STUDENT MEISTER - easton liszt

♥ Jigsaw puzzles
♥ Quiet areas
♥ Historical fiction books
♥ Naps
♥ Winter
♥ Souvenirs
♥ Morning walks

✗ Humidity
✗ Losing
✗ Hypocrites
✗ Crowded areas
✗ Debt
✗ Singing
✗ Bodies of water

⋆ Gambling
⋆ Spending money
⋆ Wandering the streets

⋆ Adjusting his goggles when nervous or embarrassed
⋆ Crossing his arms when he can’t hear

⋆ Is partially deaf
⋆ Has a debt of $5000
⋆ Can’t swim

⋆ Getting killed by loan sharks and/or angry gamblers
⋆ Drowning
⋆ Losing his hearing completely

⋆ Graduate
⋆ Exterminate all Kishin Eggs
⋆ Learn how to swim

The streets of New York City aren’t exactly kid-friendly, but Easton managed to pull through. The Liszt family wasn’t exactly struggling to sustain themselves, but it was hovering over the line between lower and middle class. The father worked many shifts as a construction worker, and the mother spent countless hours waiting tables. The son, for the most part, was home alone.

Easton spent his days exploring the city, despite the dangers of being targeted by thugs. His classmates were in similar situations, and the whole lot of them ended up playing poker together in the subways. Needless to say, Easton was roped in. What started out as an innocent, social activity soon developed into a shady gambling ring, where he had his first taste of the trade. The subways stations weren’t the most luxurious spots, and the roar of the trains was what led to his eventual hearing impairment.

For the next few months, he and the others tossed around cards, placed valuables at stake, and risked it all. Rumors about a murderous demon began to float around, but the kids weren’t concerned; after all, a killer wouldn’t make a statement in a public area, right? Easton’s parents caught whiff of the gossip, and they ordered their children to stay indoors for the rest of the week. At first, he obeyed to appease his apprehensive parents, but the desire to gamble won him over. One evening when his parents were distracted, Easton escaped the house and headed toward his usual meeting spot.

Police cars and emergency vehicles surrounded the subway entry. The crowds of people were too thick for him to push through, and the chatter was so incoherent that he couldn’t discern one voice from another. At last, a group of men emerged from the entry with bloodied corpses in their possession. The bodies belonged to his gambling partners. A wave of horror swept over him as he realized that had he joined them earlier that afternoon, the officers would have found his lifeless body beside the others s as well.

It was at that moment he realized that he and everyone he knew would forever be at risk of falling victim to these Kishin Eggs. The only way to get rid of them was to fight them. His first thought was to join the police force, but recalling the images of those mutilated corpses made him think twice. After all, if that demon could do so much damage in a short amount of time, then waving around a gun wouldn’t do much damage to such a monster.

The next day, everyone was in hysterics. The whole neighborhood was alive with gossip, and Easton couldn’t help but go out and eavesdrop. He was walked down a narrow path when he overheard two of his neighbors mention something about the DWMA, how they wished the teams had arrived earlier to take care of the demon. He stopped and listened.

According to one of the ladies, her daughter had graduated from the academy and was travelling across the nation, eliminating these types of pests. Easton sprinted back home and waited. As soon as his parents returned from work, he demanded to be enrolled. At first, his parents were firmly against the idea of sending their son across the country, but his constant arguing broke them down. Besides, he should at least learn how to defend himself in cases similar to the one from the night before, and at the ripe age of fourteen, he was officially a meister.

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⋆ Wavelength Compatibility – Due to his adaptable soul wavelength, he’s able to match and resonate with wavelengths of different weapons. At this stage, he can only handle one weapon at a time, but this flexibility allows him to switch use of weapons with less effort than other meisters would exert. Weapons of higher rank would require much more effort to maneuver, which can be taxing on his body. He would only be able to handle such weapons for a maximum of ten minutes before passing out.

⋆ Augmentation – This technique allows Easton to heighten one of his sense at a time, at the expense of his hearing. His sense of touch, taste, smell, and sight will increase by 50% when in use, but during that time, he will be completely unable to detect sounds. This ability can last for a maximum of one hour before immediately fading away. The amount of time it takes for his hearing to return to its original level is equal to the amount of time the ability was used.