BSD Alternate Abilities AU
An AU where the charactersâ Abilities are based off different works by the authors.
Also, please feel free to use this AU. Have fun with it. But, if you do, @ me, because I would love to see it too.
(Also a reading list, if you like.)
Nakajima Atsushi â The Two Generals (based on the short story Li Ling). The Ability to manifest two spear-wielding phantom warriors, like Demon Snow and Golden Demon. One warrior is focused on attack and the other is focused on defense. Before joining the ADA, Atsushi had no control over The Two Generals and would manifest them during times of extreme emotional stress that causes him to go into a catatonic state â one goes berserk while the other hunches protectively over Atsushiâs vulnerable body. Because of his catatonia, he would not remember anything after coming out of his stupor.
Dazai Osamu â The Setting Sun (based on the novel The Setting Sun). A skin contact-based Ability that marks the target with a black snake tattoo that acts as a curse. Those marked will have misfortune befall them. Dazai has no control over what the misfortune is or when it will happen; the Ability only assures that it will happen with certainty. He may also revoke the curse, also through skin contact. It also works on inanimate objects. As part of the Port Mafia, he would use The Setting Sun as a tool of coercion, the curse acting like a ticking time bomb. In tandem with Chuuya as Double Black, he would mark the target with The Setting Sun and Chuuya would use The Moon to make the misfortune happen sooner.
Kunikida Doppo â Birds of Spring (based on the short story The Bird of Spring). Allows Kunikida to communicate with birds and borrow their vision. This makes him an excellent tracker and, if he was not so morally upright and respectful of othersâ privacy, it would make him a great spy. He is also capable of directing the birdsâ actions, provided that they agree to do what he says, but is limited to the physical limitations of birds. Seems to use seagulls a lot, and gets into arguments with them a lot.
Edogawa Ranpo â Fiend with a Thousand Faces (based on the character Fiend with Twenty Faces and his many, many characters who don disguises). While not an Ability and still primarily a master detective, Ranpo is also a master of disguise. He thinks his supposed Ability allows him to change his appearance. In truth, he is just very good at dressing up. His favorite persona is a man named Saito â moustache, colored glasses, a blue coat and hat â who he has a complete second life for.
Yosano Akiko â Tangled Hair (based on the poem Tangled Hair). While still the ADAâs doctor, Yosanoâs Ability allows her to grow and control her hair. Because of this, she regularly changes her hairstyle â sometimes, it is short and, sometimes, it is very long. Her hair is highly prehensile and the strands are razor-sharp. She has enough control that she can handle delicate tasks with just her hair and can shape it into a variety of forms. Yosano just prefers the brute force approach.
Miyazawa Kenji â Night on the Milky Way Railroad (based on the novella Night on the Milky Way Railroad). A prophetic Ability. Kenji can see one day into the future through his dreams if he sleeps under the night sky. But the prophecies are symbolically represented, so he has to work at deciphering what his cryptic dreams mean.
Tanizaki Jun'ichirou â The Tattooer (based on the short story The Tattooer). Allows Tanizaki to bring the creatures tattooed into his skin to life. They are brought to life to scale, so they are limited by the surface area of his skin. Once the creature is brought to life, the original disappears from his skin and he has to get another. Due to the nature of his Ability, Tanizaki is covered in fanciful tattoos. Most of them are inked by himself; the ones on his back are by Naomi, who fills the expanse of his skin with spiders.
Izumi Kyouka â Demon Pond (based on the play Demon Pond). A transformation Ability that allows Kyouka to transform into a weather-controlling dragon. Initially, the transformation was triggered by three chimes of a bell and would cause her to go on a rampage. The same three chimes could be used to put an end to the transformation. But nobody outside of the Mafia knew that. Akutagawa used a ringtone to control her; she still hates that ringtone.
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke â Hell Screen (based on the short story Hell Screen). The Ability to bring Akutagawaâs drawings to life by setting the paper â or canvas, or wall â on fire. As such, he is never without a filled sketchpad and a lighter. It only works on his own art and Akutagawa has a morbid imagination. He used to only be able to draw things from real life inspiration, which Dazai berated him for. So Akutagawa took to seeking out terrible sights and filled his sketchbooks with monstrous amalgamations â and his drawings do not need to be to scale when brought to life. Seems particularly fond of venomous bird-reptile hybrids and, for some inexplicable reason, a flaming monkey.
Nakahara Chuuya â The Moon (based on the poem The Moon). A time manipulation Ability that allows Chuuya to make things go faster or slower within a certain radius of himself. In application, he can make bullets make impact with more momentum by increasing their speed. He can also stop time by lighting a cigarette and keep it stopped until the cigarette burns out or is put out, or ârewindâ time using the same method. As half of Double Black, he would use his Ability on Dazaiâs curses to bring about the misfortune on their targets.
Kajii Motojirou â Under the Cherry Trees (based on the short story Under the Cherry Trees). A necromantic Ability. Kajii can reanimate and control the dead, so long as the body is buried beneath a cherry blossom tree. Of course, Kajii has no qualms about murder to make more corpses for his zombie army, or thieving from morgues for that matter. The effect is somewhat ruined by the cherry blossom flowers growing out of his zombies, but Kajii thinks it looks cool.
Ozaki Kouyou â Friends of the Inkstone (based on the literary magazine Friend of the Inkstone). The Ability to make ink-based facsimiles and creatures so long as they are no bigger than an inkstone. The creatures she makes are usually miniature versions of animals and look like netsuke carvings, especially tiny octopuses. They might be small, but they can do great damage in numbers. She keeps a swarm of them in the sleeves of her kimono.
Fukuzawa and Mori still have the same Abilities and I am not sure yet about the other charactersâ new Abilities.
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