#G3ARHEAD !! an ind pri sel original character ( YASMANI ' MANI ' MARILL ) written in adhoc studio's game ' DISPATCH ' adored by coma ( TWENTY-FIVE, THEY/THEM ) !!+18!! minors &. personals will be blocked. please read rules + info before interacting . . . UNDER READMORE !! psd. follows back from #umbracut. HEADCANONS. PROMPTS. MUSINGS.
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FULL NAME: yasmani marill ALIAS(S) &. NICKNAMES: tinkerer, mani AGE: thirty-three D.O.B.: december sixth, 19XX GENDER &. PRONOUNS: agender, they/them ORIENTATION: panromantic, pan/demisexual RACE/ETHNICITY: enhanced, cuban-american HEIGHT: five feet three inches HAIR: black, loose curls, usually tied up EYES: brown PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: hinged ring septum piercing MENTAL STATUS: ptsd ( post traumatic stress disorder ), adhd ( attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder ) impulsivity and hyperfocus symptoms. OCCUPATION &. AFFILIATION: support gear specialist for superhero dispatch network ( SDN ). former criminal. heavily focuses on mechanics, robotics, and computer science. ABILITIES: can miniaturize or enlarge inanimate objects that come into contact with their hands. it's usage is not unlimited, mani tends to consume a lot of calories very quickly when they're assigned to big projects. shrinking takes less energy than enlarging. PERSONALITY: brash, loud-spoken. has a bit of a foul mouth. notorious for unserious remarks, while also standing to be one of the smartest people in any given room.
BACKGROUND: # tw body horror # tw body mutilation # tw suicide mention # tw post-partem depression mention # family death
mani grew up with one older brother and and a widower father. they had a larger family beyond that, be they seldom came around. their mother died shortly after they were born after succumbing to post-partem depression. their relationship with their brother, usnavi, was always strained as a result. two people who frequently butted heads, could never agree on one thing, and oftentimes getting themselves into shouting matches only their soft-spoken father could pacify.
their powers manifested when they were in fifth grade, at eleven years old. their teacher was handing out papers for a vocab quiz and when they picked it up, accidentally shrunk it to the size of a pinky nail. it took mani and the teacher an embarrassingly long time to figure out the how and the why.
mani wasn't shy about showing off their powers; usually shrinking objects so that the usage of their abilities was less noticeable to your average observer. the one time they enlarged something was at a family barbeque⸺ they remember their uncle being there, their aunt, some nieces and nephews and cousins. they got into a small fight with some of their similarly-aged relatives and in a fit, enlarged the food on their plate. mani, young, impressionable mani, thought they had won an argument. the unfortunate reality was that they had just painted a target on their back.
their father scolded them for their showy display and put them on clean up duty. throwing away trash, packing away the leftovers, the works. mani's uncle offered to help to which they readily agreed, thinking about how it would cut down on time. but there was this look in their uncle's eyes while they were tying up trash bags. a greed. a determination.
when the backyard looked marginally less like it had been stampeded through, their uncle's heavy hand landed on their shoulder. he said something about coming with him. about how their ability was about to solve every one of their family's financial problems.
he seemed so tall, in that moment. looming. his presence a physical weight that had mani shrinking back. they can scarcely recall to details, just that they didn't want him looking DOWN at them anymore. they wanted him small. and that's when it happened.
mani learned that day that their abilities had an extremely adverse reaction to the manipulation of organic matter. their uncle's left ear was in their hair. his body⸺ what used to be a body, now a mere puddle at their feet. they threw their head back and wailed until their father and usnavi came stumbling out of the house to see what the commotion was about.
a lot of things happened that evening. the incident was ultimately swept under the rug. their father reported his own brother missing. no one spoke of it ever again, and mani was pretty sure he never looked them in the eye until the moment he passed away himself, five years later. mani and usnavi naturally drifted apart, not that they got along well anyways.
mani got a GED and skipped college, joining in with a bad crowd. they resorted to theft to make ends meet, usually shrinking and pocketing high-value vehicles and machines and making off with them to have them stripped for parts. a couple of years into the grind, they started picking up work for custom equipment. their primary draw was cars, but mani was extremely talented at weaponizing pretty much anything they were handed.
the year they turned twenty-eight, their brother was kidnapped for ransom. and not cash⸺ it was a gaggle of red ring goons that wanted exclusive rights to their abilities. with usnavi's life on the line, agreeing was easy. but they also formulated a plan.
mani wasn't a huge fan of being taken advantage of, and turned over weapons with the efficiency and frequency of a well-oiled machine. every time they completed a batch, they were rewarded with a photo of their brother, restrained by unmaimed. safe but unsafe. mani spent months narrowing down his exact location. the night that every single thing they've ever created for the red ring was in the same warehouse, they dialed sdn. they kneeled at the overhead door, hands over their head, and waited for the heroes to arrive. they were arrested shortly thereafter. they could only hope they took their additional information about a hostage's location seriously, and usnavi would be saved.
it wouldn't be until a few years later that they're approached for the phoenix program. it seemed like a shit idea, but prison was shit, so ultimately they agreed. they wouldn't find out until after they were released that their brother was indeed alive, but had their number blocked. had them blocked on everything.
