Gavin Young (ARCWMD)


 * -|1="Quit it, you seven. All you're doing is making it worse for yourselves."

- Optimizer to a band of thieves


 * -|2="Being gifted, or maybe cursed if you'd like to go there, with supernatural capabilities, let alone the status of a hero, is a responsibility only a few can achieve and live up to... I learnt that the hard way."

- Optimizer regarding the role of a Hero


 * -|3="You're right, I don't understand loneliness the way you do. But don't you pretend for a damn second that we humans have it easy and simple. I'm not gonna lie, many of us do, and many of us would fail to comprehend adversity's many forms. But that sure as hell doesn't justify neglecting the hard work and sacrifice the greatest of us have put in, or the hardships many, many brave people have fought through. The very two people who brought me into this world are my proof!"

- The Optimizer to Hades Izanami

Summary
Born with a unique genetic mutation, Gavin Young, a.k.a. The Optimizer, is a full-time hero working under the Hero Association - a worldwide organization in charge of every heroic quota and actions throughout the world. He originates from the outskirts of Ontario, Canada - a 22 year old man born on May 20th, 2711, standing at 5'11" and weighing in at 75 kilograms. He bears a pretty normal appearance; short, spiky dark-brown hair, green eyes, and white skin. His casual wear consists of your average pair of grey pants coupled with a shirt or a hoodie, the latter of which typically being a dark shade of blue with grey sleeves matching his pants. While on-duty, however, he is strictly seen with his hero garb on; a black one-piece outfit with slightly luminous blue lines branching throughout it, in addition to grey shoulder pads, knee pads and gauntlets with similar blue outlines to his main outfit, covering his wrists. He wears boots that follow the same color pallet. The overall garb covers the entirety of his body up until his neck, and it was made by Ernesta Kühne (more on her later on).

Gavin's relationship with his family, particularly his father, Simon Young, was... meh. Life wasn't exactly too hot for the Young family. They lived in a basic, working class household, a basic job - manufacturing - supporting their financial situation. Trying to get the most out of his check as possible, Simon usually worked extra hours, which he was fully capable of due to his genetic mutation. However, this also meant that Gavin didn't get to be with his father too often. Even when he did, their conversations were mostly pretty brief; casual "Hello", "Hey" (the latter usually tossed out by Simon and ending awkwardly), "How was school today?", "How was work?", etc. It was one conversation, however, that truly inspired Gavin's future - a discussion about the new "Hero Association" that was being assembled in a few months' time. It would involve multiple Heroes from around the globe being assigned quotas and and monitored, and even provided with some decent to good payment depending on the Hero's performance and class. It sounded like a great deal, and it was a conversation that seemed to have finally sparked some life between the two, albeit nothing too lively. Simon definitely considered applying, and that he eventually did. Unfortunately for the family, he didn't end up performing well at all. This was disappointing for the Young family, but especially Simon - so much so, it literally drove him into a bit of a depression. This discouraged him from working any more extra hours, which reduced his payment, and made things even worse for the family. It reached the point where Amelia, the mother and housewife, had to get a minor job herself. She managed to end up becoming a cashier at a local Supermarket. Gavin didn't quite know how to process most of what he witnessed, and he was pretty confused. "Why was mom going to work, now?", "How come dad spends less time at work?" were some of the things he was wondering, though Amelia managed to sidetrack him from these thoughts for his own greater good. After all, he had to focus on his own priority right now, which is his education and what not.

Problematically, Simon had reached the point where he became an alcoholic. A can of the cheapest, low-quality beer he could find here and there a few times a week. Amelia wasn't happy about this at all, and she tried to talk him out of it and support him in anyway she could think of multiple times once she realized that her husband was absolutely miserable, but to no avail. Alas, Gavin's contact with his father was almost non-existent at this point. The family's situation was looking pretty bad, but by some miracle, the downwards spiral sort of just... stopped at some point. They had hit rock bottom, or at least about as low as they can get. Though Gavin's education needed to downgraded due to obvious financial issues, they still had a living at the very least.

April 27th, 2719. A 15 year-old Gavin at this point, and it was pretty much an average, though unusually stormy, day. Things were mostly going routinely for the past few years and throughout the day. That was until 7:03 pm. Amelia almost done with work, and Simon was on his way from his own; the ground and streets soaked in water, thunder and lightning striking every minute or so; looking for the usual bus ride home. He got in, they reached a road bridge, and all of a sudden boom!. A bolt of lightning absolutely fried the city bus' front tires, causing it to turn uncontrollably. And because we're on a road bridge, it's essentially much law that the bus is now dangling off the side of it... so the bus was now dangling off the side of it. The passengers were confused, and slowly began to panic. It took some time, but with his life literally dangling off a bridge, Young remembered something very important he got off his chest a while ago, though it definitely still haunts him actively to this day... and with that, he slowly tip-toed towards the back of the dangling bus in an attempt to crack the window open, which ended up being successful. With that, trying to keep his own mental stain intact, he calmly gave out instructions to the other passengers. One-by-one, they slowly made their way out of the bus, with Young staying back until he was sure everybody was safe. Despite most of the passengers escaping, Simon Young and some other dude ended up meeting their demise. It was all over the news in basically no time

Amelia was the first to find out of her husband's death, and she was hit hard by this. She eventually told her son the next day, as it was a bit too much to bear on the 27th, but he didn't quite know how to react. Sure, he absolutely was saddened deeply by the announcement and his mother's distressed state, but he hardly knew his dad anymore... All he had was his memories from a few years ago. Never the less, it was a slow recovery following the mourning of Simon Young, and it was a few years later that Gavin finally thought of something that seems crazy, especially after what it had done to his father. Since he was now legally qualified, he wanted to tryout for the Hero Association. Having been born with a genetic mutation, as well as possessing a more stable state of mind than his father's rather pressure one, he could very well pull it off. If it went exceptionally well, he may very well even be able to drop out of college. He consulted his mother, and after a while of arguing and convincing, she agreed to one attempt. Much to the utter delight of the mother and son, Gavin managed to qualify for the role of a Hero. Though his quota would be heavy, he could definitely make things work out.

The first few months as a Hero went averagely. There wasn't much going on, really, except Gavin had managed to catch some attention with his interesting mutation; it granted him the ability to control aspects of what he touches, essentially utilizing them to the "optimal" degree (which is actually the case starting from his second key, but whatever). This caught the attention of a certain genius scientist known as Ernesta Kühne, who decides to offer the young Hero a deal: Gavin works as a Hero managed by her, and allows her to explore his genetic mutation to her heart's content. In return, financial issues would be mostly covered by Ernesta and her affiliations. She would even offer him supportive Hero equipment and it would end up helping him understand his powers more. He was reluctant and suspicious at first, as this seems way to good to be true; from a shit hole, to a low-class Hero, to this? Anyway, he eventually decided to agree after some hard thinking and talking to his mother, with the latter more or less enthused than anything else.

Much to his surprise, this indeed paid off really well. His journey to mastering his newly-named "Optimization" ability (all Ernesta) and as a Hero has really begun, and it was kicked-off by him obtaining a Hero alias: "The Optimizer". He slowly but surely moved up the ranks, things were going great financially, and Ernesta, albeit she could be off-putting with her sick sense of humor and oddly cheerful personality, was incredibly helpful and informative. But something still felt off. Not about Ernesta, mind you, it was something he couldn't quite put his finger on. Anyway, he cast it aside for now.

After long, guided training, it was only a matter of time before the Optimizer gained an immensely high control of his powers. It reached a point where his body could recall and hone every single ability he has dealt with so far, which includes incredible superhuman strength, elemental manipulation, and much more. He even became powerful enough to rival Ernesta's artificial humans, RM-C and AR-D. Seemingly out of the blue, though, news broke of some mad scientist being arrested for some form of illegal genetic engineering of a super-parasite - come to think of it, he bumped into him once, and he was... pretty weird. The man's called Dr. Genus, and he claimed that his project was purely for revenge. He went on about how the Hero Association and governments as a whole were like the scum of the Earth, and what came off as cliché villain talk. Boy did that bite him in the backside, as the parasite named "Tempest" was simply too complex of a being to contain, and was composed of genes from the strongest of Heroes, including the Optimizer himself. It eventually managed to escape the government's labs, and it was never found no matter how much they searched. Later on, with Dr. Genus now in prison probably laughing hysterically to no end after being delivered the news and questioned numerous times, Optimizer was later being targeted and challenged by none other than the parasite itself, except "he" is now fully matured. As the latter was basically built to defeat the Optimizer and the rest of the Association at his peak, with news of Heroes randomly being found beaten up here and there with seemingly no explanation, Optimizer was intimidated for sure. And, ultimately, he was unable to defeat Tempest, albeit he gave him a good fight nonetheless. Things seemed grim, before a mysterious caped man in a yellow suit appeared out of nowhere. Optimizer, beaten to a pulp, tried to warn him of the danger he's putting himself in, but that proved itself useless. Much to his shock, though, the man did end up defeating Tempest... in but One Punch. That went viral quick, but it wasn't Saitama who got the credit for that at all for some reason. It was simply to surreal to buy, and not a single person would believe even the Optimizer's own words for a while, until the truth slowly but surely unfolded. And that was the Dr. Genus Arc.

Onto the Black Matter Invasion Arc. Optimizer's still in shock by the feat performed by the man in yellow, Saitama, just a few months ago, especially after asking him about the secret to his strength. It was... really underwhelming to say the least. Regardless, they kept in touch. Moving on, Optimizer's relationship with Ernesta's artificial humans isn't much to note. Though he's on good terms with AR-D, which isn't too surprising on his part considering the bot's personality, RM-C wasn't exactly to fond of him. Then again, she never really is of anybody except her creator. It was the newly developed artificial human, though, that caught Optimizer's attention, and her name was RM-G, simply referred to as Noel. But, more on their situation in her profile.

Optimizer's involvement in this arc isn't as major compared to when he fought Tempest, as he was dealing with one of the alien-invading Black Matter Organization's top lieutenants, Melzalgald, rather than the commander, Lord Cooler (huehuehuehueh), who was taken care of Saitama and a now turned-good Tempest.

With the defeat of the Black Matter Organization, and Gavin's relationship with Noel growing after some good old advice from Ernesta herself, he was caught way off guard by some major news. It was something that, upon discovering, brought about an incredibly confused and mixed reaction from the Hero, a confusion he hadn't felt since the passing of his father. And go figure, it was none other than a message from Simon Young himself, obviously pre-recorded, which Amelia managed to find after some house rearrangements (FYI, she still lives in the family's OG house. Bitter-sweet family memories and what not inspired her to stay):

"Hey, son. It's... been a long time since we've last talked. Well, if you're hearing this, I'm most probably dead. I, uh, hate to be that blunt about it, but I honestly just can't put it in any other way. I know I don't even deserve this opportunity, but I wanna explain my case. And I wanna emphasize on how it doesn't justify what I've become, at all...

A few years ago, maybe even many years ago depending on when you may be hearing this, if you are at all, I... talked to you about the Hero Association, about becoming a "Hero". I haven't forgotten it to the day of this recording, and... nor will I ever will, no matter how much lower I fall. Out of all our brief greets here and there, it felt like we finally had an actual conversation... like a father and son should. *Sigh* - As you know, I wasn't accepted, I failed to become a "Hero". Unfortunate. I completely blame myself. I failed, I let myself down... But, most importantly, I let my family down... I let you down, and I let your mother down... And that was hard to digest, Gavin... That could've been a game-changer for us. You'd get a better education, Amelia would be excited, and I... well... I probably wouldn't be what I am now, maybe even a successful man. So, I failed. No big deal, I'll make up for it, no? No... I just made it worse, really. All I did was fall into a depression, and I eventually became a god damn alcoholic... And I wish I could revert all that. I wish I at least tried to fight back. But, it's pretty much too late at this point. I'm a broken soul... I continued to fail you, I continued to fail Amelia, and I continued to fail myself. It's something I'll never, ever be able to undo... Gavin, I'm not saying this expecting sympathy from anybody; I frankly don't deserve it. But, none the less... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, son... For failing you as a father, and for failing as a man... I... I guess this is goodbye, now..."

This was really hard for Gavin to digest, so much so that he needed some strong support. Thankfully for him, he definitely had it. His mother was there, Ernesta was there (though exactly how she'd help him through this is probably best left unknown), Saitama was... er... there, Tempest was there, and they're technically genetically related, so... that helps! But hey, even Noel was there. And this situation helped to take their relationship to a whole new level, as the comfort Noel especially brought him was something truly special to him. Of course, there's no devaluing Amelia's emotional support, as it was precious in its own right as well. But finally, that odd feeling of dissatisfaction and low-keyed sorrow was finally unleashed and let out.

Onto the Unification Arc, with Hades Izanami - the only known Goddess existing in the present universe. Optimizer made up for his side-role in the previous arc, as he was involved in the final battle against Izanami, and managed to keep her paralyzed by reflecting her own attack back at her, utilizing it as an element of surprise and allowing the newly-accepted Hero, Son Goku, to seal her with the ancient Containment Wave.

The Optimizer has a great sense of justice. He never backs down to any criminal act, no matter how minute or unimportant it may be, and insists on courageously fighting for the well-being of others and the maintenance of order. He rarely takes things at face value, but with the utmost caution instead, also frowning upon and low-key disliking heroes whom lay back and treat their role as a bit of a joke. He considers the duty of being a hero to be an immense responsibility not many are able to fulfill or live up to, which is mainly due to the fate of his father, Simon Young. Prior to receiving the message from his late father, while he used to act like your average human being, he mostly hid and closed off his emotions from others. He felt an odd sense of emotional dissatisfaction and low-keyed sorrow ever since his father lost his life, even though he didn't get to spend much time with him at all. It didn't impact his social interaction much, but it still held him back to an extent. It was until Simon opened up to him through his message that Gavin himself got to let that feeling out - finally an emotional connection to his father, and that allowed him to be able to open up more often to those who are close to him.

Personal Statistics
Tier: 7-C | 4-B, High 1-C via hax | 4-A, High 1-C via hax | High 1-C

Name: Gavin Young (Actual name), The Optimizer (Hero alias)

Origin: A Random Conversation With My Dad

Gender: Male

Age: 20 years | 22 years

Classification: Genetically-Mutated Human, Hero

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Can gain superpowers based on various objects he touches and control many aspects of them. This can separately, or when combined, grant: Aura (Optimization forms an aura around his body, with said aura protecting his suit from being damaged), Electricity Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Can induce death by touching an object related specifically to it, like a tombstone), Time Manipulation (Has only used this to rewind, slow down, or stop time), Matter Manipulation (Atomic), Technological Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation (Typically shown to produce shockwaves), Attack Reflection (Can only reflect paralysis and telekinesis-based attacks back at his opponent), Resistance to: Radiation Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Acid Manipulation, and Poison Manipulation | All aforementioned abilities boosted in both offensive and defensive capabilities, now available to him at all times (Reached the peak level of his Optimization ability, effectively making his previously obtained abilities into permanent additions to his arsenal, also developing new methods of utilizing them to his advantage in combat), Information Analysis (Can get a quick, full synopsis on his opponent's identity and capabilities, with said synopsis being kicked off by the optimal combat strategy he should undertake), Resistance to: Death Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Atomic) and Antimatter Manipulation (Survived being punched in the face by a death-inducing attack, as well as matter and antimatter-based strikes) | All previous abilities | All previous abilities, more TBA

Attack Potency: Town level (Able to take common monsters, who are typically portrayed as threats to individual towns in Japan, on) | Solar System level (Fought against Tempest, albeit he was fairly weaker than him in terms of strength, the full effect of whose attacks can obliterate the entire the planet along with entire star systems. Stronger than RM-C, who is an artificial human fueled by a power source that provides her with enough kinetic energy to light the entire universe up with luminosity matching that of Sirius to the Earth), High Complex Multiverse level via hax (Albeit his physical power is absolutely nothing to this, Optimizer was able to counteract Tempest's abilities - which can manipulate and affect the entire timespace continuum and its multiple dimensional planes - with his own, when the universe has been cited by even the most rational and intelligent of scientists to be running on a somewhat similar idea to the M-Theory, only in the sense that there are 11 dimensions to space-time. In fact, even a brilliant scientist like Ernesta Kühne is in support of such a concept being certain. Though it is unknown why certain beings are capable of such feats, it's actually due to the mysterious desires of the Master Control Unit - essentially a transcendental tool created by God to "entertain" the latter's monotonous existence by whatever means) | Multi-Solar System level (Fought and defeated Melzalgald, who is much stronger than himself and Tempest during their own fight in the Dr. Genus Arc. Should thus be able to fight on-par with Groribas and Geryuganshoop. Comparable to Cooler, who was stated to have casually conquered numerous star systems and annihilated countless galaxies, portion-by-portion, over many years), High Complex Multiverse level via hax | High Complex Multiverse level (Following Hades Izanami's Phenomenon Intervention, all of space and time - including the Mortal Universe, Heaven, Hell and all their inhabitants - were turned into 11th-dimensional entities. With the universe and everyone in it now extradimensional beings, and the Goddess of Death being at the pinnacle of this existence, he was capable of fighting a held-back Izanami alongside other Heroes, even staggering her on his own a few times)

Speed: Speed of Light (Due to being constantly exposed to light, radiation, etc. he is constantly as fast as they are in a vacuum. However, trapping him in a pitch-black environment would instantly reduce his speed to that of a regular human due to the obscene level of speed light reaches) | Massively FTL (Lapped the Earth's surface one thousand times over in an instant, putting him at approximately 133 c) | At least Massively FTL (Kept up with Melzalgald, who is significantly faster than his and Tempest's previous selves) | Immeasurable

Lifting Strength: Superhuman | Class 25 (Could support the mass of an entire lorry) | At least Class 25 | Immeasurable

Striking Strength: Town Class | Solar System Class | Multi-Solar System Class | High Complex Multiversal

Durability: Town level | Solar System level (Traded blows with Tempest, though he was eventually overpowered) | Multi-Solar System level | High Complex Multiverse level

Stamina: High (Can traverse long distances at or even above the speed of light without breaking a sweat. Can last through gauntlets of battle against various Black Matter soldiers. Lasted through his battle with Hades Izanami, despite being vastly outmatched)

Range: Standard Melee Range. Hundreds of Meters via ranged attacks | Standard Melee Range. Interstellar via shockwaves. High Complex Multiversal via hax | Standard Melee Range. Interstellar via shockwaves. High Complex Multiversal via hax | High Complex Multiversal

Standard Equipment: Varies; Typically your everyday belongings, like a watch | Information Analysis Device

Intelligence: Above Average (He mostly performed exceptionally well during his school education, though a lot of his potential was reduced due to finance later on. After a few years of training and completing his quota as a Hero, he developed advanced combat and tactical abilities, as well as much more caution than his himself during his earlier years, also achieving a high control over his abilities)

Weaknesses: His power-ups last for a certain period of time, after which he must touch the same object he previously did to re-use it. His hypothetical Solar System level boost would last for an extremely short interval of time. Though Optimizer does technically possess more broken abilities, like Plot Manipulation and Mathematics Manipulation, they are not listed simply because he is unable to use them as of now | Same as previously, with the exception of the second and second to last ones.

Key: During Training | Dr. Genus Arc | Black Matter Invasion Arc | Unification Arc

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