Name: Wasalu Armando
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Are you past life aware?: He doesn't remember anything at all.
Role: Boy 4. An artistic and athletic type. He can sit and draw for hours by himself, but doesn't mind being around people as much as others would think, as he does well with team sports. He seems outgoing enough, but rarely deals with people unless it's absolutely necessary. One reoccurring issue he is always born with is an extreme case of dyslexia, often to the point of just plain refusal to read. It's a mystery how he passes his classes, But it's been determined that He's been having Boy 5 do his homework. Boy 5 is his best friend, actually, and he's often stepping in when the guy's being bullied... which happens a lot.
Personality:
Relatively "outcast", Wasalu tends to stay away from other people for the most part. He's not unfriendly, but he can sometimes come across as aloof. When he's around people he knows, he's excitable. When he's apart from them, he's quiet. Wasalu can't decide whether he likes people's company or not-- he hates being with people and he hates being apart from them. It bothers him to no end.
Wasalu doesn't hide who or what he is, usually. He will mask when he's annoyed with the people around him, but for the most part Wasalu is an open book. Since he has no memories of his past life, he isn't all that bogged down with melancholy. He also doesn't have any physical recollection of what happened to him in past lives. When he grows angry, he paces. When he grows sad, he paints. He sketches in his sketchbook when he's not near paints. Wasalu's complete obliviousness makes him reject the notion that he's been reborn. He likes the idea of being reborn, however, and will joke about it from time to time, sometimes coming out as borderline cruel to those who do remember being reborn.
It isn't really important, but Wasalu likes Tarot. He will every now and then do spreads for his friends. Recently, they've all been getting bad spreads, though. He jokes about it often.
Wasalu likes to paint. His paintings grow more and more macabre the more lives he leads. They also tend to be abstract. Wasalu often paints with dark colors while staring at bright imagery, as though he's seeing something different than everyone else. When he's painting, he ignores everyone around him except Boy 5. His paintings might lead the others to think that he remembers things, but he has no memory of what happened. If shown pictures that his past selves has painted, he doesn't recognize them as his own and will pick apart the way it's painted as "proof".
Because he doesn't like reading, Wasalu thinks he's pretty stupid. He'll joke about having "non-selective selective dyslexia," and he'll often just skip English classes. He is somewhat good at math, but it takes him hours to complete math problems on his own and eventually he'll grow frustrated and go do other things. In school he's usually in some kind of trouble for ditching class. When Wasalu is forced to be in class, he pouts a lot and grumbles answers to questions. Most teachers give him the benefit of the doubt because his dyslexia is so severe. Wasalu is happiest if teachers let him sketch in class. It helps him to have things drawn out in pictures rather than written. He also learns best if Boy 5 is aiding him, but that might be because Boy 5 is just doing his work sometimes.
He swims athletically, but he doesn't practice much. He just swims to have something to do. Wasalu is also the replacement goalie in the school's soccer team. He doesn't like going to practice regularly, but he gets along with the entire team.
When he's with Boy 5, he enjoys playing video games. He's not that good with computers since there's always too much reading involved, but he will play console games with Boy 5. He likes spending time with Boy 5 and will seek him out over most people when he doesn't feel like painting. Usually he doesn't play video games, though.
Your Details:
Currently, Wasalu is a pretty laid-back kind of guy. He has twin older brothers, Dante and Diego, who are about six years older than he is. He lives his father ever since his mother died six years ago, but his brothers live in an apartment in the town and every now and then, he lives with them. His family life is pretty happy.
Dante and Diego are college students. Dante is training to become a lawyer and Diego is training to be a doctor. The three boys have a pretty good relationship. After their mother died, Dante is more protective of the family. Diego is wilder than he used to be. Wasalu is the baby of the family, so the older boys sometimes tease him-- but they all get along regardless.
Wasalu's father is a librarian. The only books that Wasalu has ever actually read are books that his father has picked out for him. His favorite book is Futility, which he struggled through with the help of his father and Boy 5, but that is the only book he will actively want to read. Still, reading frustrates him so much that he only ever attempts to read Futility when he's in the best of moods. Wasalu doesn't like upsetting his father and will do his best to live up to the image his father has of him. His father simply wants Wasalu to grow up happy. His father likes philosophical discussions, so Wasalu is well versed in philosophy.
Likes:
+ Robots
+ Swimming
+ Soccer
+ Philosophical discussions
+ His family
+ His friends
+ Horror
+ Futility (The book and the concept)
Dislikes:
- Reading
- School
- Sharp objects
- Liars
- "Conventional" themes-- he likes when people lose and die rather than win and survive, he prefers artwork that is abstract over concrete, he dislikes the idea of a hero, he doesn't like when things resolve themselves
- Reminders of his mother
- Anything that reminds him of his dsylexia-- for example, he doesn't much like driving because he has to read signs and he doesn't like participating in tournaments by himself because then he has to read the match-ups on his own, and he doesn't like learning new recipes at home because if he's alone he has to read the recipe on his own
Secrets:
Wasalu doesn't have many secrets, if any at all.
Fears:
- Eye-Related Trauma: Wasalu fears being pierced through the eye.
- Losing his hands: Wasalu fears loss of his hands. He doesn't think he's useful without them as he's a goalie and an artist, so he's careful about injuring them.
- Guns: People who know about his rebirth attribute this to the shooting that killed him initially. It actually is just a benign fear.
- The death of the rest of his family: His mother's death was sudden. It brought the idea of mortality to the forefront of his mind. He's afraid of his brothers and father dying as well.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual, leaning more towards men. He doesn't pay much attention to it and comes off as oblivious to advances.
Crush: N/A
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: N/A
Other:
Wasalu is called "Little Lu" by his family and usually Lu by his friends.
Wasalu has a tendency to get hurt. So he always carries bandages on him.
Wasalu often forgets boundaries around people that he likes. So if someone's finger is bleeding, he might lick the blood away or if he needs to change clothes in front of people, he won't think twice about disrobing. If he's reminded not to do these things, then he'll be more careful. The more comfortable he is, though, the less likely it is that he'll remember not to do these things.
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 143.3 lb
Build: Athletic, slim
Looks:
Wasalu is a very messy person, which comes across best in the way he dresses. He wears dress shirts that aren't buttoned up correctly (or sometimes at all). He likes wearing hoodies, especially in dark blue. If he can help it, the hood will always be up.
Wasalu's slightly dark skinned. He has blue-green eyes, a trait of his mother's. His hair is very light blonde and he sometimes bleaches it so that it's white, much to Dante's displeasure. Unlike his brothers and his father, he has feminine features.
When living with Dante and Diego, Dante will often pressure Wasalu into looking more presentable. He never stays that way for too long. Wasalu is usually covered in mud or paint.