Sunny

by **Sunny** May 25th 2015, 4:11 am

SUNNY
BIG FIERY JERK

Basic Biography

Real Name: Konstantinos "Stan" Floros
Hero Name: Sunny
Title: The Solar Slugger
Alignment: Neutral Good
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Human (White/Mediterranean)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'2
Weight: 189 lb
Blood type: AB Negative

The Looks

Stan Floros:

While in costume, Stan wears a black tshirt, black sweatpants, and a long black coat, along with black boxing shoes and his sun mask.

The Legacy

Personality: Stan is a weird combination of wide-eyed idealist and misanthropic jackass. Simply put, he is a good person, but not even remotely a nice one. Aloof on his best days and downright mean on his worst, Stan is nonetheless a true believer of a greater good, who works tirelessly to protect the innocent and is virulently opposed to killing.
If someone were to put up with Stan’s dickery long enough for him to consider them a friend, they’d notice a very subtle change in his behavior. The jabs and scathing remarks wouldn’t stop, but they’d become oddly fond; less out-and-out insults, more just really mean compliments.

History: Konstantinos “Stan” Floros was born to Greek-American parents in Santa Monica, California in 1995, surrounded by extended family. He had a relatively normal childhood, albeit one marked by a lack of both friends and privacy, until one fateful day, thirteen years after his birth, when a mugger with psychic powers forced his consciousness from his body and into another plane of existence. Several things happened at once: in the other world, Stan was attacked by some sort of energy being, while back on Earth, his metagene triggered, activating potent psychic defenses. Stan’s consciousness overpowered those of the creature and the mugger, killing both. Horrified at having taken a life, Stan vowed to gain control of his abilities and use them to protect people.

Spending the next several years training and readying himself to become a hero, Stan became a formidable kickboxer and gained some semblance of control over the strange powers the beast's death had given him. Outside of this, however, little else changed- his life remained largely unremarkable if somehow both crowded and lonely. His family's constant presence became increasingly constrictive, leading a falling out when he eventually left for college. Only his youngest sister, Katerina, remained in his life. She supported him as his best and only friend, becoming the first person he would reveal his secret to. With multiple attempts at heroics thwarted by time constraints, Stan found himself wondering if he'd ever have his chance.

That was a few years ago now. Stan's finished college and graduate school, gotten back on speaking terms with his family, and watched the world turned upside-down twice in rapid succession, first by the New York Assault, and then by the Purge. With an MA in Communications and limited prospects, a stable-but-boring job as a TA at the college he attended, Stan has decided to once again try to use his powers for good. He'd like to join a super team, for primarily to have a better support network for his heroics. How successful he'll be in either case remains to be seen, but he's damn well going to try.

Powers and Weaknesses

Powers

Metagene: Stan’s metagene gives him the following powers:

Regeneration: Stan is able to regenerate any and all lost portions of his body, though doing so takes time and requires his full attention.
Psychic Resilience: Stan is resistant to possession and mind control.

Psychic Link: The psychic link between Stan and the corpse of the energy being the attempted to possess him allows him to channel its energy into his dimension through his body, providing him with numerous benefits. This energy is a white light described as looking like “something between fire and plasma.” Though it produces no appreciable sensation of heat, it burns all matter it comes in contact with and inspires a visceral sense of wrongness in those observing it.

Conduit: Stan is able to store the being’s energy within his body, slightly increasing his speed and strength. Additionally, this energy will bleed through any break in his skin, make close combat hazardous to enemies.
Energy Bursts: After building up an appreciable amount of energy within his body, Stan can violently release a portion of it, at the cost of some part of his body, usually his eyes or fingers. This ability functions as a release of pressure; as such, he must regenerate whatever body part was destroyed before he can do so again. This means that there is a cooldown between blasts, varying from roughly twenty seconds for eye blasts to several minutes for a full/partial limb.
Energy Being Physiology: Likely the most powerful ability afforded by the psychic link, Stan is able to temporarily manifest portions of the energy being’s body as extensions of his own, at the cost of destroying the corresponding part of his body. He can, in a pinch, obliterate his physical form, completely assuming that of the energy being, provided he has some physical object to anchor it to. Stan can fire energy blasts similar to his pressure release attack from any transformed part of his body, though they are substantially more controlled. The energy being’s body is immune to physical attacks. Regeneration of his physical form following a full transformation is hyper-accelerated; regrowing his entire body only takes about a minute, but he's out of the running for at least half a day after doing so, and won't be back at full capacity for another two, at least.

Kickboxing: Stan is an experienced kickboxer from several years of club participation. He utilizes this training in combat, preferring it and small energy bursts over broader uses of his psychic link.

Weaknesses

Active vs Passive: Stan cannot passively regenerate his body; he must devote his full attention to doing so, leaving him open to attack. When regenerating a large portion of his body after a large-scale transformation, he is completely defenseless. Regeneration is also exceptionally tiring for Stan; regrowing a whole limb more than twice in rapid succession is enough to put him down for several hours, at least.

Link Limits: Stan’s link with the energy being is imperfect. He cannot maintain manifestations of its body for very long; a single limb can last up to half an hour, but a full-body transformation lasts five minutes, max. Full body transformations also bring the risk of dispersion; if he exceeds the time limit without beginning to regenerate, or if his anchor is destroyed, his consciousness will disperse, killing him.

Still Squishy: Stan is no more durable than an average human. Additionally, while he is in exceptionally good physical condition and receives slight boosts to speed & strength while channeling the being’s energy, his physical abilities are solidly within the range of normal humans.

Shit Hurts!: Every single active application of Stan’s psychic link causes him serious physical harm. Should he be too tired to regenerate these injuries at the end of a fight, it is conceivable that he might die from them.

Good Guy, Bad Powers: Stan may not be a nice person, but he’s a good one. The inherently destructive nature of his psychic link powers makes them difficult to apply outside of combat and almost guarantees massive collateral damage. For these reasons, he is hesitant to use them, even in the heat of combat.

Energy: Stan is susceptible to energy based attacks; in his human form, they do not trigger his energy bleed, and can even damage his energy body.

Charge Capacity: While channeling the beings energy, Stan cannot control the rate at which it flows into his body, and must occasionally vent some or risk injury.

RP Mechanics

Unlikeable: Stan’s abrasive personality and rather frightening powers make working on teams difficult for him.

Aura of Discomfort: While active, the being's energy instills a sense of discomfort in those near to Stan, the same feeling one might get if they sense they are being watched.

Luminescent: While channeling, Stan's body is illuminated from within, generating an effect similar to shining a flashlight through one's hand.