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Edit: Can't believe I got in! Thank you so much<3

NAME : Zhou
ID : #007
Device

D.O.B : December 8
AGE : 22
GENDER : Male
HEIGHT : 176cm

OCCUPATION : Part-timer at a shady debt-collecting agency (though he also does other part-time/odd jobs every now and then to earn extra cash)

ZONE : 2

DEMONIC WEAPON : Parasitic - "Sicarius"
Root-like growth on both arms that is essentially a mini custom poison-making factory.

Able to morph into partial or full-body armour. Full-body version, however, drains stamina rapidly (leading to unconsciousness if left on for too long) and therefore is only ever used as a last resort.

Two main types of attack: crystallised poison needles and the obvious - poison gas

PERSONALITY :

+
Serious and straightforward

The type to see everything through

Polite and well-mannered (his mum raised him to be a gentleman ;v; )

Highly compassionate (not towards humans though)

Has no concept of self-consciousness

-
Introverted

Cynnical

Has trouble understanding others' feelings and emotions.

Dismissive of things not directly involving him

Lacks motivation/ambition

HISTORY:

███ Back then...
Zhou was born into an ordinary middle class family in one of the poorer neighbourhoods of Zone 2. He had a sister 4 years older than him. His mother was a teacher from Hong Kong and his father , an Englishman, drove trucks. They weren't exactly living in luxury but it was a comfortable existence. Zhou's childhood was a warm and happy one.

Things changed for the worst pretty quickly once Zhou reached teenage years.

When he was 13, his sister, who he adored, got a scholarship and left for college in Central. It was her dream - to get out of this place, to make something of her life, to never have to live from pay check to pay check the way their parents did. She was better than that. The day she got that scholarship was the happiest he's ever seen her. He knew all that. Didn't necessarily understand, but he knew. And how could he not support her?

He missed her terribly and yet she'd never call or visit.

When he was 14, Zhou's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Due to his job, he never used to stay at home for too long before. Having him home all the time now was strange. Seeing less and less of his mother because she had to take on a second job was even stranger. The constant feeling of dread in the air was unbearable.

His sister called once.

A year later Zhou's father was gone. His mother, devastated, was never the same again. Cold and distant, she walked around the house, but a ghost of the woman who was once the sunshine of their home. She threw herself into work , throwing her health away in the process. Zhou took up a part-time job to help out, but it didn't matter. It wasn't about money.

His sister came home for the funeral but "couldn't stay".

A week before his 16'th birthday, Zhou's mother collapsed. They called it something he couldn't understand then and couldn't remember later. All he knew was that it had a very long name and that it meant her heart didn't want to work anymore.
When he called his sister and begged her to come home all he got was "The break starts next week. Can't it wait until then?"

███ That day...
A $20 placed discreetly into an acquaintance's pocket got Zhou into his school's lab on a Sunday morning. Finding all the right ingredients and all the right equipment didn't take long, just like it didn't take long to find just the right formula on the internet the night before. It helped that chemistry was one of his best subjects. He was done within an hour. He was in front of her door within 3.

When she asked him what he was doing there, Zhou smiled and replied "I really wanted to celebrate with you. Mum is feeling better and, well, I'm 16 today" He passed the cake into her hands as he walked in. When she protested that she had exams to study for he said cheerfully "It won't take long, I promise".

As Zhou watched her take bite after bite, they talked. Talked about the good old times when their family was still a whole. Talked about everything that happened these past 4 years. She told him about her wonderful new life at Central. He told her how well he was doing at school. He even heard himself saying "It's alright" when she apologised for not being there for him and their mother when their dad passed away. She looked so sincere.

Twenty minutes later , when she complained she was feeling dizzy, he held her shoulders as he walked her to her bed. Laying down will help. He held her hand as she giggled and said sleepily that she was being a bad host. He kissed her forehead and whispered "I'll be going now. If you happen to see mum and dad, tell them that I love them ", then he stood up, picked up his things and left, sobbing quietly all the way home.

███ Aftermath...
The Newspapers called it "Yet another tragic death of a college student due to a drug overdose".The police found a large amount of crude methamphetamine inside the girl's body. It was officially deemed an accident, however suicide was also considered at the time, with the girls mothers passing just two days prior and pre-finals stress viewed as possible motives.

No-one suspected a thing.

At the same time, Zhou, having been evicted from the apartment where he and his mother stayed not long after the funerals were over and done with, had to get by sleeping on friends couches. However, he didn't have all that many friends and, with no relatives to turn to, no inheritance of any kind and no-one willing to give him, a 16 year-old homeless orphan, paid work, Zhou soon found himself wondering the streets of the shady part of town, all his belongings in one bag. By a sheer stroke of luck, if you can call it that, he collapsed from hunger and exhaustion nearby a run-down debt-collecting agency, whose boss just happened to see himself at that age in the skinny, dirty-faced kid in front of him and took pity on him. Zhou's been working for the guy ever since, doing paperwork, gathering information, finding people and other odd jobs.

LIKES/DISLIKES :

+
Animals. Cats are a favourite.

Saving money (to the point of obsession)

Routine

Slice-of-life anime lol

-
Humanity in general :I

Small talk

Loud noises

Surprises

ETC. :
Chain smoker

Doesn't drink

Has mild OCD

Can't resist a furry mug. All the stray animals in the neighbourhood know him as "that easy guy with food"

Description
Edit: Can't believe I got in! Thank you so much<3

NAME : Zhou
ID : #007
Device

D.O.B : December 8
AGE : 22
GENDER : Male
HEIGHT : 176cm

OCCUPATION : Part-timer at a shady debt-collecting agency (though he also does other part-time/odd jobs every now and then to earn extra cash)

ZONE : 2

DEMONIC WEAPON : Parasitic - "Sicarius"
Root-like growth on both arms that is essentially a mini custom poison-making factory.

Able to morph into partial or full-body armour. Full-body version, however, drains stamina rapidly (leading to unconsciousness if left on for too long) and therefore is only ever used as a last resort.

Two main types of attack: crystallised poison needles and the obvious - poison gas

PERSONALITY :

+
Serious and straightforward

The type to see everything through

Polite and well-mannered (his mum raised him to be a gentleman ;v; )

Highly compassionate (not towards humans though)

Has no concept of self-consciousness

-
Introverted

Cynnical

Has trouble understanding others' feelings and emotions.

Dismissive of things not directly involving him

Lacks motivation/ambition

HISTORY:

███ Back then...
Zhou was born into an ordinary middle class family in one of the poorer neighbourhoods of Zone 2. He had a sister 4 years older than him. His mother was a teacher from Hong Kong and his father , an Englishman, drove trucks. They weren't exactly living in luxury but it was a comfortable existence. Zhou's childhood was a warm and happy one.

Things changed for the worst pretty quickly once Zhou reached teenage years.

When he was 13, his sister, who he adored, got a scholarship and left for college in Central. It was her dream - to get out of this place, to make something of her life, to never have to live from pay check to pay check the way their parents did. She was better than that. The day she got that scholarship was the happiest he's ever seen her. He knew all that. Didn't necessarily understand, but he knew. And how could he not support her?

He missed her terribly and yet she'd never call or visit.

When he was 14, Zhou's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Due to his job, he never used to stay at home for too long before. Having him home all the time now was strange. Seeing less and less of his mother because she had to take on a second job was even stranger. The constant feeling of dread in the air was unbearable.

His sister called once.

A year later Zhou's father was gone. His mother, devastated, was never the same again. Cold and distant, she walked around the house, but a ghost of the woman who was once the sunshine of their home. She threw herself into work , throwing her health away in the process. Zhou took up a part-time job to help out, but it didn't matter. It wasn't about money.

His sister came home for the funeral but "couldn't stay".

A week before his 16'th birthday, Zhou's mother collapsed. They called it something he couldn't understand then and couldn't remember later. All he knew was that it had a very long name and that it meant her heart didn't want to work anymore.
When he called his sister and begged her to come home all he got was "The break starts next week. Can't it wait until then?"

███ That day...
A $20 placed discreetly into an acquaintance's pocket got Zhou into his school's lab on a Sunday morning. Finding all the right ingredients and all the right equipment didn't take long, just like it didn't take long to find just the right formula on the internet the night before. It helped that chemistry was one of his best subjects. He was done within an hour. He was in front of her door within 3.

When she asked him what he was doing there, Zhou smiled and replied "I really wanted to celebrate with you. Mum is feeling better and, well, I'm 16 today" He passed the cake into her hands as he walked in. When she protested that she had exams to study for he said cheerfully "It won't take long, I promise".

As Zhou watched her take bite after bite, they talked. Talked about the good old times when their family was still a whole. Talked about everything that happened these past 4 years. She told him about her wonderful new life at Central. He told her how well he was doing at school. He even heard himself saying "It's alright" when she apologised for not being there for him and their mother when their dad passed away. She looked so sincere.

Twenty minutes later , when she complained she was feeling dizzy, he held her shoulders as he walked her to her bed. Laying down will help. He held her hand as she giggled and said sleepily that she was being a bad host. He kissed her forehead and whispered "I'll be going now. If you happen to see mum and dad, tell them that I love them ", then he stood up, picked up his things and left, sobbing quietly all the way home.

███ Aftermath...
The Newspapers called it "Yet another tragic death of a college student due to a drug overdose".The police found a large amount of crude methamphetamine inside the girl's body. It was officially deemed an accident, however suicide was also considered at the time, with the girls mothers passing just two days prior and pre-finals stress viewed as possible motives.

No-one suspected a thing.

At the same time, Zhou, having been evicted from the apartment where he and his mother stayed not long after the funerals were over and done with, had to get by sleeping on friends couches. However, he didn't have all that many friends and, with no relatives to turn to, no inheritance of any kind and no-one willing to give him, a 16 year-old homeless orphan, paid work, Zhou soon found himself wondering the streets of the shady part of town, all his belongings in one bag. By a sheer stroke of luck, if you can call it that, he collapsed from hunger and exhaustion nearby a run-down debt-collecting agency, whose boss just happened to see himself at that age in the skinny, dirty-faced kid in front of him and took pity on him. Zhou's been working for the guy ever since, doing paperwork, gathering information, finding people and other odd jobs.

LIKES/DISLIKES :

+
Animals. Cats are a favourite.

Saving money (to the point of obsession)

Routine

Slice-of-life anime lol

-
Humanity in general :I

Small talk

Loud noises

Surprises

ETC. :
Chain smoker

Doesn't drink

Has mild OCD

Can't resist a furry mug. All the stray animals in the neighbourhood know him as "that easy guy with food"