Soren de Koning

## Mayday

By Cremareo

> *Shit… if I wasn’t wearing this mask, I’d spit on you!*
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> - Mayday when apprehending an abusive father
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**Mayday** is a Pro-Hero mentoring Kumo Kinoboru.

## Appearance

At 6’0 (183 cm), Mayday has a very lean and lithe body. He boasts little to no brawn and moves around extremely lightly. He is always seen wearing a mask that covers his entire head and neck , even off duty; he never, ever shows his face. No one has ever seen him in anything but his hero custome, which covers his entire body. Because of this, no one knows what he looks like, not even his skin color.

His costume is an orange, yellow, and black bodysuit with white hexagonal lines printed along his body. There are blank eyes and a sharp-toothed grin printed on the face, and he has circular wrist guards that also serve as a control panel for his drones. A single flexible antennae that looks like a large cowlick protrudes from the top of his head, serving as a tool to send brain signals and thoughts to his drones.

Mayday is deadly serious about never revealing his true appearance to people. In fact, he doesn’t even speak using his real voice. He transmits his thoughts to a voicebox and speaks in robotic sentences; he has collected multiple voicebanks from popular celebrities and can change the voice he is using (but it's fairly obvious they are synthesized). Some people speculate that he’s lost his voice completely, while some people believe he’s just trying to hide his identity.

## Personality

Mayday is an eccentric man who is rather chaotic and unpredictable with his statements and actions. He seems to enjoy being alone, which is why he has no sidekicks and keeps a small office to himself. Mayday displays immature behavior when he makes blunt/childish comments (such as whiny complaints about how he’s not as popular as some other heroes) and shamelessly fawns over things such as cute PEZ dispensers and cartoon characters. He clearly demonstrates his lack of responsibility when he comes to keeping his office and paperwork organized. Mayday also loves cats, but they usually avoid him due to his overbearing nature towards them/his mask looks strange, so he copes with this by programming Heads and Tails with a purring feature and petting them instead.

Despite his somewhat carefree and even foolish personality, Mayday can be eerily intelligent and serious if the situation calls for it. Most people are surprised when they discover that he is actually quite intelligent, cunning, and extremely capable of coming up with detailed plans on the spot. He is also uncharacteristically and scarily ruthless in combat, beating up petty villains more than necessary; this aggressive side of Mayday makes some people think that his silly personality is just a facade. The fact that he keeps many secrets about himself doesn’t help.

Throughout Kumo’s story, Mayday slowly reveals his darker colors as a villain disguised as a Pro-Hero. He is manipulative, controlling, and has an extremely short temper towards his apprentice. He also demonstrates obsessive behavior when it comes to Kumo's sister Suzy Kinoboru.

### Quirk Abilities

This Quirk allows Mayday to manipulate (existing) metal objects through magnetism. He demonstrates great control over his Quirk, being able to even manipulate the molecular structure of metal to give it the appearance of warping. He primarily uses this Quirk with Heads and Tails and not much else.

### Quirk Drawbacks

Mayday heavily relies on his Quirk for nearly all combat. He is fast and can evade and dodge many attacks, but when it comes to his own physical strength, he is extremely inadequate. This means that he is virtually useless in an environment without a lot of metal, which is why he sticks to the city. Although Mayday demonstrates great stamina, he gets worn out by his Quirk if he overuses it. His Quirk also affects the iron in his blood, and overuse can make him feel ill, lightheaded, or exhausted. Sometimes, he may even faint. To combat this, Heads and Tails are mostly controlled by their control panels and not his Quirk.

### Other Abilities

Besides his Quirk, Mayday demonstrates incredible agility, being able to move quickly and lightly. He has a heightened equilibrium, allowing him to balance on unstable things weightlessly. He seems to know general hand-to-hand combat, but his actual strength can be easily overpowered.

### Heads and Tails

Mayday, being a previous student in the Support department, possesses vast knowledge on mechanics and gadgets. He has utilized his skills to make two drones named Heads and Tails and uses them as fighting tools. Heads is controlled by his right hand, and Tails is controlled by his left. They are made from a strong metal alloy that maintains durability throughout fights, but can eventually wear down, so Mayday is always fixing them and tuning them up in his free time. The drones follow him around everywhere. They seem to display some sort of sentience, but some people believe that may just be a deranged Mayday controlling them and talking to himself.

The things Heads and Tails are capable of are as follows:

* Blunt weapons. Mayday makes up for his lack of physical strength by using the drones as huge, flying fists that can smash into things.
* Laser emission. The drones have mouth-like openings that can crack open and fire burning beams of light, but Mayday rarely uses this due to its unreliability and the fact that it inflicts internal damage to his drones. He spends much of his time trying to improve this feature, but has made no progress as of right now.
* Transportation. Since they are able to fly, Mayday can stand/sit upon a drone and fly himself around, giving him a more three-dimensional fighting area.
* Shields. Since they are extremely durable, Mayday can use the drones as flying shields to protect himself from attacks.
* Recording. Both Heads and Tails are advanced technology that could rival modern computers, and Mayday often uses them to take notes or keep track of things.

Mayday is very attached to his creations. He doesn’t seem to have any other friends besides them.

## Story

### Backstory

Mayday attended U.A. High School and was a student in the Support Department. However, he managed to somehow obtain a Hero License a few years after graduation. Not much else is known about Mayday, but of course, there have been some speculations. His former classmates claim that he’s been covering his face since Day One, but some other classmates insist that they’ve seen his face before. However, those who believe they’ve seen his face all have different descriptions of what they remember him to look like. Most don’t even remember him being in their class at all.

Mayday seems to be unpopular everywhere he goes. He’s been a hero for six years, but not many people seem to know who he is (possibly because he was never in U.A.’s Hero Course). There is no official merchandise for him, and only citizens who are heavily involved fans of Japanese heroes seem to know of him. This is partially because Mayday refuses to partake in big events and interviews. In fact, he doesn’t even like sticking around after villain encounters; he’ll come in, do his job, and leave immediately (so his complaints about being unpopular are pretty much his own fault). He likes being alone, after all.

## Relationships

* Kumo Kinoboru
	+ TBA.
* Suzy Kinoboru
	+ TBA

## Trivia

* Mayday Agency's description is as follows:
	+ Mayday “Agency.” The agency is on the fifth floor of a rundown building that rents out its rooms to small businesses. The single-room office is small and covered in a dirty white carpet, and there are year-old post-its and other reminders tacked to the walls. In one quarter of the room, there are a few mismatched couches by the windows, which boast broken blinds, and a single desk for Mayday to watch anime and ignore his paperwork. There’s a counter with a microwave and an electric kettle, too. The rest of the room is entirely dedicated to Mayday’s workshop; there is a table for building things and multiple cabinets crammed with various materials and junk. Blueprints litter the floor.