Ecliptic Web Slinger

# Hiraya Aquino (Earth-246462)

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> Spider-Eclipse
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> The first look at the webslingers suit.
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> ### Full Name
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> Hiraya Valesco Aquino
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> ### Alias
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> Ecliptic Web Slinger, Spider Eclipse, Ecliptic Slinger, Ecliptic Web, Spider-Man, Hiro Aquino, Kiddo (From Uncle Jay)
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> ### Age
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> 16
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> April 5th, 200704/05/2007
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> ### Gender
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> Agender They/Them
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> Lesbian
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> 5'6
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> 2nd Idenitity
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> ### Civilian, Hero, Villain, Antihero, etc?
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> Vigilante (Illegal hero)
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> Secret
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> ### Powers
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> Can stick to walls/ceilings, shoot webs from a hand made web shooter, enhanced hearing and strength
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> Mutant (DNA altered with a radioactive spider)
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> The Spider Society
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> Angela Aquino (Mother, Deceased), Tomás Aquino (Father, Deceased), Jason Aquino (Uncle, Deceased), Althea Kaya Aquino (Aunt)
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> ### Friends
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> Apollo Fotos, Sam Flores , Khi Davis
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> Crimson Goblin, Chameleon, Electro, Carnge
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> ### Universe
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> Earth-246462
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> 2023
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> Queens, NYC, New York
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> Fighting crime,Photographer for the Daily Bugle, Attends Forest Hills Highschool of Science and Technology
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> *Ah man, these guys suck at robbing a deli! How is that even possible? Even teenagers do it without getting caught!*
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*— Hiraya as Spider Eclipse* talking to *Mercury* while sneaking around universes

 Hiraya "Hiro" Aquino is a 16 year old Filipino American teenager born and raised in Queens, New York. They were bitten by a radioactive spider which altered their DNA. This soon lead to them becoming New York's one and only Spider-Eclipse.

The direct name of "Ecliptic Web Slinger" was given to them from Robbie Robertson (The Daily Bugle owner). He had gotten the idea from an intern, Edith Brock, who liked the moon design on Hiraya's suit and was making up names while joking with another co-worker, Alex O'Hirn. While Hiro didn't technically like enjoy the attention Robbie was giving them, they took up upon that name and decided to go by that and "Spider Eclipse", though that had been turned into Spider-Man but isn't used as often as the other two.

## Appearance

### Personal

Black straight shoulder length hair, dark brown/black eyes, beauty mark under left eye, wears baggy jeans, baggy (usually) band t-shirts, flannels, moon & space themed converse.

### Vigilante Form

An off white/navy blue suit. Their hair is tied up when the mask is on. They sometimes wear a brown jacket since it’s still winter during present time but when they fight they obviously take it off. They have a belt that blends in with their suit which it carries an emergency pocket knife and extra web cartridges. They also wear converses while the suit is on! There are little web flaps under their arms that are useful when trying to slow down a fall.

## History

### Early Life

Hiraya was only 2 years old when their parents, Tomás and Angela Aquino, had passed away in a car crash. This meant that they had absolutely no memories of them and instead were under their aunt and uncles care until further notice. Althea and Jason Aquino (nicknamed Aunt Thea and Uncle Jay) had soon officially adopted Hiro when they were 5 and raised them as if they were their biological child. Once this had happened, their aunt and uncle also decided to give a middle name to Hiraya as their parents never made it official. Because of their family being Filipino, Hiro’s middle name must be their mothers maiden name, Valesco. This makes their full name Hiraya Valesco Aquino.

Soon later, once Hiro turned 14 years old, their aunt and uncle noticed how the academics being taught to them were not challenging so Aunt Thena decided to attempt to get them into Forest Hill's Highschool of Science and Technology after the end of 8th grade. This plan had worked and Hiraya had started attending the school. On the first day, they had met someone named Khi Davis. She had become their friend very quickly during the lunch period and even showed them around the school! After Hiro showed their schedule to Khi, the two realized they share all but 2 classes together, math and ELA. This wasn't too much of a problem thankfully. They never stopped talking to each other about drama that happens in their classes apart.

### The Spider

For Hiraya's first 9th grade trip, the teachers had gotten invited to tour the students around Mora Corp. They immediately agreed since the corporation never offered any schools in the district this before. The building was a science themed one as the CEO, Steven Mora, was a brilliant and rich scientist who was famous all over the world.

When Hiro's class had arrived at the building, everyone was so surprised. It was all mesmerizing and never scene before. Some things didn't even look real! The tour guide, Bethany Smith, had told the students that they were unfortunately not allowed to photograph anything in the building as they were going to be shown sneak peaks of unfinished and unannounced projects and that they were very lucky to see these. After the looking at the first floor of the building, Bethany decided that since the school was based in science, she could show them the floor all about that! Floor 56. Even though there various different levels about STEM in the building, this level was one Dr. Mora himself thought the school would hopefully enjoy, and they most definitely did. In this particular floor, it was more open and the students were allowed to touch certain things. It seemed like one big museum and Hiraya loved it. It was a perfect mix of their 2 biggest interests. They would point and things that they recognized and rambled about it to Khi who didn't mind but also didn't seem like she was listening the whole time. That was fine for Hiraya though as they still got to talk about what they know most about.

    The guide then let the students roam around for a bit and just look at all the different things the CEO had designed himself. Hiraya dragged Khi from area to area until they got to a glass wall. The other side of the wall had a bunch of machines. Right in the center was a circular cage where 2 scientists were holding boxes in front of. From what Hiraya could see, the boxes were full of insects and reptiles. They were testing on animals. This surprised the two friends who slowly backed up from the glass. Hiro had suddenly stopped due to feeling a pinch on their hand; a spider. One of the arachnids the scientists may have been working on must've escaped and it bit Hiro. Khi swatted the spider off her friends hand and stepped on it once it landed on the floor. Hiraya wasn't doing so good though. The bite had made them feel nauseous and light-headed. Whenever Khi tried speaking to them, it sounded all muffled. Then, everything blacked out for Hiro.

After getting bit, Hiro got very sick and seemed feverish. This worried their Aunt and Uncle since Hiraya rarely got sick, so they were allowed to skip school for that day but when they woke up, looking in different directions made them dizzy, and it seemed like they were looking in a 0.5x view. This effect wore off after an hour though. Adding on to the effects, Hiraya soon realized they can stick to things like walls and ceilings. This led them to testing the strength of that “stickiness” and it was perfect. It was like if their mind thought about it, they would stick to the wall (same thing with releasing from the wall or whatever it was). They decided to keep this from their Aunt and Uncle as they might think they’re insane.

### With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility

On the upcoming Saturday after Hiro had gotten bitten, the 28th of October, they had finished school and made their way back to their house. When they ringed the doorbell, no one had opened the door which was a bit off since Hiraya's uncle always opened the door for them. They took out the keys from their bag and opened the door themselves. It was an empty home. Again, this was off to Hiro. Once getting their shoes and bag off, they searched around the house, looking for Uncle Jay. No one. That was until they checked the bathroom in their aunt and uncles' bathroom and there he was. Hiro felt frozen for what felt like forever. Their uncle, bleeding out in the bathtub. A *suicide*.

Once they had gotten the strength to move forward, they noticed paper in his hand that was hanging out the tub. Hiro grabbed them and stared at the front. "*To my dearest, Althea.*" and another one stating, "*To my kiddo, Hiraya."* Their eyes filled with tears the more they read the note addressed to them. It was all the little things their uncle had remembered them doing together. How he always saw Hiro as his own kid and how sorry he is for letting it end like this. The letter ended with "*Hiro, make the best decisions you can in life. I won't be able to yell at you this time, kid. Remember, with great power, comes great responsibility."* They had dialed 9-1-1 after they finished reading it. Then, Aunt Thea's number who was sobbing over the phone. Since that day, Hiro knew their aunt was never going to be the same or recover from the death. Deep inside, Hiraya was sure they would never either, the image of their dead uncle in the tub haunted them and never left their mind.

### Pulling Through

After the death of their uncle, Hiraya went though a huge mental health spiral and was never thinking properly. In school, their grades dropped and their principle had called their aunt. After the conversation that had happened between her and the principle, their teachers had seemed to let them get away with not doing work or falling asleep in class. Hiro wanted to protest saying that it is unfair for them being able to slack off in a really good and smart school but they never had the energy to do so.

The lack of energy Hiro had to do anything also affected their communication with everyone, including Khi. After 2 more days passed by, they completely cut ties with her and never spoke with anyone in the school besides the teachers. They even rarely spoke to Aunt Thea and started eating less. Hiraya isolated themselves in their room for almost the entirety of a day. During lunch at school, Hiro just stared off into the distance but today they noticed Khi was with a new group of people. They recognized the others as some kids in their class. This made Hiraya feel a bit sick to their stomach but they tried not to let it bother them, it was their fault for not hanging out with Khi anyways.

## Trivia

* Their father and mother were both Filipino, making Hiraya 100% Filipino!
	+ Though, they are not fluent in Tagalog and Aunt Thea teases them for that
* After the death of Uncle Jay, Hiraya had blamed themselves for the cause of him committing suicide as they got into an argument the day before.
* Hiro directly chose their suit to be the colors off-white and navy blue because they knew no one would think they’d wear anything matching that color scheme since they usually wear darker colors.
* They had joined a music program to do after school and started playing the drums. This later interfered with their time to be Spider-Eclipse and ended up quitting and joining their schools personal program during lunch periods.
* Before playing the drums, Hiraya had always loved music -- not any type of music but older music. They had loved decades music, especially from the 70s/80s/90s. The only exception of artists they listen to besides (kind of) older ones are Taylor Swift and Paramore.
	+ Their favorite artists are Radiohead, Taylor Swift, and Paramore.
	+ Hiro owns a record player and vinyls.
* They have a black and white munchkin breed cat named Milo who loves to sit in their drums after they finish using it.
* Hiraya had accidentally become friends with the Crimson Goblins son, Nico Mora, and hadn't known for a very long time.
* Getting annoyed with being called Spider-Woman, Hiro had personally went to the vice CEO of the Daily Bugle, Edith Brock, and asked if they could instead use what Robbie had made up (Ecliptic Web Slinger), Spider-Man, or Spider-Eclipse.