Spider Imitation

****Spider Imitation**** (スパイダー イミテーション (絡新婦), *Supaida Imitēshon*; lit. "Jorōgumo") is the Quirk of Haneul Park.

## Description

Spider Imitation is the summation of Hanuel's spider-like abilities. Unlike other Quirks, such as Frog or Spotted Seal, Spider Imitation is more in line with Bat, granting Hanuel spider-like anatomy with a humanoid exterior. This grants her common abilities, such as the ability to stick to surfaces - an action performed by raised hairs at the end of her hands, which fuse at the atomic level. Initially unconscious, Haneul came to be able to control this function, allowing it to relax when she is relaxed, and merge when she is focused. While sticking to surfaces, Haneul is able to climb in virtually any direction.

Additionally, she is capable of feats of super strength, proportionate to arthropods if not spiders themselves, as she is capable of lifting things many times her size, and punching villains clear across a city block. This strength is replicated in her legs, giving Haneul the ability to make wide, arching leaps, clear over buildings, and running at immensely fast speeds. She is also capable of enduring blows that would otherwise incapacitate a normal human, and appears to heal at a faster rate, though the exact ratio is unknown.

Balance comes easy to Haneul, as she is able to right herself seemingly instinctively, and keep balance on an object no matter how narrow. Her reflexes also surpass that of a normal human, and they tie into what Haneul refers to as the Spider-Eyes: an enhanced sense that simulates the ability of some spiders to see 360° around themselves. It is not true sight, and instead the ability to 'sense' things around her by sending a tingling sensation along her spinal cord. Functioning as a reflexive override, it allows Haneul to avoid most threats that register to her self-preservation sense by acting on impulse.

Lastly, Spider Imitation allows Haneul to generation her own silk. The silk is generated by glands buried deep in her forearms, released by spinnerets in her wrists. According to Haneul, the action is as simple as breathing to her, and does not stress her body. This spider-silk fluid is nylon-like, and similarly strong and durable, able to hold the weight of a full grown adult man, in addition to Haneul herself, without stress.

### Weaknesses

As her silk is a produced by her body, Haneul's silk production is reflected by her current health, and she produces less, and weaker, silk when she is undernourished, or ill. Thus, to keep her silk production both plentiful and strong, Haneul needs to keep her health up. She is also able to run out of silk, should she overtax the glands in her arms, which require rest and food to replenish normally. Additionally, her Spider-Eyes is an ability that can run rampant: it responds to anything that her body considers dangerous, and in case of sensory overload, it causes confusion, and she becomes unable to respond. Additionally, if Haneul does not register the incoming danger as a threat, she will not react to it at all.

Additionally, chemicals that are made to kill arachnids and insects have a stronger effect on Haneul than they would on a regular human. She responds particularly strongly to chloroethane. She reacts poorly to such a pesticide, and it abruptly hampers every ability Haneul has, with prolonged exposure being fatal.

## Trivia

* Spider Imitation is a wholesale reference to Spider-Man, specifically from the Sam Raimi trilogy. It quite literally allows Hanuel to do "whatever a spider can."
* When read literally, Jorōgumo means "Binding Bride".

## Eternal Links

* Spider - Wikipedia article about the animal the Quirk's abilities were based on.
* Spider-Man - Wikipedia article about the character that inspired this Quirk.
* Nylon - Wikipedia article about the substance Haneul produces with this Quirk.