A social outcast looking for a place.
Richard tends to stand off most of the time. He is uncomfortable meeting new people due to his eastern accent. He tends to be cerebral when approaching a problem put in front of him but when he is challenged he can get rather emotional and will attack a problem without thinking. Few have ever seen him get truly anger as he likes to keep calm and rational but when he lets out anger it floods resulting in a wild mood swing. When normally conversing he is not very adept. He tends to say the wrong thing and kills conversations quickly as he is not exactly sure how to start them.
Richard keeps his Ipod in his backpack with a variety of songs from blues to rock on it's half filled contents. Also in his backpack he carries around a notebook to entertain himself by making up puzzles and writing rarely. Other than that he keeps one or two pencils in his jeans pocket. He tries to carry his cell phone with him but frequently leaves it at his house.
Richard lived in Pennsylvania until he was 14, then he moved to Manchester Kansas. The move was hard for him because all of his friends still live back there. In school he remained quite secluded not exactly knowing how to introduce himself. After all, he had grown up with the same crowd in his school all his life. He moved through that year quite uneventfully, getting used to life in Kansas and being self concious of his accent and quick manner of speach. But one year later he was mysteriously kidnapped walking home from school.