is to push himself to the brink of death. Once on the brink of death his "Chi Conduit" will naturally begin to produce large quantities of chi energy which begin to overflow into his natural systems. This way causes a great deal of distress to Katsuo, but is also the strongest form of volatile chi energy that he can acquire. Once in this state, all reserves are thrown to the wind, and an evident change in the color of the runes across his body can be seen. The runes appear to turn blood red and even the veins of Katsuo's body can be visibly seen underneath his skin, glowing a dull red themselves symbolizing the amounts of chi energy that is floating through his blood at that point. In this form, Katsuo's physical abilities are pushed further, but the strain on the body can be seen on his face with every punch or kick he tries to land.

The third and final way to push his Chi Conduit into a volatile state is by pure force of will. This way is extremely rare and Katsuo has not practiced doing this enough to warrant this being a true way to unleash the true power of his body. In this form, Katsuo's runes glow blue and a sense of calmness can be seen across his face upon activation. By doing this with will alone, Katsuo is not putting as large of a strain on his body, and in that same boat is not receiving as major of a power up as if he had gained this power from an outside force or if he was near the brink of death. However, this form is more controllable , and is a lot less likely to cause him any serious damage upon using it either. The other two have huge risks and pay off hugely, but this form is a low risk and semi-useful reward.

Chi Conduit Regeneration: Katsuo's natural chi system within his body, that can be used to store unbelievable amounts of chi energy not only from his own self, but from other things as well, can be used to naturally enhance the rate of regeneration. To do this Katsuo has to focus his chi energy in his body upon the process of "healing". During this time, Katsuo's chi energies are focused entirely on healing, and can not be used in an offensive manner. Meaning that all of the natural gifts that come associated with the Body of Chi, are no longer present, and instead his body is solely focused on "superior regeneration". This process usually doesn't take too long, but does require a bit of focus on Katsuo's part to regulate the amount of chi energy toward the wounds or broken bones that need attention.

If his focus is broken, the healing will be incomplete, and will have to make due with the amount of healing he has received during that time of focus. This power can not be used frequently and is not typically a very useful power when fighting on the fields of battle as it requires you to focus on it and it alone. However, it can be used to fully restore limbs, organs, and bones that have been broken or destroyed during a battle. This move is also high risk, high reward, and if used at the proper time can restore someone to full health completely with low risk.

Chi Reflective Shield/Volatile Chi Reflective Shield: The Chi Conduit is very much like a system of specialized instruments within the body and these specialized instruments within Katsuo's body have unique ways of utilizing the chi flowing within them to either be used in a defensive or offensive manner. One of these defensive manners is called simply, the reflective shield, and it is an inbuilt defensive mechanism that automatically occurs when there is a threat to Katsuo's life. The shield, created by chi energy that has began to overflow from the chi conduit into the skin's epidermal layer, is a shield comprised of highly dense chi energy that vibrates at a high frequency. This high frequency chi energy creates a protective barrier around the body which shields from conventional spirit based attacks and physical attacks up to a certain thresh hold. It can not, however, completely protect Katsuo from all damage, but can lessen the blows from powerful foes and powerful spirit based attacks.

However, it isn't just a conventional shield in the way that it just lessens the damage of blows that are received, it is also a shield that can sometimes if focused at a precise point, can send the full force of the attack straight back at the adversary who launched the assault. To focus the shield in a specific point, Katsuo must be able to judge where the attack is going to land on his body, and then focus all of the overflow of chi energy present in his epidermal layer right into that specific point. By doing this, Katsuo increases the frequency and the density of the chi energy in that specific point. This increases in density increases the damage threshold the shield can take at that point and the increase in frequency causes a vibration that which upon physical contact causes a great deal of pain or reflects spiritual energy.

The way that the shield targets physical attacks through vibration is by sending out bits of vibrating chi energy upon contact into the muscles that are exerting themselves through physical activity. These vibrating bits of chi energy begin to vibrate at a higher frequency once they have embedded into the muscles, instantly targeting nerve endings near the muscles and the muscle itself. The amount of chi energy that disperses varies depending on the amount of trauma that would have been received via the physical attack. This action causes muscle cramps and severe pain via the nerve endings. The feeling of pain feels similar to being shocked by electricity, but is more focused, and is internalized so there is not a lot of things to dampen the feeling of the shock. In the volatile form, only obtainable through methods mentioned in the Body of Chi ability, the effects of the cramps are greatly increased, and the nerve endings near the muscles feel an increased level of pain due to the a greater level of high frequency chi energy being dispersed into the opponent's body. Furthermore, after the initial shock the nerve endings will feel like they are burning as an after effect for a short amount of time.

The way that the shield targets conventional spirit attacks is very similar to the way that the shield reflects physical trauma back on to the opponent. The shield is focused toward the attack by Katsuo, leaving every other part of the body exposed and vulnerable. By doing this Katsuo increases the density of the chi energy and the frequency of the chi energy on the epidermal layer of his skin. Once the spiritual attack hits the shield, the chi energy that has been shifted to protect from the attack begins to vibrate at a faster and faster frequency, this causes the spiritual attack to be hit by a force that is sort of like friction, which stalls it from moving any further forward. While this is going on Katsuo's shield has began to fill the spiritual attack with potential energy while absorbing the kinetic energy (the energy of motion) into itself. This action is natural and does not take any effort to perform, it is very similar to the effects of the Body of Chi ability when absorbing outside chi energies. Katsuo then focuses his shield to burst, by exploding the shield on the epidermal layer it sends the kinetic energy back into the spiritual attack, the spiritual attack already infused with potential energy given to it by the shield, is now infused with kinetic energy which converts the potential energy into even more kinetic energy. The direction of the explosion is the direction of which the spiritual attack will go and it will be faster than it had been when it first launched due to it having more kinetic energy than it had before.

The volatile reflection of spiritual energy is different in that the shield vibrates so fast that it shatters the spiritual attack and sends shards of it launching back at the opponent randomly. There is little control over the direction of these shards of spiritual energy, but upon contact these shards will explode, causing extreme damage upon impact. These shards vary in size, some may be huge, and others could be small like glass shards. It also heavily depends on the type of spiritual attack. A large one will shatter with larger shards being the frequent, but a smaller one will shatter with smaller shards being the frequent. The size of the explosion also varies with the size of the shard.

Focused Chi Barrage/Volatile Chi Barrage: The Chi Conduit's many potential offensive and defensive maneuvers are what make it a unique genetic mutation that is not only useful, but overwhelming. In the case of the Focused Chi Barrage technique, the Chi Conduit's devastating hand to hand technique, the offensive potential of the conduit is brought to bare in brutal display. Katsuo's hands are the focus of the the conduit's chi energy as the conduit and surrounding lifeforms willing to give chi energy, transfer their energies to his fists. His fists begin to glow green with energy and even have sparks that fly off of them. The sparks are bits of overflowing chi energy with no where to go. His fists, now energized with chi energy, are now enhanced in both power and explosive force.

The power of the fists is increased by the amount of chi energy that is currently being channeled through it. This power is not infinite and can be drained rather quickly if used in rapid succession, but with the larger amount of chi present the longer the first remained energized. The increase of fist power is considerable, making each punch feel like a semi-truck has just nailed you in the gut. The fist power increases even more when the Body of Chi is in a volatile state. The glow becomes red and the sparks appear to be more like dripping blood from the fists. The punch's power increase at that point is much higher than that of a semi, it almost feels like you are being hit by the equivalent of several semi-trucks at once. Needless to say this is due to the fact that the energy within the fists while in a volatile state is increased dramatically. This is because the energy from the Chi Conduit has began to seep into the muscles in the arm and the muscles in the hand. Not only putting a strain on the muscle, but also putting a strain on the conduit as well. What this means is that there is chi within the flesh as well as the conduit being used at the same time to enhance the fists power.

The explosive force aspect of the punch is due to the chi energy as well, as during the activation of this move the fists are overloaded with a great deal of energy. Katsuo can, in theory, blow up the energy around his fist causing a miniature explosion to knock back opponents. This explosion would damage the hand, but the effect would be surprising and maybe would buy enough time to plan out another move. The explosion would feel like a high grade explosive had just gone off and would knock the opponent back a fair distant upon explosion. In the volatile state, the explosive power of this attack is increased as well. After all it has more access to higher reserves of chi energy which would help in the process of creating a larger more painful explosion, not only for the opponent but for himself. This explosion would be the equivalent of several high grade explosives going off at once and the opponent would definitely be knocked back father than before. Katsuo would also take higher damage because of the increase in explosive force.

Chi Flight: By channeling the natural energies of both the air and his body, Katsuo can give himself the effect of being weightless, thus allowing him to fly. While in flight, Katsuo can perform his attacks and defensive maneuvers without worrying about falling from the sky as after activation his body naturally controls the chi to keep him in flight. But seeing as how he is diverting some chi energy in the Chi Conduit for the purpose of flying, some of his other techniques would definitely not be as effective as they could be. While flying, Katsuo can activate Geppo, and can even launch surges at his opponents, however the effective range of these abilities is reduced.
Any Extra Notes: Will be doing a change to a Chi Powered Human. Along with several revisions to history. Also, I am unsure if after this upgrade Katsuo can remain a tier 6-0, I will take whatever recommendation on tier that is given to me by an admin if this app is approved. If not it is fine, I will just have to apply for a different upgrade at a later date.

Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:57 pm

Approved, and no he's getting a tier up This is really well written and I think he really can grow from this.

2-2+ is his new tier.

Update your skill sheets to a 2 tier level.
Your new will skills are

Willpower/Determination: Advanced.
Mental Deduction: Adept.
Pain Endurance: Advanced.
Focus: Adept.

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