Sharaku Rikei [Next Plot / Timeless Towers Event as well]

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Sharaku Rikei

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''Good evening, my friend. It's a pleasure to meet you, if you know what I mean.''

The Biography

Birth Name: Sharaku Rikei
Aliases: Sha; Sir Rikei
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Day:10th January
Arcana: Jester ~ / Magician ~ (Secondary Arcana)
Place of Residence: Penecia Island
School Year: N/A
Class: N/A

After School Club: N/A

Part Time Job: Not really. But he's quite open to doing something for people, when he finds it suitable.

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Appearance:

Sharaku is a tall, slender young man, that gives the image of a noble gentleman, when in his usual dressing attire. Reaching an astounding height of 6'3 (190 cm) while weighing 154 lbs (70 kg), he is pretty much on the thin side, however not underweight yet. With his high stature, and generally refined style, he is often mistaken to be older than his 22 years, even though he is not that far from his peers that still attend school. He has black, curly hair, that sometimes takes on a dark bluish shine when light reflects off of it. While it probably looks better when let down, he prefers to flatten it up when he wears a formal attire, as it would get in the way, along with looking unproffesional. His eyes, as strange as it may seem are a shade of golden, that tends to fluctuate in response to some situations, but either way, it very much resembles the eye color of a Shadow, mainly when bright. This is complimented by his unusual gray skin coloration and a tattoo esque row of 6 black crosses on his forehead, that along with his golden eyes are a result of a past experiment, which he was unwillingly a part of. His face is completely smooth, and he is never seen even with a small sign of growing a beard or a moustache. He also sports a mole under his right eye.

His dressing choices pretty much reflect a lot of his personality, and his most favored combination is a black suit/tuxedo with a white undershirt and sometimes a longer black overcoat, black shoes and his black trademark top hat. In this case, he appears like the rich gentleman that he initially is, his clothing perfectly stylish, hair held back neatly to fit under his top hat. When wanting to be fully refined, he adds a pair of white gloves to the set as well. The only thing that has a great potential of ruining his royal apperance is the almost everpresent cigarette in his mouth, which is so much of a habit, that he won't abandon it even if it worsens his image.

However, he has his let down moments too, and is not above dressing less formally if he finds a fitting situation, in which he can be seen dropping his suit for a pair of jeans and a simple white shirt, his hair no longer fancy and simply hanging down messily, although it naturally manages to look good by itself. It can be quite the shock for those that hadn't seen him this way before, as he looks quite different with this change, even if it isn't really that big, however it is pretty much natural after associating him with high class outfits in the first place. Although seemingly rich, he isn't seen wearing any accessories, be it expensive of cheap ones, except for earrings from time to time, and even that is inconsistent, as he is not a fan of making his extravagant 'natural' appearance even more of a stand out. He already gets spotted and labeled as weird pretty easily on a frequent basis, thanks to his out of place skin and eye colors, much to his 'joy'.

Sharaku is usually seen with a pleasant expression on his face, accompanied by a polite smile, appearing as a naturally friendly person, or at least someone nice enough to speak to. He keeps a calm mask at most of the situations that would involve less companionable facial renders, except for the moments when he looses his cool due to his condition that is an after effect of the experiments performed on him. There are subtle changes like a small quirk to his lips when he is amused, or teasing someone that can be picked out however, when one pays enough attention to his demeanor. Those are sort of slip ups though, as he likes to keep at least a bit of mysteriousness about himself and not showing his intentions in his expression so easily, unless he wants to. Because he is certainly capable of it, just chooses to remain undefinable in most situations. He tends to relent when being closer with a person though. He may be labeled a strange fool for his appearance and unusual choices, but he is not a naive idiot in the slightest, and knows when to draw a line.

Personality:

In a general sense, Sharaku upholds his dressing code, and comes off as a polite, well – mannered, young gentleman. Most of the time, he exhibits a calm, pleasant and well – spoken attitude, even though he might not always choose his words that carefully. Even though he does act as if he was raised in a high class setting, he is not as uptight as most of them tend to be, and easily adds being friendly into the mix, as being a cold stuck up lord is not his goal. While he is able to execute this facet without fail, it is more of an acquired habit to act that way, rather than a show of his true personality. It could be assumed that he does it to hide his inner feelings from others, however for him it is more of a play, and he simply takes pleasure in having a guise, and being able to singlehandedly fool most people when he wishes to. And so far, he has found no reason to drop this fancy side of him, having got used to it already, and it showing to be quite useful when dealing with many things. Oh, he knows well that a straight up rude approach is not the best way to go in a higher percentage of situations, and thus avoids acting like an arrogant, brash teenager, who does not know better. That doesn’t mean he is not capable of taking on a more forceful manner, however he saves that for dire situations, when there is no other choice. He likes to have a reason, when violence is concerned.

However, there is a small catch, and no matter how neat he acts, he loves being a two faced tease. Therefore, he frequently adds double meanings and innuendos to his speech, finding the reactions of the listeners very entertaining, if they manage to notice, as he’s often quite subtle, to keep his niceness on a high enough level. It might become more apparent if he speaks with someone he knows on a more personal level, and in those cases he can even sound like a bit of a pervert. He has a sense of humor and has no problem with joining in on jokes and the like, although he tends to pull them off with a straight face, which often doesn’t suit the situation.

His mostly calm and unwavering demeanor comes from his past, when he was forced to be a part of an experiment with Shadows, having to endure a lot of tests that made him quite bitter afterwards. It didn’t help that he was forced to lie about his strange looks when he was finally out of there, as it wasn’t a thing one would talk about just like that. As time went, he accepted the fact that he’d have to live an unpredictable life like that, not really having any other choice. But, he definitely isn’t the same person that he was beforehand, keeping more to himself, not trusting fully that easily, and rather going for acquaintances with people than anything else, which he manages flawlessly with his façade. Besides, he is rather aware that many people would not trust him completely, being wary of his strange looks, no matter how he tries to smooth that under the surface. Because whatever he chooses to play it as, it is still hard to make up something believable enough, when he himself doesn’t truly understand the actual reason. And in all honesty, he doesn’t even care that much anymore, as he never found out anything when he tried researching, therefore he just tends to shrug it off in present time. He isn’t even sure it would do him any good knowing at this point, although he is a bit curious still, if only for the measure. However, he does not blame people if they shy away from him, finding him creepy or too strange, as it is only to be expected. It had served one good purpose though, and that is the fact that he isn’t quick to judge people by their appearance, and is willing to approach someone who looks like they could be a serial killer, because as far as he’s concerned, it’s not the outside, but what’s on the inside that matters the most. You’d never find him talking badly about somebody he has not yet interacted with, although he still might pull an inappropriate joke, but not with the intention to downgrade someone.

Sharaku can also be considered a man of his own word, as he is known to keep a promise, and isn’t liable to betray what he states. Therefore, if he says he’s going to do something, he almost surely will, and you can count on it 98% of the time. Of course, that might not come into play if he’s only joking, and in that case, you’d just have to realize it. As long as he is being serious, he can be counted on to make good on his words without a worry.

All in all, the one thing that a person needs to keep up with him, is to be able to at least vaguely discern what kind of ‘mood’ he is at the time. Whether he’s just being polite, or dead serious, or simply a seemingly charming joker. If one can differentiate between those, he isn’t too hard to get along with. Knowing what you’re at is always helpful in his case.

The Potential

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Strengths:

—Strength Name: Smooth Talk
—Description:
Being well versed in polite speech, he has an uncanny ability to talk everything down his way, by being just about perfectly balanced between pleasant and still open enough to be considered friendly. People generally have a hard time resisting him or being angry with him when he whips out his conversation skills and puts them to good use.

—Strength Name: Form Shift
—Description:

Before the experiments, the original Shadow had a slight ability to shapeshift, which it retains even after being converted into a weapon. Therefore, his weapon can change between two forms, one being a silver ring, and the other its violet energy-like form. Only the latter can be used to battle, of course.

—Strength Name: Unshakeable
—Description:

Already being used with facing unpleasant things on a daily basis, whether it be what he remembers from his past, or judgmental people clawing at him for what he is, he simply doesn’t get shaken up anymore. No matter how horrible something seems, he takes it calmly with a neutral face, even put a smile on if necessary. And even if it does bother him a bit on the inside, he never shows being unnerved or anything of the sort. He remains unperturbed even in the face of disturbing things others would have hesitated dealing with.

—Strength Name: Like a Snake
—Description:
His thin complexion and living a generally active life has resulted in him being quite flexible, having the ability to perform movements usual people would struggle with. Get inside a space that has a small entrance, or simply do a high backflip to get somewhere? No big deal. In a way, he could be an acrobat as a side job if he so wanted.
~ Basically an agility boost ~

—Strength Name: Authority
—Description:

This comes mostly naturally, when one considers the fact that he’s a bit older than most of those he ends up interacting with, and actually looks even a bit older that he really is. That, coupled with his preferable choice of clothing as a nobleman makes him give off an aura of authority, which many people fall for. And he would have to admit that sometimes it is beneficial to have someone squirming under his gaze, not wanting to get on the bad side of the ‘high class’ guy.

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Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: Overconfident
—Description:
He has a bad habit of believing that when he sets something up, it will go the way he wants it to without fail. Often he is too confident in his skills to realize that everything can go wrong at a point of time, and can epically fail at recognizing the point where he should back off, rather than keep pressing on.

—Weakness Name: Got a lighter?
—Description:

The one thing he can never give up are his precious cigarettes, no matter what anyone says to him. This in itself would not be so bad, if he wasn’t at the point of being practically addicted. He can become exceedingly frustrated and even lash out without reason when he can’t get a smoke precisely when he wants to, and not even care for the consequences. His ‘life line’ is more important than anything, and that is the last word.

—Weakness Name: Dark Memories
—Description:
While he has mostly gotten over his past, he still has some ties to it. Normally it doesn’t show, but he does have a soft spot for those that went through bad things in their life, and can end up lowering his guard around someone like that. It isn’t as if he believes in kindred souls much, but it still gets to him on a certain level.

—Weakness Name: Unpleasant Connection
—Description:
While most of the subjects in the Shadow bonding experiment went off fairly easily, he had a slightly more powerful reaction, the Shadow making his skin, eye color and all change. That however was just the visual part of it. It also bonded him with the Shadow on the level, in which he feels strange around any other Shadows he encounters, even if he has no idea why it happens. Depending on the Shadow he’s facing, it ranges from mild discomfort, to a headache or similar kind of pain. During this, he might not be able to give his full in a battle, unless he gets it under control. Also, as a visual, his golden eyes glow bright, possibly imploring questions from anyone who sees it, which is not helpful.

—Weakness Name: Wrong Turn
—Description:

To put it simply, he has a horrible sense of direction, and can get terribly lost even in a familiar setting. For the life of him, he can’t figure out why, but it keeps happening all the time. When going somewhere on his own, he can singlehandedly end up in a place totally opposite of where he wanted to go, without a clue as to how he got there. And maps don’t help either, as he just doesn’t understand those ‘whatever’ drawings and symbols.

Shadow Weapon:

Shadow Weapon Name: Violet Soul
Shadow Weapon Description:
Since this kind of weapon cannot be desummoned, the Shadow keeps the form of a silver ring on Sharaku’s right hand when not in battle. Having a slight capability to shift forms, in battle it reverts to a strange shaped violet colored weapon. It looks very much as if it was made out of pure energy. That’s mostly just an outlook, however when engaging a living enemy, it acts that way, piercing through an oponent as if it wasn’t solid. On any other things, it just acts as a normal solid weapon, similar to a sword, aside from its shape.
Shadow Weapon Image:

Weapon:

Shadow Weapon Attack Type: Pierce
Shadow Weapon Element: N/A

The Background

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History:
Sharaku was born in a big city somewhere in Portugal. For the first 10 years of his life, he lived like a normal child would, with caring parents and friends and everything a kid his age should have. That changed when his dad got a very good offer for a job, that would pay greatly, however the catch that it required moving to a different country. Namely Japan. After a few arguments here and there it was decided they would move, as money was important in these times, and they surely could adapt to living elsewhere. And to be honest it wasn’t that bad. Except that Sharaku spent the two years after mostly at home, trying to learn how to speak Japanese well enough to be able to go to school, therefore he was still quite a bit lost when he started attending one afterwards.

It seemed everything would be fine, and the next year of his life went by peacefully and he even made some friends, being the center of the attention a lot of the time for being a foreigner. That changed one day, sometime after he turned 13, when they went on a trip from school. Even though he was not familiar with the setting they were at, he foolishly went exploring on his own, getting lost effectively. He wandered pretty far off, and was later found by some people while trotting around the streets. Unbeknowst to him, those people did not have any type of good intentions when they took him along, even though they said they would help him out.

For the next five years, he was held at the place, and being subjected to various experiments regarding Shadows along with about 10 more young people they somehow collected. He never knew what those strange black creatures were, and why the hell it hurt when those people did their thing, but he was sure it was not a good thing. At first, it was always the same all over again, until one time, when they tried getting the Shadows as close to the subjects as possible, it ended in a small disaster. The others mostly just passed out in the end, he however reacted to the Shadow a bit more explosively, which resulted in quite the mess. Both his looks changing and the fact that he lost control for a while, both because of the Shadow and being angry at the things done to him, and attacked those scientists, almost strangling one of them to death.

With all the chaos erupting around, he had managed to run away before the rest collected themselves, and spent a good deal of time hiding anywhere he could to avoid getting found. When he decided that they were probably not after him anymore, he thought he could try to find his family. After a while he did, but he did not approach them, afraid of their reactions to what had become of him. They seemed to be living well enough even without him, and he did not want to make them remember, after they probably spent a good deal of time trying to forget. For a few years after that, he wandered around the country, keeping low and simply doing some jobs here and there to get money. He never found out what became of the other young people who were caught up in it with him. Getting tired of going round and round, he decided to move out again when he turned 22, hoping to settle in a new place, even though he figured it might not be really possible for someone like him.

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Allright ~

Just for reference, I changed this up.

In case you don't feel like reading all again ( cause I know this is a bit long) I shall note what exactly was changed.

- edited out a part of appearance (not reall important per se)
- made a slight edit in personality ( to be exact in third paragraph)
- reworded the 4th weakness
- added the history
- reworked the weapona bit

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Approved edit.

Okay ~

Just a thing.

I've decided that I'll use that character on this account, to lessen the amount of confusion with so many different accounts. With the old plot over, previous stuff won't matter much anyway.

So yeah, that's that. Kthxbye.

Well, I remade one of the strenghts to match the weapon thing lol ~

That is all. >.>

Sharaku Rikei

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''I fight for Life itself. It’s all I have left.''

The Biography

Birth Name: Sharaku Rikei
Aliases: [Insert various shortenings of his name]
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Day:10th January
Arcana: Jester ~ /Devil ~ (Secondary Arcana)
Place of Residence: Penecia Island [Seems to be found in random places a lot, however]
School Year: N/A
Class: N/A
After School Club: N/A

Part Time Job: Unlikely, but he might consider if someone was even willing to employ someone like him.

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Appearance:
Although not that much time has passed, he certainly looks different than he used to. At the new height of 198 cm (6’6’’), and weight of 78 kg, he stands out in a normal crowd more than ever with his proportions alone. His appearance isn’t falling behind either, even though certain characteristics stayed the same, such as his ashen gray skin. On the other hand, it seems that nowadays he looks more inhuman than ever. Thanks to his Shadow mixing in with him even more now that they seemed to have started getting along, he’s gained several odd characteristics. His trademark golden eyes sport an slight orange coloring on the outside rim of his pupils, basically making his eyes two colors when one takes a proper look at him. His black hair has turned a purple hue, with patches of dark blue here and there as well. For now, he still keeps it long, although a bit shorter than before, currently reaching around the middle of his back. With his Shadow settling on its newer form, he now has permanent black claws on his hands, the black coloring extending up to slightly above his elbows, and ending in tattoo like marks. On top of that, he also sports a black swirly shaped tattoo that goes across the right side of his face, over his eye. Last but not least, his teeth now include sharp canine front fangs, which are quite visible when he opens his mouth enough.

Despite the perhaps even intimidating and scary looks, he doesn’t make it a practice to appear openly hostile unless given a good enough reason to, but sadly his appearance alone is sometimes enough for people to steer away from him based on the initial impression. As he is, he can hardly pass as a normal human anymore, unless people are optimistic enough to assume he’s just dressing up. But even that assumption would probably not last for long, as it’s obvious he’s not faking it when one looks him over closely.

Aside from those qualities, he doesn't appear to look older than before, and could probably pass as being 20 - 22 despite being 25 in reality. The pitch of his voice is also slightly different, albeit it's not too far off from what it used to be.

His clothing style hasn’t changed all that much over the past 2 years, although he seems to be more varied nowadays, so he can be seen wearing almost anything. He does tend to stick to the usual most of the time however, and wear white or black clothing with a touch of color here and there. The most notable difference is, that he can now be seen wearing glasses quite often these days. It is assumed that he only does it for the sake of it, for he definitely doesn’t need help with sight. Far from it, actually. All in all, he’s probably a strange sight for anyone who lays their eyes on him.

Personality:
One could argue that his personality is as odd as his looks. He’s definitely not what he used to be years ago. Of course, a lot of his jokish and outwardly pleasant demeanor is still around. Yet, it is nowhere nearly as noticeable as it was in the past. He’s become rather jaded, and can be hard to figure out without a person actually dedicating themselves to understanding why he acts the way he does. Even then, he can be outright confusing to most, due to the fact that his mood and attitude can happen to shift quite a lot over a period of time, leaving people baffled when he does or says something they did not expect out of him.

Still, most often he can be classified as calm and cool, almost perpetually unbothered by anything, as well as hardly impressed by anything. He’d go along, but it’s likely that you might not get much out of him unless you actually press onto the importance of maintaining a conversation. At a first glance, he singlehandedly fits the description of a loner, and a person that is rather distant from others in many ways. Not the easiest one to make a detailed small talk with, sans the exception when it’s about something he has a decent interest in already. Even then, he might actually sound more disinterested than anything else.

Don’t be fooled however, as that is far from who he really is. Not taking his occasional moodiness in mind, he has the capability of being quite outgoing and even an interesting company, albeit it is not an easy task to get him to get to that point. He has a really bad habit of staying on the sidelines rather than mingling with normal people, which can really affect his relationships with others, and often not in a good way. For the general lot relies on first impressions to make a picture of a person they meet. In his case, the long term impression is what matters. Usually, one doesn’t get to truly know him at all, for they dismiss the possibility too soon, and don’t really try hard enough. He does not take that very well, but for whatever reason, that alone is not enough to change his approach. It certainly takes someone with an open mind to handle him.

Regardless of his general attitude towards his surroundings, he does indeed care for the people around him, albeit he might not always show it in a way that they would understand. In the end, he can be rather loyal and even protective when he gets close enough to someone. Despite how hard his relations to others come, he does not take them lightly at all. He’s just not good at expressing himself when he should.

The Potential

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Strengths:

—Strength Name: Sense Overload +
—Description:
As a result of being almost literally fused with his Shadow by this point, his senses have gotten much more sensitive. Mainly his eyesight and hearing, which allow him to see and hear quite a deal better than your average person. His sense of smell and taste are better as well, but not to such an extent as the former two.

—Strength Name: We are one + (Double Dex)
—Description:
With his Shadow switching forms, and their current connection, he now has an easier time utilizing his weapon in battle, the current setup matching his natural style more.. Adding in the fact that his weapon is now both his hands rather than a separate entity, and the fact that he’s ambidextrous allows him to attack faster and with more precision than in the past.

—Strength Name: Until the End
—Description:
He possesses a rather strong will and determination, and is hard to break down. Once he has a goal, he won’t get give up easily at all. This is also one of the reasons why he keeps going forward, no matter how bad things turn out for him. Otherwise, he would most likely have been dead by now, for a multitude of reasons.

—Strength Name: Snake-like (Agility Boost - 10%)
—Description:
His thin complexion and living a generally active life has resulted in him being quite flexible, having the ability to perform movements usual people would struggle with. Get inside a space that has a small entrance, or simply do a high backflip to get somewhere? No big deal. In a way, he could be an acrobat as a side job if he so wanted. Thanks to the past events, he’s gotten even better at it, on top of the fact that he has quit smoking, which means less health limitations as well.

—Strength Name: A kind heart...
—Description:
Harsh outside aside, he is probably one of the kindest people you could ever meet, even though it’s rare for anyone to see him showing it openly. At times however, it does show, and he will do whatever he can to help others in his own way. To a certain extent, he is also capable of empathy, which can be seen if someone looks for it hard enough.

Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: Volatile Mentality (Ailment Weakness - 10% more susceptibility to Rage, Distress, Panic)
—Description:
In simple words, his mind can be quite unstable at times, which most often shows in his random ‘mood swings’. He seems to not have the best control of his own emotions all the time, and can sometimes blow up when no one even expects it, or go overboard with his actions. Often without it being on purpose. Thus, he is quite a bit more prone to snapping than an average person.

—Weakness Name: Monster
—Description:
No matter how much he claims to accept it, his appearance and actions can easily end up being a drawback. It worsens his already hard time at connecting with people or making them trust him, as he can really come off as not actually human. It can cause problems both for him and others, depending on the given situation.

—Weakness Name: Sense Overload -
—Description:
As great of a help as having sharper senses is, it also comes with its own cons. It’s much easier to make him distressed by phenomenons such as very bright light, or a loud noise. At times even to the point where he can’t focus for a while, possibly leaving him an easier target momentarily.

—Weakness Name: We are one - (Defense weakness -10% more damage taken when below 25% HP)
—Description:
His connection with his Shadow may generally give him a better edge, but it gets tricky once he’s been beaten up quite a bit. He’s prone to losing control a little, due to the Shadow within him not enjoying the continuous pain, which ends with him focusing more on attacking head on rather than paying attention to his defenses.

—Weakness Name: ...but easy to hurt
—Description:
Kind as he is, he is also easy to hurt in return. He may not show it most of the time, but he takes negativity from others quite badly as a matter of fact, and if it gets bad it can even get to the point of him being depressed or generally on a downlow.

Shadow Weapon:

Shadow Weapon Name: Violet Soul
Shadow Weapon Description:

After his recent changes, the Shadow is literally one with him and thus doesn’t require a separate form to act in battle anymore. Instead of relying on its shapeshifting abilities, it now stays in one form, altering the appearance of his hands. His gray skin is turned almost black in color starting off a bit above his elbows, and his hands are now equipped with sharp claws he uses to tear his opponents apart in battle with the power of freezing ice.. (Basically using the weapon I got from a Nihil Soul as my main one)

Shadow Weapon Image: (Look at the picture above Strengths if needed)
Shadow Weapon Attack Type: N/A
Shadow Weapon Element: Ice

Extra soulbounds:

Description:
When using this weapon, his Shadow takes on its former appearance temporarily. It reverts to a strange shaped violet colored weapon. It looks very much as if it was made out of pure energy. That’s mostly just an outlook, however when engaging a living enemy, it acts that way, piercing through an opponent as if it wasn’t solid. On any other things, it just acts as a normal solid weapon, similar to a sword, aside from its shape.
Image:

Weapon:

Attack Type: Pierce
Weapon Element: N/A

The Background

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History:

Sharaku was born in a big city somewhere in Portugal. For the first 10 years of his life, he lived like a normal child would, with caring parents and friends and everything a kid his age should have. That changed when his dad got a very good offer for a job, that would pay greatly, however the catch that it required moving to a different country. Namely Japan. After a few arguments here and there it was decided they would move, as money was important in these times, and they surely could adapt to living elsewhere. And to be honest it wasn’t that bad. Except that Sharaku spent the two years after mostly at home, trying to learn how to speak Japanese well enough to be able to go to school, therefore he was still quite a bit lost when he started attending one afterwards.

It seemed everything would be fine, and the next year of his life went by peacefully and he even made some friends, being the center of the attention a lot of the time for being a foreigner. That changed one day, sometime after he turned 13, when they went on a trip from school. Even though he was not familiar with the setting they were at, he foolishly went exploring on his own, getting lost effectively. He wandered pretty far off, and was later found by some people while trotting around the streets. Unbeknowst to him, those people did not have any type of good intentions when they took him along, even though they said they would help him out.

For the next five years, he was held at the place, and being subjected to various experiments regarding Shadows along with about 10 more young people they somehow collected. He never knew what those strange black creatures were, and why the hell it hurt when those people did their thing, but he was sure it was not a good thing. At first, it was always the same all over again, until one time, when they tried getting the Shadows as close to the subjects as possible, it ended in a small disaster. The others mostly just passed out in the end, he however reacted to the Shadow a bit more explosively, which resulted in quite the mess. Both his looks changing and the fact that he lost control for a while, both because of the Shadow and being angry at the things done to him, and attacked those scientists, almost strangling one of them to death.

With all the chaos erupting around, he had managed to run away before the rest collected themselves, and spent a good deal of time hiding anywhere he could to avoid getting found. When he decided that they were probably not after him anymore, he thought he could try to find his family. After a while he did, but he did not approach them, afraid of their reactions to what had become of him. They seemed to be living well enough even without him, and he did not want to make them remember, after they probably spent a good deal of time trying to forget. For a few years after that, he wandered around the country, keeping low and simply doing some jobs here and there to get money. He never found out what became of the other young people who were caught up in it with him. Getting tired of going round and round, he decided to move out again when he turned 22, hoping to settle in a new place, even though he figured it might not be really possible for someone like him.

~ Azores Chapter 1 and beyond ~

The events that happened a few months after he came to Azores were not what he would have expected. All of a sudden, he was forced to actually use the Shadow he had been bound to three or so years prior, and had to work with people on solving the possible end of the world whether he really wanted to or not. It’s not that he disliked the notion, but overall, it wasn’t the most pleasant ride for him. It was far from the peace he would have hoped for. But he had virtually little to no choice unless he wanted to find himself in an even worse situation eventually. Being chased by a mercenary was just a cherry on the top to all that. Yet, he surprisingly took the events quite well, despite the fact that he was not necessarily happy about the entire development of the case and how it ended. On the other hand, it had also made him worse than he ever was. Thanks to the happenings, he had managed to eventually get along with his Shadow better by the time it was all ending, which resulted in him turning into more of a monster than he was before. Perhaps he could have resisted it, but he found no reason to at that point. Everyone was living their own lives, and he was pretty much alone as usual. Maybe he figured it didn’t matter. Or maybe he didn’t care. That is something unknown so far.

But it is what it is. Over the course of the last two years, he was hardly seen by anyone, apparently prefering to hide in the shadows in lieu of what he was becoming. What happened exactly is currently a mystery, but perhaps it will get revealed in time….

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