MC Heartbeat

"I can't bring you back but...maybe now things can change..."

**MC Heartbeat** (real name Samatoki Samejima) is a contestant for the Center of the Universe OCT. He is a rapper who has the miraculous ability to turn his vocals and lyrics into physical attacks. Heartbeat is at the Center of the Universe to fulfill the wish of a lost friend.

## In the OCT

### Entry Comic

MC Heartbeat had just finished up a fight with some thugs when he received the invitation. He was shocked by the prospect of having a wish simply granted. There are strange unexplainable occurrences in the city Heartbeat resides in, but no one has ever heard of the ability to make any desire true. Heartbeat reflected on his past with his close friend Tayaka, and decided to take up the offer, hoping "things can change".

### Before the Invitation

Samatoki did not have much of a life before the tournament. After the passing of his friend Tayaka, he fell into depression, and got heavily tangled in gang activity. All Samatoki knew to do was fight. Fight and fight until they would stop coming for him. It's all his ability seems good for anyway. A year after Tayaka's passing, Samatoki received the invitation.

### On the S.S. Ohsea

MC Heartbeat mostly kept to himself on the ride to the Center of the Universe. There were a few interactions though.

Heartbeat was able to be present for the well known argument between contestant Slate and spectator Red Blueberg. He was not directly involved in the conversation, but was able to witness it all. Afterwards, as tensions cooled and things got back to normal in the dining hall, Slates words wouldn't leave Heartbeat's head. He started to question why he should be part of a fighting tournament for the sake of granting a wish to stop fighting.

His thoughts eventually turned into a somewhat noticeable breakdown in the dining hall, where he was then confronted by spectator Illustration. Illustration was able to console Heartbeat somewhat, and give him newfound motivation for the time being, telling him to "be unbreakable".

Earlier while on the deck, Heartbeat and contestant Bell also shared a mutual thought of hoping to fight each other.

### Round 1 - vs Stiltman

Opponent: Stiltman

Title: Ya Can't Rhyme Without Lyrics!

Winner: MC Heartbeat

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### Round 2 - vs Cervantes

Opponent: Cervantes

Title: Slam Poetry on Dead Night

Winner: TBA

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## Personality

Samatoki is very cold as a person. He does not try to make friends, though he isn't actively against the prospect. People around him often see him as scowling behind his mask. He can stay fairly calm, but is prone to getting emotional or angry if provoked the right way. While Samatoki is quite adept at fighting and will gladly participate in any conflicts he gets involved in, he doesn't really like to. Tayaka's last words to Samatoki bother him every day, despite not trying to carry them out. He is prone to questioning his own role at times, and has yet to feel satisfied with what he is doing in life.

## Skills and Abilities

MC Heartbeat has the unique ability to fight with the power of his rapping. The semantics behind his abilities are left vague for the sake of flexibility. All that's important to know is that he can manifest has raps as physical attacks. Heartbeat carries with him a simple dynamic microphone to be able to channel these abilities. When Heartbeat goes into his ‘battle mode’, his mask will light up with a pair of teal fangs, mimicking what he is saying. A neon teal wire coming from his mic also appears, and floats around him passively. These are both purely aesthetic. When Heartbeat is especially angry, all of the teal on his clothes and body (including his eyes) turn to neon pink.

The attacks Heartbeat can summon from rapping can be quite literally anything the writer can imagine, from a gun, to liquid you can drown in. While his attacks can be literally anything and everything, they only manifest as pink light, occasionally with some teal features, like the neon on Heartbeat's pants.

To summon these attacks in the first place, MC Heartbeat needs to have something for them to come from. That's what his speakers are for. Heartbeat can summon these speakers out the ground at any time. They come out of the ground quickly with a lot of force, so they can be used as a form of attack as well. The stronger/angrier he is, the bigger the speakers can be, the more he can summon and the more speaker cones the speakers can have on them.

Heartbeat also has a finishing move: Mic Drop. With this ability, all of Heartbeats rap energy is funneled into one substantially large attack, manifesting as a giant microphone above the opponent. When Heartbeat drops the microphone he is holding in his hand, the huge mic will drop on his opponent. This move does not require him to rap, but is costly in other ways. It forces him out of his ‘battle mode’, so he can be vulnerable after using it. This is why he only uses it when he’s certain he has won, or he’s in a pinch.

## Trivia

* MC Heartbeat is originally from a video game concept currently dubbed Bad Boys Club, being conceptualized by @TheAllSeeingHat and @Ecchi\_Kun\_VT. In the current state of the concept as of writing, Heartbeat actually plays a very inconsequential role in the game, only appearing as a mid game boss fight, with little to no impact on the story.
	+ Because of world inconsistencies and potential plot holes, the creator @TheAllSeeingHat has decided to make Heartbeat's actions and role in The Center of Universe completely non-canon to Bad Boys Club. This includes all of Heartbeat's backstory with Tayaka.
* Because @TheAllSeeingHat doesn't consider himself very good at writing lyrics or dialogue, all of MC Heartbeat's rap lyrics appearing in the tournament are actually written by @Ecchi\_Kun\_VT, a rapper musician and close friend of the creator.
* MC Heartbeat is originally inspired by the Japanese rap group Hypnosis Microphone, a rap group comprised of charismatic and colorful anime characters divided into divisions of three, representing different districts of Tokyo and Japan in general. Hypnosis Mic is something very important to both @TheAllSeeingHat and @Ecchi\_Kun\_VT, and has been an inspiration to the both of them, especially @Ecchi\_Kun\_VT.