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βΌLikes: Β Order, manners, and perfection
βΌDislikes: Disorder, people with no self-respect, and failure
βΌQuirks: Has a compulsive need to clean everything, often breaks the rules of personal space to fix an out-of-place hair
Olive Green βΌ Brown
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Romano values manners above all else. He maintains an air of nobility and politeness, never breaking from his monotone speech. Aside from his resentfulness which manifests itself in servile snark, he appears as the perfect gentleman. Romano holds a near-obsession with perfection which borders on compulsion: everything must be perfectly arranged and organized at all times. His need for order dictates his life, often causing lash-outs at companions who interrupt his work or outbursts of frustration when someone messes up something he so carefully organized. As a perfectionist, failure is not an option. If there is even a possibility of failure, he will avoid it--failure is his greatest fear, after all. A butler must never fail.
Despite being a servant, Romano is actually rather proud and holds himself and his honor in high regard. He has a low opinion of those who have no self-respect and is most loyal to those with a similar standard of morals and manners to himself. Heβs also rather subtly manipulative, often using his blank-slate expression as a mask to deliver lies and slight nudges towards the conclusion he wants you to reach.
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Romano was born to a mob boss and his wife. His father Anton noticed that even at a young age, his son was quiet, followed orders well, and displayed signs of a subtly sociopathic personality.
In the world Anton controlled, the rich were simultaneously the hardest targets to snag and the most desirable. One small mistake and his underground crime ring could be rooted out by the media hounding the rich and powerful. So Anton shipped young Romano out to the Altieri family, a family famous for making and selling top-class Italian sodas, as their new butler after news went out that they had recently fired their old one. Romano adapted quickly to a life of serving his superiors, and after being relentlessly drilled by Anton to always, ALWAYS clean up a mess, he became nigh-addicted to the feeling of keeping the place tidy. He obeyed orders to a fault, learning very quickly to follow those in authority thanks to Antonβs influence, and was well-loved and respected as an integral member of the Altieri family. Despite his young age, word spread of Romanoβs competence at his work and, despite his occasional sarcastic jibes, he had a fantastic work ethic.
After his time subtly gathering information about the Altieris, manipulating them from behind the scenes into a compromising position, and helping his family reach a crossroads that ended with the Altieris bankrupt and the Psellis(/Zbornaks) getting all their money due to threats and bank account fraud, Romano was employed under the Psellis as a spy/butler. He was picked up by a young heiress named Lulu Boschetti and served as her butler until her family hotel business βmysteriouslyβ went under, wherein he was shipped overseas to an American entrepreneur named Ron MacKeys. His reputation in the underground crime ring earned him the nickname βButler Jinxβ, and through his connections with the rich and powerful his servitude and highly praised talent for butlering caught the ear of Hopeβs Peak. He joined the school for high school under a part-time agreement, where he would take classes whenever he wasnβt required by Ron to do more butlering work.
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