Kukane Wawae

Name	Kukane Wawae (koo kah nay wah way)
Gender	Male, he/they, prefers nontraditional or shifter partners
Homeworld	Triptych III - a variant Earth where the triptych spirits didn't stop at mammals and birds, they include fish, insects, and other more exotic, and often 'extinct' forms of life
Species	Triptych Humanoid Hybrid (note in image above they are in their milipede coloration)
Totem	Triptych, see below; +5kks
Nut	Not a nut so much as the spicy ball of what you think is going to be a challenge peanut but instead there's literally not even a nut in it, it's just living pain this is your life now you cannot see from the tears and yet it is also simultaneously the most delicious combination of flavors your limited consciousness can comprehend. This must have been a spicy challenge nut for a different dimension.
Class	Junior 30 kks
Smarts	5
Bod/Feet	10 (agi 10, dex 8, str 5)
RWP	3
Luck	6
Drive	2 (own power 6)
Looks	4 (0 if you dislike lots of limbs)
Cool	6
Bonk	3
Powers	Triptych Shapeshifting plus Overall Shapefhifting as below; having forms and spirits add innate +2* to Clusters and Skills involving any shape they have. Note that Kukane is a mo'o, in addition to being a Triptych, not instead of or emulating one Mo'o Curse, because the mo'o are mythic beings in Triptych Earth's history (and beings on Twoarth as well) that are quite apt at emulating other people or creatures. This does come at a price however, because when someone actually sees Kukane shifting they may temporarily be stunned, awed, afraid, or even angry - seeing them triggers a kind of curse. While this is technically not quite a 'power', sometimes Kukane can use this to their advantage. Even if it's hit or miss (since the person seeing a shift gets to roll for less or no effect either with Luck or because they have a power, cluster or skill to avoid being affected) it still works well enough as a distraction for other things going on
Clusters 18	*Cling and Climb, Dodge and Drop +5 That many legs? Yeah they're not going to be accidentally falling on anyone. Not even from the ceiling or a slick ice ramp or anything. Kukane can leap from any of those surfaces as well, knowing exactly when and what direction to drop or fall, leap or dodge, for any specific need such as 'onto an annoying person' or 'away from the giant kaiju foot' *Mo'o Shapeshift +5 Their shift is instant, from any of their weird primes to triptych, and to human or any other biological shape. However, mo'o are also known for their ability to turn into rock, wood, or other naturally found solids. One of Kukane's best tricks is to effectively wrap around a beam or log of wood in their longest shape and then simply 'become one' with the wood until they need to do something else. Stepping stone in a stream? That's Kukane. Caber that you're tossing in PE? ... That... is also probably Kukane...
Skills 12	*Dance Like You Wouldn't Believe +4 Even in human or bipedal form, Kukane is a literal dance machine. Can glance at a professional performance whether it's live or recorded, or even just listen to the footfalls or cadence of motion to figure out what steps are where. If you can keep up with his routine you're welcome to try, but the more pairs of actual feet you have, the more likely that will be *Substance Recognition +3 Possibly due to having some sensory equipment in his feet that other people or even most Triptych don't, Kukane can roll around a small amount of whatever-it-is, be it dust (not just human skin but there's a little bit of cat, an avian, oh look a tarantula too?) or minerals, the things he cannot openly just touch and know are few and far between. Most synthetic components he just figures are 'oil' but he can determine whether that oil is mineral, vegetable, or even animal based. Has to have at least 'a pinch' of whatever it is, though Kukane claims that it's best with about a marble through softball size chunk Sense When To Distract +3 When a bad vibe is going around, if you need someone to show up the bullies, or an escape is needed, Kukane is your best bet. The people he likes are going to have his protection in odd ways - they're going to be late to class? Won't matter if the professor is too busy blinking away that weird vision they just had of - no no it can't possibly be a popsicle headed mouse. If you're his enemy on the other hand, well let's just say that Kukane has had to be disciplined on numerous occasions for causing disturbances, or inadvertently causing fights, panic attacks, or even full on power flareups. Now, he will continue doing this, and everyone knows it, because sometimes you do have to cause a monster-out in the hallway... There was a radiation leak, quickest way to get everyone out wasn't going to be to pull an alarm bell or start yelling!
Knacks 5	Creeps Everyone Out +4/-3 Not merely because of the curse upon their species, but Kukane has all those legs. And arms can't forget the arms - those first four sets of limbs all have thumbs after all. He likes to think that it is weeding out the weaklings from his life. Since first impressions are important and if you don't care for him right away... Why would he waste his own time trying to convince you otherwise? There are plenty of other people in his life! Will Help You Get Rid Of That Spider You're Afraid Of +4 So there's a 6' wide web across your dorm door and you're pretty sure that it isn't because someone sprayed silly string. Yeah that's gonna need to be removed but you do know that if it's built one there there's probably a bunch of bugs it'll eat... you okay with that? okayyyy, but he's not gonna come back and rid you of that silverfish infestation...
Period	Class / Instructor / Grade (Failing, Passing, Decent, Excellent, Superb)
1	Bollywood and Flash Mobs / Sengihr / Superb
2	Fur-Side Ritual and Mythos / Kirabo / Superb
3	Shapeshifting Techniques / Treason / Superb
4	Interspecies Politics / Kuyul / Excellent
5	Cartography / Lari / Decent
6	Living Mythology / Kirabo / Excellent
7	Heroic Ethics / Silverfish / Passing
8	Chemistry / Darnold / Excellent
Pets	As long as you take care of it, he won't come after you and let it go
Parents?	Mother was a mo'o, a shapeshifting lizard spirit, perhaps also a Triptych but it's unclear Father was an insect-based Triptych with speed and length
Siblings?	Probably several, unclear whether they're going to come to CHS
Image From	Meiker Andro Prinx Creator and me
Other Info	Resides in the 'Triple Threat House' with two other rather unusually leggy or limb-heavy Trippers

Prime One Millipede Size: ~5" long Abilities: Climb, Cling, Damp Adapted

Prime Two Moth Skink Size: ~5" long Abilities: Speed, Transparent Eyelids (sight+)

Prime Three Monitor Lizard Shaped Mo'o Size: unclear, from 6" to 60' possible? Abilities: Shape and Size Shift, Protection Power

Triptych That's Too Many Feet Size: Varied, usually around 6' long but adding leg pairs means about 1' per pair Abilities: Move Anywhere They Can Touch, Threat Assessment And Mitigation Shift: 100+%, instant, and can shift into 'whatever' biological / organic or inorganic non-synthetic Quirk: Curse, the mo'o are not always benevolent...

Story

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