MADOC, arik jake

[ARIK JAKE MADOC]

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[rs=2]	*physical description ★ hair/eye color ★ natural blonde, dyed brunette. blue eyes. ★ height ★ five foot eleven ★ style ★ arik manages to dress in casuals to their finest, he always manages to toe the line between scruffy and presentable with jeans and tshirt combinations. he's never been one to enjoy formal wear, beach wear would be preferable (hence his many holidays to seaside locations) but jeans and tshirts draw far less attention when walking the streets. * personality ★ so, tell us about what you enjoy? ★ 'where to start..? i love painting, nature, animals and people. not just any people though, i like expressive people, the kind whose face changes with their emotion so they're always easy to read and always interesting to watch. i love water sports, particularly travelling around the world to make the most out of diving, surfing and windsurfing among the few. if you've never been diving before i suggest it, the peacefulness of life down on the sea bed is beautiful, so much more so than life up here. i don’t like solitude but i do like peace and quiet every now and then, somebody nearby to break the monotony with y’know? am i supposed to be answering these questions all mysterious and arty? i should have asked that before I went off on a rambling rant really.. no? well brilliant. i’m not really all that different from other guys my own age, i like video games, drinking, the occasional cigarette, mostly because I love the look of smoke as it rises. i like spending time with my family, friends and food. Food is definitely a big part of my life, I mentioned travelling before? well one of the best things about travelling is trying the local cuisine, can’t live without it. quite literally.’ ★ what about the things you don’t like so much, there must be some? ★ ‘there are plenty of things that I don’t like. Violence for one, it’s messy and always ruins my day. i can fight as well as anybody else but it kind of takes a lot to get me to actually attack, defence is far more my forte. i don’t particularly like fire, it’s nothing but a destructive force and have you ever been burnt? it hurts. a lot and for a while, probably one of the other reasons i stay close to water, it never fails to eliminate a fire. i don’t really like arrogant people, or those who hate for no real reason, holding a grudge is just far too much hassle. if people want to be nice to me then i will return the favour in kind, if they don’t want anything to do with me then fine, if somebody wrongs me then sayonara, getting rid of people is far much easier than holding a hateful grudge. that’s what makes people turn into bitter old hags. i really don't like spiders, or insects at all actually. if they don't touch me and keep well away then i'm fine, it's the legs. too many legs. i hate coffee, the smell and the taste are just disgusting, each to their own but i can't stand the stuff, i'd prefer hot chocolate. i don't like early mornings, or following sports, or even celebrities for that matter. i can handle critics but that doesn't mean i like them very much, but when somebody's analysing your work you're bound to have some low to high level of dislike for them. ★ what would you say are your strengths and weaknesses? ★ ‘i'm strongest when around water, it gives me the added confidence to do whatever i have to do. i find that i can get along with pretty much anybody, i guess i'm laid back enough to not care about much so my views of people aren't really dimmed by anybody else's opinion. i 'spose painting is another pro for me, i make a living off of it after all, so yeah, painting. i suck at sports, i run out of breath quickly and have ridiculously bad feet and eye coordination. not to mention i'm quite clumsy, injuring myself accidentally happens a lot. i should come with a warning label.. ★ any odd little quirks? strange little habits of yours? ★ ‘i bite my lip. i've been told that time and time again by people and i've tried stopping but it just isn't happening. it started when i 'gave up' smoking, seem to have replaced one habit with another. is it a habit that i ask inappropriate questions quite a lot, or is that just rudeness? either way i tend to talk a lot, telling me to shut up doesn't always work either. er, what else? i bite the ends of pens or paintbrushes, or my nails when i'm thinking. i tend to do a lot of thinking when i'm eating too, it's in those times that it'll be difficult to get a word out of me. maybe i'm ignorant, or maybe i'm a daydreamer, i don't know. ★ what frightens you? there has to be something. ★ ‘i’m afraid of losing everybody, i don’t want to live if my family and friends are all gone, what kind of life would that be? one full of bitter revenge. i don't like fire either, i tend to extinguish any i come near. ★ how about secrets? or even desires, tell us about those? ★ ‘everybody has a secret, i have a few.. but which to share with you? i'm adopted. that's probably one of my least incriminating of secrets anyway. as for desires, what can i say, i want what anybody wants, happiness, money, family and friends. i'd like to have a few of my pieces in galleries eventually, but they say an artist's paintings always gain value after he's deceased, so the chances of that happening in my lifetime? who knows. i'd also love to master water, in whatever form. really i guess i just want to do something with my life, something that will make people remember me. a family really wouldn't go amiss either, i'll probably be wanting one of those in a few years. * History ★ mother ★ 41 year old accountant. ★ father ★ 44 year old doctor. ★ brother ★ 18 year old student. ★ sister ★ 18 year old care worker. ★ years 1 - 10 ★ Arik was adopted in Venice when he was only a few weeks old, his adoptive parents were normal, regular people who had no idea that their newly adopted child was a member of the Acque, a child who even at the age he was could manipulate water for his own entertainment. His special ability was always ignored and as he grew and began to talk and understand he quickly learned never to talk about anything that he could do. So he grew up believing that he was abnormal and wrong, completely unaware that there were others like him in the city that he lives in. He was a happy child nonetheless though, especially when his twin siblings came along. His brother and sister were his parents biological children and yet he was still treated with as much love and attention as he had been before. All in all his childhood was absolutely fantastic, family holidays every year, encouragement given when needed, close emotional relationship all around. There was nothing that he would change. ★ years 11 - 18 ★ He doesn't have a remarkably interesting history, nothing much happened to him that would change his life in these years. He did begin to develop his hobbies though and he was proven to be quite skilled in art at school. He began drawing and painting at home, much to his parents dismay, his room became a smattering of random colours everywhere. It kept him happy though and in time he honed his abilities, water colours being his favourite. Nobody knows but he uses his own ability to move the colour laden water over the canvas. He was fifteen when he discovered somebody with the same abilities as he did, it was an accident that he came across her and as soon as he got into conversation about the history of those who can bend elements he wished that he could reverse time. He always wanted to know that he wasn't the only person who could manipulate water like he could, but he didn't want to find out that the people like him were actually at war with others. It's a frightening concept to just throw in the face of a fifteen year old boy who's been sheltered for most of his life. He never saw this girl again and quite frankly, he didn't want to, he hoped he could keep his head low and just maintain the normality of his family and friends. ★ years 18 - 21 ★ He sold his first painting a week after his eighteenth birthday, of course he'd sold pictures before in the past, but this was the first piece sold for a decent amount. With money starting to roll in for himself he soon set up his own little gallery studio and now spends most of his days roaming the city with his equipment in his backpack. His twin siblings are unaware of the fact that he can manipulate water and to be honest he prefers to keep it that way. Although, since he's turned twenty one he wants to learn more about what he can do, he'd like to hone his talents. Not so he can attack others, never anything like that, Arik just wants to be able to protect his own interests and his own family. Who his real parents are, well nobody knows. But considering they live in a world at war, he's not entirely sure whether he even wants to hunt down his biological family. [ boring history.. but history's are lame :| ]
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