The Scarred Gadgeteer
Full name: Shou Arasaka
Nickname(s)/Aliases: Glass Delinquent, Scar-face.
Age: Male
Gender: 18 years old
Sexuality: Bisexual
Flame Type: Lightning with secondary Mist.
Occupation: Student, part time mechanic.
Physical Description: He has a somewhat average and athletic build, reaching 174cm and weighing 61kg. His hair is a light brown and clipped to the right with a clover pin and another sliver pin, and his eyes are a light brown the colour of his hair. His face has a large reddish scar that runs down his left eye and ends at his cheek, and his smile is warm, although prone to frowning with worry. His body is toned from running and exercise, although he is not athletic, and covered in scars from his death match experiences. He has a comforting aura, which disappears when he's focused on something.
He prefers to wear comfortable clothes such as shirts and jeans, and always keeps a light green sweater with him as a precaution against the cold. He has a preference for green.
Personality: Shou is someone who's easily frightened, but has a good heart. He's very nice and friendly to everyone, and although he prefers to keep to himself he always has time set aside for people. He smiles at them and listens to them and does his best to provide reasonable input, and is always willing to help. He's warm and reasonable and very realistic, although prone to over worrying and anxiety. He's normally even tempered, but he can get very passionate about machines and technology and its pretty hard for him to get mad. One way to make him angry is to threaten what's important to him, as he has a very large protective instinct. He's very big-brotherly, and when that instinct is switched on his reliability increases tons. He's the kind of guy who becomes more stronger because of others, since he knows that there are people relying on him. As he's also the type of person who worries for others more than himself and someone who instantly tries to help people out if they have trouble, Shou is ultimately a little too selfless and caring for his own good, which might cause him to get hurt in his efforts to protect others.
He's also very observant from years of living with his brother and battle, often noticing and realising little details that can be hard to spot at first glance. He's extremely knowledgeable about people, and he's quite good at understanding and empathising with them without it turning to pity. He always has a listening ear, and is great at being comforting. He's very open and accepting, but although this causes people to think he's naive and gullible he isn't. Shou isn't gullible, and he believes that even though life might suck sometimes having something good happen to you can be quite nice, which is why he always tries to do something nice for people. He's also very considerate and reasonable, often looking to see both sides of the situation and thinking about it before choosing what he considers the best course of action. He's also surprisingly resilient, which shows when he gets pushed around too much. He's the type that'll bend but not break, and that applies to his personality too, in that although he's easily scared he's able to shake it off quickly.
However, although he worries he tries not to be too overbearing, keeping it to himself. He's very sensible, often thinking about what needs to be done and doing it while making sure that he isn't over his limits. He also pretty self depreciative, although he doesn't really say it out loud. He's easy to panic, but is quick to calm down and is even quicker when his friends are involved. If the people he cares about are involved, he'll do his best to help them. He's really moral, which is good when it comes to an insane little brother, and does his best to be reliable and trustworthy. He's pretty conflicted about the mafia, since he loves creating things and they're used to hurt, but he tries to keep a lid on it. He tends to shoulder his burdens by himself, since he doesn't really expect anyone to take care of him. He's been by himself for a long time doing nothing but taking care of himself and people, so you could say that he's a bit too used to being the mature one.
Basically someone with low self esteem who worries too much and is very easily scared and flustered, but has a good heart and is very protective, along with being incredibly resilient and a passion for anything related to technology. Might have PTSD.
Fears: Killing, his little brother turning completely insane, going back to the facility, ghosts.
Skills/Abilities: Killing intent - Shou can sense the killing intent of another person. He's able to sense those
Machines - He's good at tinkering with machines and technology, and he's a part time mechanic. He's also good at creating things, and likes to take things apart and put them back together just to see how it works. He's also picked up hacking recently, although he's not too good at it.
Traps - he's good at setting traps and trickwires and the like.
Housework - without him, the Arasaka's place would be a pit. Shou is good with cleaning up messes, but his true speciality lies in bandaging people up.
People - he's good with people. Shou is good at dealing with people, talking to them and making them feel cared for. He's good at comforting them too, and he does his best to provide a listening ear.
Techniques: Shou can, surprisingly enough, fight, although he prefers not to. He's not too good, but he's definitely competent. He tends to fight defensively, with trap-like techniques.
Weapons/Tools: D-Grade lightning ring
D-grade Mist ring
A couple of yoyo's - The string is made out of tough but flexible wires that are extremely durable, and they can stretch up to several meters. The yoyo itself is extremely hard and can be used as a bludgeoning weapon.
Box Weapons: ???
Family: Arasaka Mai - mother, status unknown.
Arasaka Enn - little brother, alive.
Personal History: Shou was raised in the slums of Italy with his brother and mom, who was a prostitute. She didn't earn enough, so Shou took a job at the local mechanic garage to make ends meet. One day, Enn disappeared, and although Shou looked around he couldn't find his little brother. Shou worried over it and even asked the police, but his brother didn't appear. His mom was of no help (it's kinda debatable whether she knows he exists), so 10 year old Shou set off to look for him. He travelled all over the place, and made a living working on cars. As his strategy was to stick to one place and examine the surrounding area until he knew for sure Enn wasn't there, Shou spent the time in each area working and absorbing information. He worked as cook, a tech assistant, but his most enjoyable job was at a parts shop, where he was required to take things apart and allowed to play with the parts. The shop owner was kind enough to teach him, and Shou quickly gained skill at it. He still left, of course, but he enjoyed it there.
After 4 years of looking, Shou's efforts finally paid off in the worst way possible. Hearing about a secret underground gladiator ring which was hosting a albino eleven year old, Shou grew suspicious and tried to get in. He caught sight of Enn, and Shou was pretty shocked at what he found. He followed them back to the facility, but got caught. He then spent the next year being tested for flames, locked away in the heart of the facility so that Enn had no clue he was there. It was pretty much torture. By the time he got out, Shou had lightning flames and a secondary sun flames and he was pretty sure that he was going to die. He was trained on his secondary flame, and sent into death matches. He got really, really traumatised by it, and a few months later he's still traumatised at the thought of killing, although he can do it. He just doesn't have the stomach for it.
Of course, Shou learnt that Enn was the ace of deathmatches. He didn't know what to feel about that, and he was kinda scared of Enn for a while, but ultimately he decided to get a grip on himself. He cares for his little brother, and still cares, so even if Enn seems like a completely different person he'll still try to take care of him.
Shou was hanging out in the messhall one day, when Enn bounded over and hugged him. Enn pretty much tried to get him out of there because it was his bro, but failed since he didn't have enough power. Two months later and Enn was helping Shou and the others plan an escape. They launched it, but they would've failed if it weren't for the fact that they attracted enough attention from another Famiglia, who made it there quick enough to save everyone. Unfortunately, the scientists escaped, but the kids were safe.
Shou and Enn, who were 12 and 15 at the time, escaped to Japan, Nanimori. Shou did his best to earn money by taking part time jobs, but when that started to fail Enn went to become a hitman for hire, doing jobs in secret. They needed the money, and Enn really liked doing the job. Shou found out a few weeks later, and after an argument they came to a compromise - Shou would continue with his part time job and choose what kind of jobs Enn did and they'd use the money Enn earned for expenses like school and living while saving the rest. Life continued on, and Shou did his best to lead a normal life until a guy with a beanie appeared...