♠Name♠
Haruta Kei

♠Age♠
18 years old

♠Gender♠
Male

♠Height♠
5'7"

♠Weight♠
115 lbs

♠Type♠
Aero

♠Physical Description♠
Kei is around 5'7" tall but only weighs about 115 lbs. This means he is slightly underweight which is most likely caused by the illness he has. You could say that his low appetite is a side effect. Another very noticeable side effect is crystal like substances growing on parts of his skin.

He has brown hair with a light blond streak on the left side, his eyes are colored red, he has a blank expression and he can usually be seen wearing a black coat, a scarf, a white t-shirt and black pants.

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In the past when Kei was about 4 years old he used to be quite the playful kid, basically ignoring the fact that he was sick a whole often more than most of the other kids around this place. He just brushed it off as normal as he wasn't the only one who had to stay in bed more then he liked because he wasn't feeling all too well. There were others just like him who happened to be very weak against illnesses as well. But despite this little setback he loved to fool around, play pranks on his friends or the scientists and just generally act like a normal kid would. It didn't take long for him to realize however that there was something off about this place. You see, Kei had shown a deep intrest for reading from a very young age and in some of those books he encountered some strange terms like 'mom' or 'dad' yet he couldn't really picture anyone he knows who could fill that kind of role in his life. The scientists in this place aren't really that after all.

As Kei grew about a year older and wiser more and more things started to botter him about this 'lab' as the scientists like to call this place. There were just too many things not aligning with the 'normal life' described in some of those books he liked to read. He decided to do some research. From a very young age Kei had noticed that he was able to control and bend the air around him. He knew he wasn't the only one who was able to do this but he also always knew there were people who couldn't do it. Those people normally would be able to control something else. This could be water, fire or earth. According to his books however this isn't what should normally be the case. Normally one shouldn't be able to control anything just like the scientists in this lab aren't able to control anything. Kei had to dig deeper into this. Before long he learned that he was part of something called Alloys. Alloys apparently can be categorised into 4 different types being: Pyro, Geo, Hydro or Aero depending on their ability to control a certain element. Judging from this Kei came to the conclusion that he was part of the later type, an Aero. That being said, His curiosity wasn't satisfied just yet.

Learning more and more about the Aero type by listening in on what the scientists were saying to each other and trying to comprehend at least some words of their sentences, Kei learned that it is normal for Aero's to be sick more often than the other types. This really put Kei at easy as he had begun stressing more and more about these illnesses which kept coming back to him after every short while of him seeming healthy again. He had also learned that it was usual for Aero's to be born blind or crippled. He was very happy that this wasn't the case for him, even though he had to admit that his eyesight wasn't the best in the world, but at the same time he felt sad for the other Aero's.

Naive as Kei was, he still didn't really think much different from his situation then he usually would. This all would change when he got older though. When his 10th birthday came around Kei got really, really ill. It was so bad that he had to stay in bed for days without any hope of recovering anytime soon. One day during this disastrous period, he overheard something that undoubtedly turned his world upside down. One of the scientists furiously said something along the lines of Kei dying way ahead of schedule and that they normally had time until they were about 17 before they had to abort their experiments. Upon gaining this piece of knowledge about Aero's, Kei's usual playful kid-like self changed. He just wasn't able to see the world in the same kind of light anymore.

What happened in only those few days was a major blow to Kei that changed him dramatically. He entered a shocked, unresponsive state and started questioning everything he knew about this world. The world wasn't as bright as the books he read used to tell him. He felt betrayed by both the scientists and his knowledge. Before long he started to resent the scientist as they were the ones keeping this valuable information from him. And if that wasn't enough, he also realized that to them he was nothing more than a, now sick, lab rat. After the shock came anger. Why us and only us? As an Aero he had drawn the short straw. It was only a matter of time before he would meet his end. But why? An impossible question which would stay unanswered for as long as he could remember.

When his anger finally dimmed down, Kei became an insensitive and emotionless person for the following 3-4 years. He had only one goal in mind: Trying to learn as much as he could about this world so that he wouldn't be surprised like he was before anymore. His normal reading habits changed from relaxing fictional books to extremely hard textbooks filled with insanely difficult learning material for a 10 year old kid. Kei was determent however and after a while he finally started to understand the subjects covered in the textbooks.

For 2 whole years Kei had to stay in his bed due to his illness. Nothing to do other than reading the whole day, Kei's intelligence had overwhelmingly increased. His health sadly didn't increase much though. During these 2 years, a crystal like substances started growing on a small part of his right shoulder. At first he tried to hide it from the scientists but it didn't take long for them to find out. Unable to figure out what kind of decease it was himself, Kei tried to listen in on what the scientists were saying about it. Sadly they didn't really talk about it a lot when in the presence of Kei so Kei just guessed it was a rare kind of skin decease. As if he hadn't enough going on already. Surprisingly a few days after this decease was discovered good news arrived. Kei was permitted to leave his bed tomorrow.

After finally being allowed to leave his bed again, Kei had to learn walking all over again. It was a very strange feeling for him being unable to walk while remembering himself running around the corridors while he was only a bit younger. Luckily for him it didn't take too long for him to get used to it again. Once he could function like a normal human being again he decided to put his knowledge to good use. He was going to practically see what his powers were capable of. He knew that all Aero's were able to manipulate the air around them and by doing so they could for example make a tornado around them or something. This was a very common technique for Aero's to use but what else can this power do? Kei took it upon himself to experiment on his own, hiding while doing so because he didn't want anyone to see what he was doing, surely not those stupid scientists. It had to stay a secret until it at least showed some results.

At the age of 14, Kei started to open up a bit more again towards his fellow Alloys. He used to be quite the emotionless and insensitive guy to everyone and this finally started to dim down a little. He still kept his distance and was generally hard to approach but he was at least willing to talk to some of the Alloys again. At least this was some step in the better direction.

As the years passed and Kei slowly turned 16, he mastered more and more about his power. Enhanced speed by reducing air resistance and utilizing pressurized air for propulsion reaching velocities as fast as the speed of sound, enhanced hearing by amplifying air molecule vibrations, depleting the Oxygen from an area or even something simple as the ability to crush something or someone by increasing the air pressure. These were all things he learned to do with his power and the list goes on and on with more techniques. Having learned so much about things like physics and so fort really helped Kei out on his progress. He still made an effort to keep his findings a secret though. Whenever he was tested by the scientists he only showed the most basic of wind techniques. This led to them not being any more suspicious of Kei then they are of the other Alloys and this was exactly what Kei was aiming for.

Then Kei turned 17. The age where everything would go downhill. During the years up to now Kei's illness had worsened quite badly. Even though he was still allowed to walk around and it wasn't mandatory for him to stay in bed, the crystal like substances caused by his illness started expanding and growing on more places of his body. Since last year he wasn't able to hide the crystals from the outside anymore as they had started to grow on his right cheek. Not really liking to talk about it to others, he got angry at anyone mentioning something about it after Kei had told them to drop it. As if this wasn't enough, Kei started coughing blood occasionally and one day simple tasks like walking or even standing started to become more exhausting then ever before. It didn't take long for Kei to try and preserve as much energy as possible. Half a year after turning 17, Kei was forced to move around using a wheelchair.

A week has passed since Kei's 18th birthday. He had made it a lot longer then others in his position. He saw younger Aero's dying left and right but he was somehow still alive. It makes Kei wonder some days how much time he still has left.

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The screeching sound of an old wheelchair filled the empty corridor as it slowly progressed further. It was around noon so a lot of the usual crowd was probably eating right now. Kei didn't have much of an appetite today. In fact he never had for the past few years. It was the sole reason he was underweight. Not that he cared too much. The wheelchair suddenly came to a halt. Kei had been looking for an isolated place. There was a small something he wanted to test but he had to make sure that no one was around. No one could find out about these little tests Kei had been doing these past few years. Finally he found a spot that seemed alright. He rolled his wheelchair until he finally reached it. An old library seemingly abandoned at this time. Kei quickly double checked to see if no one here and once he was done he prepared himself.

"Alright let's see if this works." Kei said as he slowly stood up from his wheelchair. The familiar exhaustion rapidly caught up to Kei. It had been a while since he had tried standing up again but this exhausted sensation he experienced every time he did it never left his memory. "This never gets old does it." Kei had smuggled a knife with him during lunch and was examining it in great detail. "I guess this will have to do." Suddenly kei seemingly disappeared from his original position just to immediately reappear a little distance away. He threw the knife towards his wheelchair. Again he disappeared only to reappear before his wheelchair. "This enhanced speed never ceases to amaze me." The knife was heading rapidly into his direction before it stopped only an inch away from Kei's face. "It's a succes." It almost seemed like telekinesis. Just the simple trick of controlling the air around knife made it bend to Kei's will. "I wonder how many more secrets you have for me in store." Kei sat down on his wheelchair again. Suddenly Kei felt a sharp pain in his chest and started coughing uncontrollably. *cough* *cough*. He looked at his hand. "Blood." These little tests used to be so much easier when every action he took didn't cause a massive exhaustion wave. Nothing Kei could do about that now however. "Well. It's time to go back." Kei said as he rolled himself back out of this place.

Kei was heading for his room when he spotted the 2 talking. Taku Watanabe and Miki Hanamura. They seemed to be discussing some of the experiments. Frustration boiled up as Kei moved towards them. "Why do I have to come across them on my way to my room..." He was visually displeased. The scientists noticed Kei approaching. It wasn't hard to spot him with all the sound this old wheelchair made. "Oh if it isn't Kei" Taku said. Kei didn't show any signs of responding. He wasn't feeling like doing this today. In fact he just wanted to go to bed as he was tired from that little test he did a while back after all. Miki's face filled with disgust. This lowly Alloy not responding like the proper pet it should be. "Don't we have some experiments for him ready mr.Watanabe? The experimentation room should be free now and he there doesn't seem like he has much more better to do" Miki said. Taku pondered for a bit. "Maybe you are right." He said "Let's do one quickly." Kei was displeased but he obliged. There could come no good from fighting this anyways.

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