Ulrich Lehtnur
Face Claim: Gintoki Sakata
"An alias! Of course I'd never tell anyone my real name."
Age: 27
"I've been here for 4 years. Hm? That's not what you meant?"
Gender: Male
"Hold on. Let me check real quick. Hm... Nope nothing there."
Personality: Personality: Ulrich can be described most accurately as one, big contradiction. It seems that everything he does, and every motive he has is based purely on contradicting the beliefs of others. No matter how stolid someone is in their belief, Ulrich will find a harebrained explanation to prove them wrong. Although he is an adult, he does childish things such as fiddle with toys, such as tops and rubix cubes, or eating an unhealthy amount of candy. If someone confronts him on these habits, his usual excuse is "Its a good filter for the brain." or "My blood sugar is low."
One contradiction he loves to play out is when someone comments on his smoking habits, as he is often seen with what appears to be a cigarette in between his lips. He then tells them, that it isn't a cigarette, but a lollipop. If they still don't believe him, he takes it out, revealing that he actually was eating a lollipop. He never does explain how he gets the end of the lollipop to smoke, however.
His contradictory antics sometimes take a turn for the dangerous side. If someone calls him a pacifist, his resolution to prove them wrong somehow empowers him. He almost beat someone to death once, for this exact situation. Ulrich has no sense of taking things too far, or too little. Someone could punch him in the face, and he'll act as if he didn't feel it at all. Someone could challenge him to a friendly car race, and he'll constantly try to ram them, or push them off the side of the road. Ulrich's sense of reality is quite warped, as he doesn't understand, or rather care for the concept of life. Everything in the world is clay for him to mold as he chooses. At least, that's his view of the world.
Ulrich has also developed the ability to contradict his own mind. Often he discovers his desires other than that of contradicting others. One example would be a woman of captivating beauty, or a seductress. While he may find himself overwhelmingly attracted to her, he is able to contradict that thought by telling himself that he would never even suggest subjecting himself to such a hideous creature. Through this, he is able to overpower almost any desire other than that of his love for contradiction. The majority of Ulrich's contradictory statements come out as downright sarcastic and childish to most, but he is usually entirely serious about them, although he doesn't know how to show it very well. At times, he can be a bit of a slave-driver, constantly ordering students and staff members around as if he were their boss, afterwards proceeding to tell them that they did it wrong and ordering them to do it again. Most of the time, Ulrich can be seen as lazy, and unmotivated to do anything. He speaks in a constant monotone, and rarely shows true emotion, unless he gets angered. Every now and then, he tends to mock those around him, and let out a little laugh. But that's it, really.
Occupation: Science Teacher - Tenken Academy (Old Timer)
"Heh. I don't need one of those. I'm a jack of all trades by heart."
History: As a child, Ulrich was always told that everything he did and said was wrong. Not only by his parents, but by his friends at school, his teachers, everyone. No one seemed to trust what he said in the slightest. No matter how he tried to make them believe him. Eventually, he constructed his own little world in his head, where everyone trusted what he said, and were amazed by the things he did. This delusion allowed him to cope with life.
As the years went by, Ulrich's delusion manifested itself, and mutated into what could quite possibly be called insanity. As a teenager, he acted the gullible, innocent fool. But would often prove any girl otherwise who he took to bed. Now as an adult, he chooses to contradict that fact that he has become a full grown man, by doing, and even enjoying childish things.
Eventually, he found his way to Eden's Wall. It is still a mystery to most people why he chose to come here, but no one seems to be complaining.
He can most often be seen conducting his lessons dutifully. But at other times, he is caught slacking off, taking naps, and over all just being a lazy bum. Deep in his gut, Ulrich knows that there's something more to Eden's Wall than meets the eye. He just can't fully decide whether he trusts that gut feeling or not. None-the-less, he can't bring up enough motivation to actually attempt investigating it. Although, he has found several books in the school media center regarding the institutes old history. Every now and then he conducts research on it, taking down little notes as he goes.
"Oh? So I'm teaching history now? Looks like we're having a pop quiz on WWI. Prepare yourselves. Although I've prepared you well enough, already."
Afterwards, Ulrich turned his attention to what was placed in front of him. A small hand full of candy of variety, an open book that when closed can read "Kazuki Takamiya's Journal", and a mess of random notes, carelessly tossed about the table in a disorganized fashion. Some even occupied the floor space around him. He eyed the notes on the floor, but made not the slightest gesture that he intended to pick them up.
Turning his attention back to the book. It was a simple journal comprised of the ramblings of an old resident of Eden's Wall back in it's earlier years. Throughout the journal, the author stated several times that he had seen spiritual entities. In both his dreams, and in real life. He took himself to be a psychic of some sort, although this in itself was baseless. There were several theories however, that Ulrich took notice of, while observing the pages of the journal. One in particular being that the institute was a breeding ground for spirits. Ulrich himself had noticed a strange atmosphere that overcame the institute at night, but always passed it off as nothing.
Ulrich reached for his cup of what one would assume to be coffee. Ulrich peered inside to find that there was no 'chocolate milk' to be found. He blinked twice, never once changing his expression. He was planing on calling out for one of the regular teachers to get him some more chocolate milk, afterwards stating that he never asked for chocolate milk, but instead for hot cocoa with marshmallows. Most people would speculate on just why exactly he asks another teacher to do these menial tasks for him. The Old Timers already know the answer to that. Before he did so, Ulrich looked at his wrist, even though there was no a watch in sight. "9:48PM... One of the teachers must have slipped something in my milk." He stated to himself, completely disregarding the fact that he overslept.
Trivia:
[*]He actually does smoke cigarettes when no one is looking.
[*]Even though he always eats candy, he doesn't have a particular taste for sweets.
[*]Ulrich has been a resident and teacher at Eden's Wall for 4 years.
[*]Although Science is the subject Ulrich has chosen to teach, it was notably his worst back when he was a student.
[*]Ulrich has an interest, if not a secondary obsession with Mythology of any kind.
