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Durang Ahas - Sketch

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Still another OC for the Bureau of Superheroes (BUSU) (check out more ideas for the proposed comic here: [link]). This is Durang Ahas, another registered, low-ranking Bureau official. He is a fairly average Filipino super, caring primarily about protecting only his own barangay (he is assigned to the Teachers' Village area near UP Diliman). His name is Tagalog for "Cobra Spit", because, like a spitting cobra, his own saliva is armed and very dangerous.

And it's not just his saliva. Durang Ahas's bodily fluids in general are acidic, toxic, or otherwise corrosive. That's his powers.

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Bureau alias: Durang Ahas
Civilian Identity: Jericho M. Duran ("Jeric")
Civilian Employment Position: Junkshop mechanic and chem-lab technician at the University of the Philippines - Diliman. (You can imagine he gets exposed to all sorts of toxic chemicals in his daily work.)
Age: 26
Abilities: Toxic, acidic, or corrosive bodily fluids: spit, blood, sweat, tears, pee … you name it. (I won't go into how he gets jiggy with the ladies.) So corrosive are his secretions that the civilian Jeric Duran can't even piss in a urinal, because he might give himself away by corroding or even destroying it. People joke that the Pasig River is polluted today because he peed into it.
Weaknesses: Pure, distilled water (i.e. pH 7 at Standard Temperature and Pressure). (Durang Ahas knows how to take advantage of his weaknesses however. If he's about to kiss a girl, for example, he drinks pure water first, which temporarily neutralizes his powers.)
Origin story: Once he had a bad-metabolism day, so his stomach was acting up. He accidentally drank a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) aqueous solution left out as a prank by some Chem-major students. Instead of killing him, the solution reacted with his stomach acid, and (although the logical result is table salt) the impurities contributed to poisoning his bodily fluids, yet allowing him to survive their presence himself. In time, Duran learned to use these toxic secretions to his advantage.

Durang Ahas is a fairly typical Filipino superhero from the lower echelons of the Bureau (and of society in general). He was once an aspiring chemical engineer but dropped out of college at UP to support his family. (Some of his old friends still visit him and vice versa.) Meanwhile, as Durang Ahas, he receives a pittance of a salary from the government, and is concerned mainly with policing and protecting only his barangay, pretty much. He is however quite street-smart, and can hold his own in street fights in Manila's slum areas.

Example of heroic act: Dissolving rubble in an earthquake with a bottle of his own piss (in a rare moment when he ventured to help outside Diliman). When people asked what solution he used, his reply: "You don't want to know."

Example of not-so-heroic act: Pissing on a "BAWAL UMIHI DITO" sign … and dissolving it.

Are his proportions correct? Please let me know so I can correct them if necessary. The Bureau of Superheroes ©ME. Please, NO STEALING. Enjoy! :iconlachoirplz::iconsaysplz::icondonotuseplz::iconmyartplz:
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mdc01957's avatar
It's a very Pinoy profile. Also, LOL at his not-so-heroic MO. XD