| Nikolas Johnathan Barlow; The Greatest Gift is Discernment | |
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| Xengan | Feb 13 2010, 01:02 AM Post #1 |
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Nikolas Johnathan BarlowN·I·K·O Basic: Age: 20 Gender: Male Orientation: Bi Class: Valkyrie Ability: He possesses the ability to locate things, which manifests in the form of keen senses of vision, hearing, and smell, coupled with an uncanny ability to always know where things are. He, of course, could never give you directions—it’s just a sort of feeling he gets to where they are, not a picture or anything solid like that. Appearance: Niko is tall, reaching nearly six feet, but he looked like his body had been stretched to get him to that height. His limbs are long and gangly, giving him an awkward and somewhat disproportionate look to him. He used to attempt to conceal his proportions under baggy clothing, but has since stopped in favor of the nicer garments he is now allowed to weak thanks to his occupation. His hair is a dark brown, almost black, and his bangs partially obscure his silver-gray eyes. Thanks to this, Niko tends to shake his head to remove his bangs from his eyes, making it appear as if he has a twitch. His skin is extraordinarily pale as well, which coupled with his dark hair gives him a sort of eerie, almost vampiric look. As previously mentioned, Niko prefers nice clothing. His usual daily attire consists of black slacks, a white dress shirt, and when he wishes it, a vest. Regardless of exactly what he wears, the colors are always rather muted. Grays, pastels, and various shades of brown make up the entirety of the “colored” portion of his wardrobe. He claims this is because the bright colors hurt his sensitive eyes, but who knows. He always wears a gun at his waist and a few other assorted weapons for melee combat on his person due to the fact that he does have a dangerous occupation and he is just as vulnerable as any normal human. Personality: Niko is, in a word, secretive. Once can never be sure when, if ever, he is telling the whole truth. While it is true he is employed to hunt down run away experiments, he also occasionally lets some go. His loyalties tend to fluctuate to whichever scientist is in power at the time, though most have a nagging suspicion that his loyalties do not actually lie with any of them at all but some third party. To most, Niko is very polite and reserved, though he has a habit of insulting others with carefully placed comments that seem kind at first glance but not on closer inspection. The smile that is always on his face seems bored at best and outright sardonic at worse. With those he is friendlier with, however, he tends to adopt a more open, if sarcastic, persona with a teasing smirk to match. While he tends to insult those he is open with more often than those he is not, they are more friendly jabs than actual attacks. Although often scornful of others, Niko is never angry. He instead gets steadily more polite the more furious he gets. He never physically lashes out at anyone unless they start they fight, and even then he prefers to run and evade rather than use any of the absurd amount of weapons he carries with him. This isn’t to say he will not use them at all, however. Anyone who has seen him practice knows that he has extremely good aim with the pistols he carries. Although Niko is a very intelligent individual, he prefers to allow others to do the thinking for him. He would much rather just take orders than be the one in charge. Background: Niko’s parents were killed during an especially traumatic experiment conducted upon them and a few others when Niko was six years old. While normally he would have been taken in by the scientists, he instead joined up with a group of other orphans that lived in secret within the Under Ring. His time with them was spent locating valuables and food with his abilities so that they all remained fed. This made him invaluable to the team and he openly admits that it was probably the happiest time of his life, though he rarely speaks of it. It can be deduced that he was taught quite a bit about fighting dirty along with other less legal skills, but he has never admitted to such. It could, after all, make him seem even less trustworthy than usual to his current employers. He was especially friendly with another boy in the group, younger than he, named Gabriel. The two possessed equal and opposite abilities, Niko who could find anything and Gabriel who couldn’t be found, and that seemed to attract them to each other like the opposing poles of a magnet. They were practically inseparable up until Niko was fourteen years old. When Niko was fourteen, the group was discovered in the tunnels. The group scattered, Niko being whisked away with one half while Gabriel was pulled off with the others. Niko’s group was caught quickly and they surrendered to the Valkyries that found them without a fuss. Or at least Niko and a handful of the smarter ones did. The rest were either killed or maimed while the others watched. The five or six that surrendered were taken to the Labs where Niko was soon employed as a Tracker for the Valkyries. He was trained in self defense, just enough to keep himself safe until someone equipped to handle and subdue the runaways could catch up and bring the runaway back to the Labs. When he was eighteen, Niko met up with Gabriel again for the first time. The two started a sort of game of tag: Gabriel would break into the Labs and Niko would attempt to hunt him down before Gabriel had escaped into thin air again. The game continued with Niko never winning until roughly six months ago when Niko finally caught Gabriel just as the latter was about to leave again. Ever since then, they have begun meeting at the biweekly fights held at the Under Bar. Niko continues to work from the labs, only leaving them to meet with Gabriel and to hunt down runaways. |
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