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So I suppose I should start with my name: Dawn Helioson. It’s fitting, my parents knew what they were doing when they named me, knew what was expected of me. My name means light and my quirk is light manipulation, both a blessing and a curse.
There are many different opinions on quirks. There are the fans: those who believe that a superior society is built on quirks, that the overall quality of life has improved since they developed, and that they are the solution to every problem. And there are the cynics: those who believe quirks create problems, jealousy, unfairness, crime; those that believe quirks will drive humanity to ruin (gloomy, huh?).
And me? I can only speak from personal experience. I have an emitter type quirk: I can control light. I can manipulate light around me to create small illusions, such as changing the colour of a door from red to blue, which is possible because I can control how someone would perceive the light around them. It’s easiest to change the appearance of something white, since white incorporates all wavelengths of visible light, whereas black, as the absence of light, is unchangeable. Black is, unsurprisingly, my least favourite colour.
I can also create additional beams of light that stems from anywhere I chose on my body. These beams can be so hot they burn, so strong they knock people over, so bright they blind, so fast they surprise (I mean, what’s faster than the speed of light?), or just a really, really, effective distraction.
Now, you may be thinking: Wow! You can do a lot of things with your quirk! Must be super cool and great, right? Well, there’s a catch: I need light. In order to change the form of light around me, I need there to be light around me. In order to create my own light, I need to take it from somewhere. I get light from what a past quirk counsellor called my ‘inner light reserves’ which are composed or light my skin absorbs throughout my day, be it from the sun or artificial light sources. These inner light reserves can and do run out, leaving me not only unable to perform my quirk, but also unable to see. Yeah...my vision fades aka. My ability to perceive light fades the more I use my quirk without immediate replenishment of my inner light reserves. So that leaves me with a pretty solid weakness: darkness.
Any when my vision fades? It’s scary! Sure I’ve gotten better at functioning with no sight and no power but I’m no expert. I keep small night-lights with me everywhere, and I used to keep the lights on so I could absorb light while I slept, before I became more Eco-conscious and interested in saving energy. So, in conclusion, my opinion on quirks, or mine at least, is that there is balance. Big power comes with big drawbacks, no quirk can truly be better than another as the positive aspects to negative aspects ratio is always equal. That’s how I see it, anyway.
So that’s it, there’s your introduction to myself and my quirk, and here’s the story of how I became a radiant hero…