Age: 22
Gender: Male
Role: Sinful
Appearance:
Coming in at 6 foot solid, young Saadiq is thin framed with a less than impressive physique. His skin is a light brown color while his messy black locks sit forever unruly atop his dome. Lack of time has caused him to grow a small prickly beard on his chin. The technophile’s eyes are a burgundy wine color. Those same eyes are typically ‘complimented’ by his square-shaped, black-framed eyeglasses. He can’t see a lick without em’. He also has a tattoo of a scantily clad Shiva on his left forearm, she's surrounded by ice.
As for apparel, both of Saadiq’s ears are pierced with black bead style earrings, while his left is pierced two more times along the side. His style of dress is painfully hipster. He's often wearing a dress-shirt and vest, sleeves rolled up, dark pants a white leather belt, and either black converses, or white gators. He keeps three pins on the side of the collar of whatever he's wearing, one of a bloody yellow smiley face, one of a pink laser gun on a light blue background, and one of a pair of red lips.
Personality:
Whimsical and lighthearted is Saadiq Marcel. He's a man who only desires one thing: to live a fulfilled, happy life. Mr. Marcel isn't a person to start fights; he's too chilled for all of that. He sees himself as a lover and would much rather bump fists than throw them. Saadiq possesses the inherent ability to whether psychological shit storms that would break most men's psyche through laughter, marijuana, and relaxation. He likes to see the good in people--a habit that has put him in terrible situations before. In many ways, he's a man-child, with a hell of a lot to learn about the world.
Saadq is a textbook bachelor: his room is a terrible mess, he has difficulty with commitment, and he spends almost all his free time having fun with friends. Despite being extremely devoted to friends and family, he is weak willed in his own life, and he's known to be a very prolific liar under pressure. When the going gets tough, Saadiq likes to blame other people for his problems, or run away from the all together. He fears commitment when it comes to relationships. When things look like they're getting to serious, Saadiq will find a way to fuck it all up. He's a grade A screw up. But that's just life...right?
Saadiq is a technophile. Games, computers, ships, elevators, televisions, you name it: if it’s electronic he knows how it works, how to dismantle it, how to put it together, hell he’s probably even licked it. His fetish with technology is down right unnatural.His big scheme in life is to finish the game he's been working on for years called 'Ophelia', an RPG, and make millions. Saadiq has a photographic memory, and a mind so sharp it could cut through diamond. But he's so damn lazy he could be living in that one room apartment of his for the rest of his life.
Bio:
Saadiq's family moved to the island at when he was an infant as a result of his father's job. Born to Sav and Lynn Marcel, the youth was their first, and only child. The boy's childhood was uneventful save from meeting his small circle of friends: Shu, Rei, and Toby in elementary. The trio are all still parts of his daily life, and they all meet every night for drinks at the bar Crossroads. In elementary, Saadiq also met Minako, his sweetheart. When graduation rolled around, most of his circle started school at the nearby university. Saadiq tried, but he dropped out halfway through freshman year.
It was around that time that Saadiq's life started to spiral.
His father was a tough man, who made it known that he would not aid Saadiq anymore after he turned 18. So when he dropped out of college at 19, young Marcel knew he was on his own. Broke and unemployed, Sadie begged Toby's dad to give him a job. The man owned an American-based computer company. Realizing that Saadiq was serious, he grudgingly set the kid up with a job in maintenance. The job has him going around to customers' homes and helping them with their various technological woes. So, at least his money issue was more or less squared away...right?
But there was another issue. Remember that fine girl Minako I mentioned? Well. Her and Saadiq were nearing the fifth year of their relationship. For the longest, things had been great, and although they were young, they were in love. However, things happen. Five years is a long time to be together, especially for youngsters. In fact, the couple was together so long that Minako started to drop hints of marriage. The word alone send shivers through Saadiq's spine. Fearing the powerful deathgrip of marriage, Saadiq subconsciously began to search for a way out of it.
That was when an answer literally landed on his lap.
Her name Ramona, and she was gorgeous. She was a traveling artist from Paris. Creative as hell with a mind sharper than his. Ramona was the girl of his dreams. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened next. He cheated. Minako found out and was crushed. And Saadiq unfortunately got his wish. The two were over. Ramona soon had to leave the island and head back to Paris. For the first time in years, Saadiq was on his own in the city.
That was a month ago.
Weapon of Choice:
His Wii-Zapper. A plastic gun attachment for his video game system. Inside the nightmare realm is fires concentrated bursts of magic.
Persona Name:
Atlas - The Titan
In Greek Myth, Atlas is the Titan that is sentenced to the eternal punishment of supporting the entire world on his shoulders. It is ironic that Saadiq would receive this Persona because of the way he fumbles nearly every bit of responsibility he has. Only time will tell if Saadiq can
Arcana: The Hanged Man
Persona Abilities:
Atlas is a very balanced Persona. Juggling physical and magical abilities to a T he lets Saadiq adapt to any situation with ease. With growth, Atlas can cast high-level spells of all elements, and deal out severe physical damage. But the Persona's biggest strength is his special ability called 'Spatial Magic'. Its a type of magic that manipulates space itself. The basic ability of Spatial Magic is the creation of geometrical solids. Sadie has mastered this technique. He now has the ability to create dozens of solids at a time. The shapes of the solids can range from cubes, to spheres, to triangles, to anything geometrically possible. The solids can be used for any number of things, projectiles, stairs, shields, whatever. Their size and density is limited to the amount of concentration Saadiq musters.
Persona Appearance:
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[right][Got lazy, no hand drawn picture this time]
As Saadiq's Persona, Atlas appears as a middle aged man with a large afro and five o'clock shadow. He dons a pair of funky orange shades, and covers his ebony skin head to toe in black and white body paint, left half white, right half black-- yin and yang, light and dark. Much like his master, Atlas has a smoking habit, and can always be seen with a blunt in his mouth. He's of an average size, but extremely ripped, one can tell with ease because the wild looking man goes around without a shirt.
His body, even though he wears the paint, is riddled with battle scars, showing just how much of a warrior the man is. On his legs, he wears a pair of black and white ((left leg white, right leg black, just like his body)) Hakama (samurai pants), and a pair of white straw sandals. Wrapping around the entire length of his left arm is a black chain, it isn't connected to a thing, but one can only wonder what damage he can do with that in battle.
On his back Atlas carries not the world, but a gigantic black and white boom box, constantly blasting with tunes of his choice. The side opens up to reveal a set of missiles that he uses to deal physical damage.
Other:
Themes
Saadiq’s Theme: No More Heroes
Alternate: Thus Spoke Marcel
Battle: The Man With The Beam Katana
Sounds like your typical Troy Baker Voice
+He’s been called 8-Bit for his love of games. Though he loves all kind, he has a special affection for the old school. His other nickname is 'Sadie' given to him by his friends way back in elementary.
+Saadiq keeps a handheld gaming system in his breast pocket at all times.
+He’s a heavy smoker and as a result suffers from extreme fits of coughing. This tends to limit his ability on the battlefield.
+He’s got a fond interest in the arts; he’s an avid fan of classical and abstract paintings alike, after all, his middle name comes from an established painter. Saadiq also loves music from electronica beats and Mozart, to hip-hop rhymes and guitar rifts. His sense of rhythm isn’t half bad either.
+Saadiq is a huge otaku. He's been caught watching a harem anime at work once, needless to say, it was hard to explain that to his boss.
+He's addicted to Vitamin Water he chugs at least ten bottles a day.