Ritvik Reddy

> "You know, the only reason that I was able to enjoy living inside my own head for so long was because a stupid part of me deep down believed that, if push did come to shove… I could do it. I could be the brave hero who charges first, the confident leader who comes up with the brilliant plan, the gentle supportive soul who the pretty girl falls for. Then I came here and… got shoved. So now I know the truth: for however brave, intelligent, and kind I was in my imagination… I was just as cowardly, idiotic, and selfish in real life."
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> - Ritvik Reddy

Ritvik Khab "Vik" Reddy is a 13-year-old human boy who originates from the real world. He invented Dream Land as a fantasy for him to escape to, inserting many characters from his favorite TV shows and video games and creating large stories where he often is the hero. One day, Vik suddenly finds himself stuck inside Dream Land and with no memory of how he got there and no way to escape. With his ability to rewrite the fabric of his fantasy world gone, and his own characters now being independent of him, Vik is forced to work through his own issues to defeat a mysterious masked individual who has a violent vendetta against him and find a way home.

Being just a regular human, Vik initially had no superpowers or exceptional skills, making him essentially useless to Team Purple. He is eventually given and force-fed a Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to turn and stretch his body like rubber. Though able to hold his own against powerful foes, Vik is still the most inexperienced of the group, and with a newfound fear of danger, Vik must work to overcome both the emotional and physical obstacles prevent him from going home.

## Abilities

Being a human, Ritvik initially had no innate special powers or attributes that allowed him to fight, and his cowardly nature often caused him to run and hide from fights. Eventually, he discovers and eats a Devil Fruit, which granted him the ability to stretch and mold his body like rubber. Though lacking in fighting experience and still the most fearful of the group, Vic is now able to fight on the level of the other Team Purple members and begins gradually building up his arsenal of skills.

**Powers**

**Rubber Physiology:**After eating the Devil Fruit, Vic's body gained the properties of rubber, allowing him to stretch and mold his body to whatever shape he wanted. While at first, his body was only able to stretch to a short extent, after months of grueling training with Kitty and Crash and winning a few battles, Vic managed to stretch his body to an impressive length, reaching his limit only when he was forced to wrap around an entire cruise ship to stop it from collapsing, though being excruciatingly painful for him. Vic has shown the ability to stretch his body into many different shapes, such as inflating into a giant ball or flattening himself to become a blanket.

* **Slingshot Style:**Ritvic's fighting style often involves him stretching his arms backward like a slingshot and allowing his elasticity to shoot his fist at his enemies with incredible speed and power. With his natural bounciness, Vic able to easily sling himself across large distances, allowing him to be incredibly mobile while still throwing punches and kicks at his opponent. Eventually, Vic manages to develop his control over his body to the point that he is able to bend his arm at hard 90 degree angles during his punches, allowing to become more unpredictable. When in second gear, Vic is capable of throwing powerful and consecutive slingshot punches at the rate of a machine gun.
* **Second Gear:**First seen during his battle with Asgore, Vic discovered how to unlock Second Gear after noticing how hard the blood and adrenaline was pumping through his body. By forcefully stretching his blood vessels to pump oxygen and nutrients faster, Vic's speed and power increase tenfold for a short period of time, as his body glows red while steam emits from his skin. He is then able to bounce and move around at nearly supersonic speeds before slamming into his enemies with the force of a cannonball. While this form is immensely powerful, it has its limits. This form takes a dangerous amount of energy and using it excessively at once could cause Vic's to completely shut down. Since Vic has hard controlling his speed, he is unable to fight strategically and instead must attack the enemy at random. As a result, more intelligent opponents can find ways to adapt to his speed and even predict his movements.
* **Third Gear:** Through unknown means, Vic is able to able to grow his limps to enormous sizes while somehow gaining more mass in the process. Afterward, Vic can slam his enlarged appendage into his enemies with the same force of a collapsing building. Unfortunately, the overall speed of this punch is incredibly slow, making it impossible to use against a single enemy. Not only that, but after being done Third Gear, the part of his body that he grew will now deflate into a shriveled stub that takes a full day to recover.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Vic's rubber body allows him to be much stronger than before, able to pull off feats such as single-handedly pulling a car out of a sinkhole.
* **Enhanced Durability:** Due to his rubber body, Vic is able to survive attacks that would normally kill him, such as getting hit by a truck and getting shot. However, Vic is still able to feel pain, causing him to still avoid damage when necessary, and there is a limit to how much punishment he can endure. While his rubber body blunt objects are less effective, sharp objects such as blades and spears are capable of damaging him much easier.
* **Electricity Immunity:** To his surprise, Vic is completely immune to electricity, something he was unaware of for a long time as he didn't think his body was *literally* made of rubber. As such, those whose powers are entirely electric-based are essentially powerless against him.

**Abilities**

Despite his attitude problem, Vic is by no means unintelligent and can be genuinely clever and strategic when push comes to shove. During fights, Vic maintains a cautious attitude, which at first was due to his cowardly nature but eventually became a way for him to slowly but surely take out his enemy in the most risk-averse scenario.

**Weaknesses**

* **Lack of Teamwork:** Vic has had not much experience with working with others and does do a good job compromising or contributing to the group effort. Vic notably seems to switch between two extremes with no in-between, where he is either becomes so insecure and unconfident that he is incapable of improvising and must be told what to do, or for whatever reason develops such a huge ego that he will completely abandon consulting with his friends and just follows his own plan.
* **Irresponsibility:**Outside of battles, Vic is shown to be generally irresponsible and lazy, procrastinating on the most simple tasks until he inevitably forgets to do them. This can range from being a minor annoyance to a detriment to the team, as Ritvic has forgotten to do critical tasks such as refuel Angel's mecha, putting her in grave danger.
* At 13 years old, Ritvic is the youngest member of Team Purple.
* Ritvik was born in America and is of Indian descent, as his parents emigrated from Bangalore, India to the USA.
* Out of all the members of Team Purple, Ritvic is the only person who Hush will directly talk to.

## Trivia

* At 13 years old, Ritvic is the youngest member of Team Purple.
* Ritvik was born in America and is of Indian descent, as his parents immigrated from Bangalore, India to the USA.
* Out of all the members of Team Purple, Ritvic is the only person who Hush will directly talk to.