Name: Kita Haruki Age: 17 Gender: Male Appearance: Short and somewhat androgynous looking. Straight hair is just under shoulder length, and its color varies from day to day due to a small application of his power. A similar variance happens with his eye color, though not as often due to the change requiring a bit more focus. He claims not to remember the original colors of either. Tends toward somewhat flamboyant clothing. Looks younger than he is.
Backstory: The Kitas are a pair of Child Errors, abandoned at a young age by unknown parents; their surname remembered by the older of the two (by four years), Haruki. He claims not to remember anything of them other than this, and vaguely calling them "terribly boring" when asked his thoughts on them or of his memories relating to them. Like many children in Academy City, they were put through the Power Curriculum Program. Being a Child Error, he ended up being subjected to the darker side of the "schooling," which did in fact bring his ability to the forefront at some cost to his general well-being. This is another thing he describes as "boring" or "lame," though he will share some details if one presses him enough.
As his schooling progressed and both he and his sister grew older, he began to wonder about her. Deciding to investigate the files on her, he managed to worm his way into the records through exploiting a security vulnerability; namely, a carelessly unattended computer, though Haruki says he could have found another way in if he had wanted. Navigating to his sister's files, he discovered something confirming his worst suspicions; due to the success that he had experienced, they planned to subject her to "more rigorous curriculum" involving some powerful and relatively untested drugs, along with enhanced versions of the other techniques they had used on him. He put a plan into action quite quickly, personally assaulting the scientists that were to be responsible with the strongest light source he could locate and a lens to focus it. Essentially, he attacked them with a "laser" manipulated with the use of his power (though true lasers have different properties, he just used highly focused light to set them on fire), and was subdued and carried off to the Reformatory for his trouble.
Once he arrived and was allowed to stew for a while, he was approached with an offer: Leave the Reformatory in exchange for becoming an underground agent. Though it would likely mean doing tasks for some of the same sorts of people that he had previously attempted to "laser" or "hit with a death ray," he accepted the offer for two reasons: one, he could escape from a situation that was totally incompatible with his free-spirited personality, and two, he could possibly prevent the "enhancement" of his sister's curriculum.
Personality: Quite cheery and absentminded. Has a short attention span for the most part, and is prone to wandering mentally, physically, and verbally. He seems much less intelligent than he is because of this. He is very curious about virtually everything and everyone. Good memory, terrible work ethic. Seems nice enough. Deeply protective of his sister Kimiko.
Ability Name: Chromatography Shift Ability: Change the reflective or refractive properties of objects as long as physical contact or very close proximity (less than 10cm) is maintained. Only one property can be manipulated at once. For example, he could make a sheet of paper into a perfect mirror, but couldn't make it into a lens or use it to project an image because it's only more reflective and doesn't refract light. Manipulation of opaque objects is also more difficult, and increasing their refraction has a very limited effect because most of the light passing through is absorbed in the first place. With very fine manipulation and enough time to calculate and prepare (5-10 minutes for a totally new image on average, depending on size and general complexity), it is possible to use a lens or mirror and a light source to project images.
Extra Skills: Good at math in general, and very knowledgeable about optics for obvious reasons. Also has virtually every system for naming color in computer systems memorized, along with excellent visual memory.