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Name: Red
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E-mail: XDarksAngelX@yahoo.com
AIM/PLURK: HotIceRed
Current Characters at Luceti: N/A
CHARACTER
Name: Badou Nails
Canon: DOGS: Bullets and Carnage
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Wing Color:
Canon Point: Chapter 78
Canon Point Explanation: This is the most recent point available for Badou and up to this point in canon he's had some pretty interesting discoveries.
History: From between The Incident Where He Got Fucked Up and His Brother Died pre-canon and the beginning of the series, there isn't a lot known about what he was up to or led up to that point. Nor is there anything aside from flashbacks when he was about 13 or 14 (15 at the oldest). So seven years pre-canon Badou was being raised below the surface by his older brother, Dave. The two got by on the humble salary Dave had as a freelance journalist, and got into plenty of trouble with the dangerous cases big brother took. (And naturally, being the nosy little shit he is, Badou tagged along on many, many cases, and has the learner's souvenir to prove it)
Personality: On the surface Badou is a loud, boisterous, obnoxious, sarcastic, blunt, playful, and personable (if you ask him, anyway) guy who fills in the comedic side character trope (to increase diversity). And well, that's sort of true. Growing up in a world of poverty, crime ridden streets and genetic experimentation, life was hard. It was hard making a living, hard to look forward to some sort of future when, pre-canon, as far as we can see he and Dave were just cruising on the currents of that danger, living little case to big case. And when his brother found a big story and went for broke, Badou was left with nothing. He was self sufficient enough to do all the shit Dave slacked on (like bills and cooking) but he was ultimately screwed over. A teeny bopper left all alone.
So he grew up severely haunted by the case his brother followed and the disfigurement done to him for being a witness, and more influenced by his brother than he will ever bitterly realize. He's plenty playful and throws out jokes and curses as easily as he takes a breath, raunchy stories and boisterous bragging rights about his exploits are like a coat of armor. He smokes because he has to or else he'll snap and go on an extremely violent rampage, a rampage in which his skills as a gun smoker are apparent. (Not such a mindless one, he still knows who the enemy is.) He NEEDS the cigarettes, it prevents the very real psychosis that is his NOT having cigarettes. It's not as simple as a security blanket. Badou started bumming smokes off his brother at a young age and it seems like the habit has become more than a connection to Dave, but an anchor. He is more often than not seen with a cigarette lit between his lips. It's an anchor, a disgusting habit, and a comfort device.
Badou's moods serve as comedic gold and can be likened to a 17 year old girl. One minute he can be chill and the next he'll be launching into a cultural reference riddled bitch fit. He took on the job of an information broker, a really dangerous job. (His brother always told him to go for the big stories and go for broke, to go out with a big bang, to earn for real and play for real. Dave went after a story that will haunt Badou seven years later, played for real, and died for real. And Badou wants nothing to do with Dave's fate, so he strives not to be like him and get himself caught in something BIG). Now between the two brothers, Badou is the realist. Dave didn't sweat the 'small' stuff like bills and getting his ass kicked every week. He was the dreamer. He didn't mind risking his life for a big story in order to make it big and make a lot of bank. Badou takes his job incredibly seriously, the experience working with his brother and living on his own honed him for that. He may not always pay his bills on time and certainly acts like he doesn't take things seriously when he's running for his life, but he goes after these jobs (That have the tendency to skyrocket in danger zone value) to make a LIVING. Not to hit it big like Dave or to solve the mystery of his past like Haine and Naoto.
He's clever as hell and knows when to follow his hunches to solve a mystery just as tremendously, if not with less 'jinkies' than Scooby and the gang. He's also nosy to a fault, it's in the genes. He has this uncanny knack for eventually finding exit strategies when he's cornered, and when cornered he does not let up without a fight; kicking, screaming, peeing, crying, yo mama jokes, the works. To be an info broker in an unhinged world like his, you have to be resilient, determined, clever, observant and sly as hell. Badou is all of these things; he has information on their world before the future claimed records that are incredibly hard to come by. As in, only government officials and dead men have facts like these. But he also doesn't advertise this fact and continues to play the comedic punchline.
He may seem close to a few of his co-workers; (Haine being the closest, if not second closest since the guy has the misfortune of working with him on a daily basis, and Mimi because I get the impression they've known each other longer. He wouldn't put up with her abuse otherwise, even for the information. Thus, he has to be fond of her.) Naoto is this chick that's thirsting after her brother + his partner and has an angsty backstory. He's interested and....cares enough to warn her when they first meet, even removing his eyepatch to show her his scarred over eye, in order to say hey, don't chase after Deep Shit if you aren't prepared to lose something. Mihai is a guy he's modestly acquainted with on his dealings with danger or the danger of going hungry at Buon Viaggo. They guy is a badass that Badou begrudgingly kinda respects, and he trusts the guy enough to watch his back, even AFTER Mihai shot him in the gut under the influence of hypnotism. Little Nill, the 'Lost Child' (or fetish mutant as Haine had taken to calling her kind in the first chapter) is someone he cares for and even offers to teach how to sew. He even goes as far as to coax her out from under a table when the train enters the city, all the while telling her a few observations about his past and the current situation that he hasn't disclosed with anyone else. The Bishop and Miss Liza are on strictly professional terms with him, even though he does joke, he certainly doesn't go out for drinks with them. He trusts them enough to work with them and risk his ass on jobs they give him. (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)
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