Aquarius

**Aquarius** is a spin-off series/sequel to Atomic!, and stars the villainous son of Anton and Becky; Garimund Mạch.

As the indirect child of a star, Garimund feels disconnected from the human race and becomes defined by his superiority complex and curiosity for his growing water abilities. Anton is forced out of retirement and made a necessity when his son hits the streets to carelessly terrorize everyone with his power experimentation.

The two unknowingly become each other's archnemesis, though Garimund is no challenge for the infamous Atomic and is comically bested within seconds every time.

The series was conceived in September of 2020, but nothing has been published and its future layout is uncertain.

## Story

> Anton and Becky's relationship has surpassed that of friends and they conceive a son a few years after their first meeting.
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> Garimund looks like a regular human, but has inherited his father's mutation and develops superpowers as years go by.
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> He grows up fascinated by himself and seemingly has the knowledge of his alien origin ingrained into him, which makes him feel somewhat removed from his parents, who he believes are just human surrogates. Because of this, he doesn't reveal to them to have powers at all.
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> As he starts to realize his potential, the belief grows that all life on Earth is beneath him and free to subject to his power experimentation. Garimund becomes a masked villain that operates under the pseudonym, "Aquarius"; referring to the water theme of his powers and month of birth. When not doing so, Garimund presents himself as an unsuspicious human.
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> It doesn't take long for his father, once an unneeded superhero, to intervene and make himself useful for the first time ever. Having learned from his past endeavours, he masks himself as well and shows more control during fights, instantly spiking his popularity with the once critical crowd.
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> While Garimund initially welcomed the competition and was glad to meet a fellow "alien", the constant defeat eats at him and jealous anger for the superior stranger grows.
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## Characters

### Garimund Mạch

Garimund is the 18 year old son of Becky and Anton.

He has supernatural abilities and ingrained knowledge of the source of light that gave his father his powers; giving him an instinctual affection for the star, who he considers to be his real parent. Anton, despite having merged with this mysterious light, is not seen or sensed by him to be the same thing and Garimund doesn't know he has powers at all.

Ever since he was old enough to understand his alien origin and realized to have superpowers, he's looked down on all of Earth's creatures, though his parents are a surprising exception. He's shown to genuinely care about them and is a model student in everyone's eyes; freeing him of being a suspect when he starts walking the path of a masked villain.

While he feels more connected to outer space and the star than Anton does, the fact his mother is a regular human gave him only a fraction of Anton's powers. It revolves around the ability of creating and controlling water, though he can also alter its temperature. When he discovers this includes the fluids found in living creatures/human bodies, he becomes dangerously confident.

When his father starts crossing his path as "Atomic", he is bested every time, since his powers don't affect the overpowered stranger. He becomes so annoyed by him that luring and taking him out is the only kind of training he focusses on.

Garimund is slender, has slight feminine traits, and short, voluminous black hair and eyes that both turn blue when his powers are activated. His hair also grows longer, like what happens to Anton.

### Anton Mạch

Garimund's father.

Anton is the optimistic and oblivious man he was when he came on Earth, yet has matured in many aspects as well. The world is still awe-inspiring to him and his responses are not kept to himself, which makes Garimund see and treat him liked a child at times, though affectionately so.

Nevertheless, when Anton learns of the "random" villain terrorizing his city and shifts back to his controversial "Atomic" character, he knows better than to stay careless and allow for the chance he'll be found out. He masks his face, lands more precise and effective hits, and doesn't speak a word while dressed up. This more stoic version of Atomic grabs everyone's interest, and in combination with his great power, instills slight fear within Garimund.

As he's unbeatable and never received an inch of pain from Aquarius' attacks, Anton has no fear for him and sees no reason to take his life; misunderstanding the harm he can still cause to regular people.

### Becky von Mach

Garimund's mother.

Becky's eyesight got worse over time and there's little she's able to pick up on, visually. Both Anton and Garimund act like her eyes and try to take good care of her, as she hasn't become less clumsy in her older years.

She suggests her family to wear crazy colours to help her find them around the house, but only the equally strange Anton obeys this request, while Garimund feels embarrassed to dress himself "like a clown".

While embarassment is often expressed and he's not entirely convinced she is his mother, he still has an affection for her. She is a leisurely, tolerant mother to him and there is little he can do wrong.

When her son secretly hits the streets as the villain, Aquarius, she expresses genuine fear for her family's life, which motivates Anton to keep his ears and eyes open for the character, halting Garimund's progress.

## Trivia

* The series' theme song and its creation was inspired by "Aquarius" by Party Animals.
* Garimund is an uncommon, German name, chosen for coming closest to the name "Ganymede"; the figure seen carrying the vase in the Aquarius sign;
	+ Garimund's good looks also refer to this character.