Kouki Nishioka

Current Appearance

**Kouki Nishioka** (西岡 亘己, *Nishioka Kouki*) is a second-year student at Black Vinegar Middle School and a member of the school's volleyball club, playing the position of libero.

## Appearance

Kouki has messy and curly black hair with two long pieces of hair at his sides, they're longer than the image and reach his chest area. He braids them and hides them in his hair for school.

Casually, he wears his hair like the usual but his rattails are braided half-way and tied so there's long curly pieces at the end of his braid. Kouki has freckles and beauty marks all over his body, and he is of average height.

His clothes involve some kind of personal interest of his, he had a celestial phase back when he was younger where he was fascinated by the stars and constellations and he's still partially into it. He wears drawing gloves on both hands to prevent his powers to go off. While playing volleyball, he tapes the tips of some of his fingers as to prevent recalling information when he touches the ball.

## Personality

Kouki is quiet, straightforward, and hard working. He overthinks things quite quickly and heavily depends on his telepathy for social cues and interactions to 'mold' himself into the best person to talk to, but usually he's alone. Despite being telepathic and being able to read minds, he doesn't catch the drift quite easily nor does he know how to interpret tones in person and in chat.

He is majorly aware of the existence of others and his existence as well but the amount of times he gets forgotten from the minds of others in the past screwed him up a little so now whenever some ounce of attention is put on him, he reads into things too deeply and panics.

## History

Kouki is a natural born telepath, he thought he was just reading the room throughout his childhood and was often told that he was quite perceptive. His mom found out after Kouki confronted her regarding their finances and her panic over them despite not mentioning it ever to Kouki and hiding her worry. They both then figured out that he had telepathy, much to his mother's shock. He was then told to never mention his powers again in fear of someone taking Kouki away. He doesn't point out the contradictions in people as straightforward anymore but instead makes them unsettled with a knowing look.

He was pursued by claw for a moment in his life but he learned how to brainwash people and managed to get them to leave him alone.

## Powers & Abilities

Kouki is a semi-powerful psychic for his age, not as strong as Kageyama Shigeo or Hanazawa Teruki, compared to a majority of other espers or psychics, he's able to do quite a lot and is suited more for utility. His psychic aura is usually hidden but they have a tv-static pattern with error colors.

 Mind Control
 Astral Projecton
 Presence Erasure
 Psychometry
 Telepathic Mimicry

## Etymology

* The name **Kouki** means "extend" (亘) (**kou**) and "yourself" (己) (**ki**).
* Kouki's surname **Nishioka** means "west" (西) (**nishi**) "hill" (岡) (**oka**).

## Notes & Trivia

* Does embroidery and loves papercrafts and origami.
* His love language is gift giving and acts of service.
* He sews sometimes, he loves making variations of gloves to wear to match his clothes; is working on learning how to sew clothes.
* Started wearing long skirts at home, can't find courage to wear it outside.
* Kouki likes borrowing Teruki's pyrokinesis and explosion ability the most.
* He's working on his telekinesis.
* He usually leaves spirits alone, sometimes talking to them whenever there's nobody around, but has exorcised a few who had bad intentions.
* Kouki knows how to roller skate and skateboard, often wearing shoes with detachable wheels.
* He's quite well-known in his position as a libero as he often does impossible saves and is a great defense. Due to his telepathy he's acutely aware of the court and its players but often tunes out thoughts because he feels that it's cheating.
* His focus gets better the noisier the environment is due to prolonged exposure to noisy environments, being able to tune things out easily, but sometimes the environment gets too noisy to handle and he often gets headaches, migraines, or nosebleeds. Often times, it's exam season.
* He forgot to tape the tips of his fingers during one game of volleyball and he was in a state of confusion for a good five minutes due to his psychometry.