0
followers
follow

Akihiko Fujioka

A Easygoing shopkeeper and former Battle Junkie

0 · 66 views · located in Araragi-cho

a character in “Orchid Town”, as played by fate0013

Description

Image
Name: Akihiko Fujioka
Name Kanji: 明彦 藤岡
Age: 30
Hair: Reddish Brown
Eyes: Rust Red
Height: 5.ft, 9.inch / 182.cm
Weight: 178.lbs / 81.kg
Familiar: Kiki - A pale Raven with pitch black eyes who's feathers get increasingly darker shades of pink towards the tips of the feathers. She sometimes appears partially see through and wispy.
Active Period: Late middle school up to early college




Alias: Pink Skull
Team: "I have no friends. Had a bad habit of jumping in to help other teams."
Team Role: Solo. Often times the mysterious stranger that would swoop in and help. Liked fighting maybe a little too much.
Team Members: "I was alone by choice. Don't ask. Nobody really clicked and I wasn't really wanting to get heckled for my look."





History: Akihiko was a pretty awkward kid in middle school but was generally liked, his teachers though weren't too happy with his daydreaming or sleeping in the middle of class. Growing up with a former magical girl for a mom isn't all that special for a lot of people. Well, what if your dad was also a scary Ex-Villain? And what if when an accidental skip through the layers lands you with powers the magic you got essentially turned out to be a combination of your said parents? Wouldn't be so bad . . . Right? Maybe if you had a thing for pink or wearing skirts. It was a bit understandable that he was less then enthused When he became Pink Skull. His embarrassment over his outfit kept him from seeking out a team and actively avoided recruitment while still doing his best to help fend off the Thoughtless. Pink Skull's outfit did seem to change somewhat through his high school years as he got more confident, Leading Akihiko to lend more of a hand to other teams when in dire need. By the time he was in college though, Most of the teams he had helped either didn't need him or had disbanded for whatever reasons. It felt like a good enough time to get away from Being a magical boy and finally get his life together . . . mostly.
Recent History: Currently single and owner of the book/music store "Vinyl Resting Place." Nothing glamorous but it gets enough foot traffic to pay the bills. He orders anything people are looking for and even got a small café extension built onto the main building in the last year. Its quiet and cozy, but lately he's been feeling bored . . . and an itch he thought he kicked a while ago, Doesn't help that Kiki has been giving him knowing looks.





Magical Boy Outfit: Pink Skull's outfit consists of a black long-sleeved top with a high collar and a pink, hooded half cape worn over it with black laced trim. The hood has a black simplified skull across the top thats visible from the front when pulled over the head. Pink fingerless gloves with black metal studded knuckles adorn his hands. A long pink half skirt with lace trim is tied around the waist of his pink shorts with a large belt buckled with another skull emblem. a pair of thick black leggings is worn under the shorts followed by and black leather combat boots with pink laces and soles. most visible metal pieces in the outfit appear silver in color. The outfit is finished off with a black domino mask and a very simplistic silver tiara, a deep (you guessed it) Pink round gem resting in its center on his forehead.
Weapon: A black 2 foot long wand with a metallic skull on one end with pink gem eyes. When serious, Pink Skull can transform his wand into a stylized scythe with a glowing blade. In high school he learned to pull it apart into two smaller sickles.
Powers:
  • Intangibility: Akihiko is able to move through solid objects and ignore most physical effects in their way as if they were a ghost. Doesn't let him avoid attacks from other "ghosts" or anything that can interact with spirits.
  • Blink: A short range teleportation ability that is limited to a 15 foot radios around Akihiko that makes him dissapear in a puff of pink haze. He is unfortunately not able to be Intangible while "Blinking" which can leave him open if he is not careful.
  • Spirit Strike: Akihiko doesn't always do physical damage when he hits an enemy. As long as he strikes at the targets main form, He can deal damage to their "Spirit", depleting an enemies energy and will to fight. He usually uses this against possessed people or civilians made into Monsters-of-the-Week.
  • The Big Finisher: he was able to cause the blade Of his scythe to become made of a bright pink ghostly material and grow over sized for a series of surprisingly fast cleaving stacks, the actually damage only taking effect after the sudden rush is done and the scythe snaps back into wand form followed by Akihiko saying "Rest in peace~".
Transformation Sequence: "To uphold justice and protect all that is good," Akihiko throws out his arms to his in a T-pose manner and closes his eyes as Kiki becomes intangible, flying into his chest. The scene shifts as if he was in a dark room with a dim spotlight illuminating him, now floating in midair. Akihiko's cloths fade away as his almost featureless body becomes a ghostly pale, his nails turn black and his hair turns a few shades lighter. With his arms still out, cute skull masked ghosts fly around him while laughing and transform into different parts of his outfit as they land on him. Starting with his top and leggings, followed by his boots and shorts, he then crosses his arms over his chest as the following ghosts fly in and become his gloves and skirt. he holds his hands up to frame his face as the tiara forms and the cape appears with the hood flying up over his head. After running a hand across his face to form the domino mask Akihiko opens his eyes which now glow a faint pink. "I will scatter all evil like petals in the wind," The final ghost flies over his head, which he quickly grasps as it turns into his wand and flourishes into a ready pose.
"The rose colored reaper, Pink Skull is hear!"

". . . .Okay so i was a LITTLE dramatic, sue me."

BB Code: Dark pink | FF1493

So begins...

Akihiko Fujioka's Story

Setting

Characters Present

Character Portrait: Akihiko Fujioka

0.00 INK

It had been a bit of a slow day at Vinyl Resting Place. Handful of music and book sales, but as usual most of the money came from the café of the shop. The smell of brewed tea and ground coffee filled the surprisingly spacious store while relaxing music played on the overhead speakers. Akihiko Fujioka sat at the checkout stand at the back of the store right next to the entrance to the café. A drawn out yawn escaped his lips as he finished up another game of Tetris I'm his phone before checking the time. Late already? Weird how slow days can still seem to slide on by fast. He pocketed his phone and got up with a stretch, popping a few parts of his spine in the process. Kiki, a pale white and pink raven, had been resting on the counter until moments ago before fluttering up onto Akihiko's left shoulder.

A few long steps got him to the entrance of the Café. Shiro, his youngest and newest hire, was casually sipping away on what looked like some iced coffee drizzled with as much caramel as he could get away with. A glance around showed about 5 of the stores regulars still seated. There was no particular age range when it came to V.R.P's customers. Most were either students or middle aged people looking for a place to relax. There was the odd few regulars that came specifically for Akihiko's coffee. Most claimed it was under priced for its quality, not that he cared since it really wasn't expensive. Sometimes all it took was the right atmosphere and a genuine smile to leave a customer happy. Good service and product didn't help either. Though Akihiko whouldnt confirm or deny that he woukd sell cheep crap coffee to rude customers or people causing trouble.

Three sharp knocks on the threshold got everyone's attention. "Sorry folks, I know everyone's comfy but it's about that time again." And like that, everyone went about packing up their things and shuffling their way out of the store. Shiro was about to start cleaning up when Akihiko waved him off. "I'll take care off all that and closing, you got your studies to get too anyway."

"You sure boss?" Akihiko gave the kid a dismissive wave and and shooed him out the front door with the rest of the customers. "You all have a good night now, stay safe out there."


After about twenty minutes of cleanup the store was finally all locked up. Another quiet day. That was a good thing though, he liked his job and business was going pretty great, not to mention he had a decent little house in a nice neighborhood. So way did he feel so restless lately? He glanced over to Kiki who had stayed on his shoulder through cleanup and closing. The bird had an almost knowing look on its avian features. Akihiko snorted almost indignantly. " oh no, there is no way I want to go back into doing that again. I would rather be caught dead then wearing that outfit again at my age. Besides, i have no reason to-"

That's when he heard the sonic boom. He flinched and looked upwards, Kiki squaking in surprise ss the two saw anstreak of purple energy rocket across the sky along with the obvious silloette of a Thoughtless. If his sense of direction was right, that was heading in the direction of the bar Sin Eater. The Thoughtless didn't even seem dead from his perspective. Akihiko nearly groaned. What kind of rookie would even try something like that in the air of all places? This was a mess in the making. He turned his head to look at Kiki to see if she could believe what he was seeing, only to be met again with that knowing look.

He clenched his fists and took in a deep breath before sighing in defeat. "Fine, we'll check it out and hope everything is okay. But this does NOT mean I want to get back into all this. I don't miss it and you can't prove anything." Kiki only looked more smug as she took off fly ing in the direction of the falling Thoughtless, Akihiko running close behind her.

Setting

Characters Present

Character Portrait: Aoki Kaho Character Portrait: Himari Tsukikage Character Portrait: Akihiko Fujioka

0.00 INK

This is stupid, I'm stupid, why am I even doing this? Akihiko ran down the street as fast a pace as he was willing to push himself right now. Having magic powers made you a bit better then the average person of course but he really wasn't sure if he could go as fast as he used to. Years of sticking to a "normal" routine and not attempting to push your abilities past the norm meant that Aki was rusty.

Thank god his cardio wasn't terrible as he followed after his familiar . . . who was leading him through a shortcut that happened to leave a tall chain link fence in his way. Cause of course Kiki would pull something like this now of all times.

This bird is trying to get me killed I swear. He wasn't confident or arrogant enough to think he could jump something like that so easily with being as out of practice as he was, and Kiki was not as stupid a familiar as he would like to claim. Which only meant one thing. She was expecting him to ghost through the fence.

Aki skid to a halt in front of the fence and glanced up, Kiki was perched on the fence and cawed at him a few times to get him to hurry up. He squinted at his Familiar and grumbled. "If this doesn't work and i injure myself I'm plucking some of your damn feathers." He then backed up to give himself a few feet of space from the fence and concentrated. Alright I can do this. Just got to remember my old mantra . . . . . its just a small fence. baby steps. He let out a controlled breath and kept his eyes on the fence. You are empty . . . you are a ghost . . . As untouchable as smoke . . . The fence practically isn't even there for you.

After what felt like a few minutes of hard focus Akihiko's body started to have a faint pink glow to it, followed by his form becoming somewhat see through. Kiki cawed with excitement and took to the air again as Aki dashed forward and passed through the fence. The glow flickered away just as the ends of his coat fluttered through the fence. A breath he didn't even know he had been holding escaped His lips as a sigh of relief. "D-damn, I was scared i was gonna put myself in the hospital with that." He glared up at the bird. He would complain to her later.

It was another minute of running before he turned down a street corner and saw the thoughtless thrashing in the street, desperately trying to get itself off the ground as two novices seemed to be bickering with each other while a couple of adults watched the scene play out. Aki took a moment to catch his breath and stay a bit out of sight. Old habits die hard it seems. He kept an eye on the rookies and quickly looked back at the thoughtless thrashing about, wondering why the kids weren't hurrying up and ending the fight already. Kiki landed on his shoulder, If birds could have a face that translated to wanting to face palm, kiki was making whatever was close to it. "I don't want to sound old, But i feel like back when we we're that new even we knew better then to drop something that big downtown." Aki pinched the bridge of his nose. debating the looming idea of possibly having to transform for the first time in years if things went any further south.

Setting

Characters Present

Character Portrait: Aoki Kaho Character Portrait: Himari Tsukikage Character Portrait: Akihiko Fujioka

0.00 INK

"W-wait!" Quiet exclaimed, clawing to climb back onto Himari's shoulder as she briskly walked away from the scene. "This could be a significant sign!"

"Nope," grunted Himari. "You're not gonna trick me with that 'there's no such thing as coincidence. Stand Users are drawn together' bullshit again," she grumbled, squeaking loudly as the thoughtless thumped against the barrier behind her and quickening her pace.

"But!"

"This is ridiculous: I'm arguing, in public, with an invisible talking cat over whether the cosmos are conspiring to get me involved in the magical world again. This isn't a goddamn anime! If it were, something dumb would happen to force me to stay like my heel breaking or turning a random corner and comically colliding with a future teammate," she argued.

Himari was shuffling towards said corner while checking over her shoulder as she was finishing her sentence before barreling straight into Akihiko. She recoiled, but managed to catch herself and remain on her feet, and was opening her mouth to apologize when she laid eyes on him. They locked eyes for a solid several second before her gaze traveled slowly up to the brightly colored bird.

"Ooh, a romance flag!" Quiet blurted excitedly, which seemed to snap Himari out of the daze.

"No! No! Nope, uh uh, hell no! This isn't happening!!" She flustered, turning on her heels again and walking straight into the street, to the dismay of several drivers. "This is a bad dream, clearly I'm still flashbacking... you can't die for real in a dream, the monsters aren't my problem anymore, and I don't have to fight them anymore," she muttered under the screech of tires, blaring horns and screaming drivers while clutching her head against the impending migraine.