AU VERSE: bungo stray dogs.
so, while i understand that most of the main characters are named after authors / real people, i don’t plan on applying that to an already established OC, you feel me? if it’s a problem canonically, then … iiii don’t really know! just ignore it, i guess. my understanding is that there’s many ability users around the world and i’m going to be basing sho’s place in this au off of that. that said, he is an ability user but he is not aligned with any of the existing organizations / agencies – yet, anyways!
his ability is the same as in his bnha verse. you can read my breakdown on that here and a separate limitations post here. off the top of my head, i can’t think of anything that would be outright different in this au, but i’ll make a follow up post if something occurs to me. it’s air manipulation, plain and simple.
what he calls it is probably the main thing, since they all name their abilities themselves! and i regret to inform you that his name for it is probably incredibly misleading and nonsensical, as most things that he does are. by probably, i mean it is. he calls it Particle Party.
he doesn’t have a hero name, but he has, somehow, managed to coin doctor whirlwind as a nickname anyways. ( he started it, by faking phone calls into his own podcast show and reporting sightings of a ‘devilishly handsome hero in a doctor’s lab coat’ in numerous different voices. )
he does still have a phd in physics.
he belongs to a nameless organization ( nameless, meaning i haven’t put a name to it yet and it’s entirely made up ) that could potentially act as an ally to the armed detective agency. the organization was founded with the goal of ‘rescuing’ young ability users with out of control powers and teaching them to use them wisely. once a member is within their control, they work with the police in cases, similar to the ADA! just much smaller-scale ones, and there’s significantly more focus on the ability users themselves and making a home for them. the organization is fairly well kept on low radar for the protection of their members. they’re honestly not much different from the ADA in terms of goals; the focus is just different.
kobayashi is among some of the older members, but he’s not one of the first. i’d say he’s perhaps the fourth oldest, in terms of how long he’s been active with them. he’s twenty seven years old, and he’s been with them since he was about sixteen. among his ranks is a sub-group of members that has been dubbed the elementals.
as per usual, he’s not very cooperative. the cases worked with police are generally left to the more experienced members, and tragically for the police, he’s in that category. fortunately, though, he’s a prodigy in terms of strategy and ability to come out on the right side of things. still, him walking through the door is usually the source of about twenty groans and you can definitely hear the painkillers getting pulled out pre-emptively.
those are the need to knows. under the cut is a more in depth look at what is different, rather than what’s not! many details will be repeated from his overall backstory, but his upbringing is different enough that it’s worthy of note. feel free to read or not to! mention of death and brief mention of parental abuse and neglect. read with caution!
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