Riza Aiorouma

Riza Aiorouma is a character from the series Subrift Tales. A finder of Subrifts alongside his brother Senne Aiorouma, he wields powerful control over gravity in exchange for being perpetually tired.
==Appearance==
Riza is a well-built young man with very pale lilac hair and green eyes. He wears the typical uniform of a Subrift Analyser - a blue collared jacket with two sets of short, paler sleeves, purple shorts equipped with several pockets and a bluish belt, blue shoes and pale blue socks. He carries numerous gadgets, with a communication device hooked into his ear, a Subrift Scanner on his left side, along with a Text Transferer and Code Translator on the back of his belt. Inside his jacket he carries a tablet for keeping notes and an electro-mag rod for self-defence.
==Personality==
Riza is strong-willed, confident and forward-thinking, rarely feeling down and being determined to complete what he starts. He has a positive disposition, being bright and encouraging, but is also clever and takes important matters seriously. He is also a protective and somewhat caring young man, acting fiercely to people who hurt others, especially his little brother Senne.
==Abilities==
===Levitation===
As a result of what he gained from entering a Subrift, Riza is perpetually floating a fair distance above the ground, giving him invulnerability to hazards on the ground. He can levitate objects and control them freely, an ability that is much stronger than the equivalent power of his brother Senne - unlike him, Riza can gravitate liquids, gases and solids of any size, move them around much more quickly, and change their form while they are in midair.
===Perpetual Tiredness===
This is more of a weakness than an ability - due to conditions that happened within a crumbling Subrift, Riza has a severe lack of energy that requires him to sleep for much longer periods than most. However, he is mostly aware of his surroundings while “sleeping”, even at night. He will directly follow people in his sleep if they need him to, and will immediately wake up in severe situations - one example of this is waking up when he realises that Senne is in danger.
The strength of this condition has weakened considerably over time. At the time of receiving the ailment Riza could only stay awake for one hour each day without additional input. Three years later, in the present day, he can stay awake for just over six hours.
===Electro-Mag Rod===
Riza's primary form of defending himself, the electro-mag rod can be used both for melee combat and for launching electrical projectiles. While it is ill-fit for causing harm, it is very effective at immobilising options. His access to electricity also has various practical applications, such as offering power to machinery in a pinch.
==Story==
Riza lived a rather normal life in Mareila, though he had a heavy interest in the Subift Analysers after he learned about them at the age of ten. After much effort, Riza was eventually able to join them at the age of fourteen. His brother, Senne, came to join himself three years later.
Riza noticed that Senne was struggling at his job, and decided to help him by getting him to enter a Subrift and gain some powers (also being interested in a power of his own). Although Senne disliked the idea, Riza ignored him and entered a rift regardless - specifically, one filled with levitation magic.
Within the rift Riza was quickly locked in battle with a resident who he angered. The battle ended with Riza being put to sleep with an immobilising spell, just as Senne plucked up the courage to follow him in. Soon after, the Subrift began to collapse due to an overflow in its magic, with Senne and Riza being heavily harmed by the falling rubble.
Senne came to just outside the rift entrance along with his still-unresponsive brother, now in shock to find that he and Riza were both floating above the ground. He also found a magic staff, which had been left by the Subrift's resident, Levina, after she had pulled the two out of the rift. Through the staff Levina was able to explain to Senne what had happened in the Subrift, why Riza had attacked her, and why he was unconscious - as a result of great body harm while unconscious due to her spell, he had lost most of his energy and could be expected to never move again.
Heartbroken, Senne decided to try and find help for Riza, though along the way he was encountered and questioned by two of his superiors from the Subrift Analysers - as they assumed he was the cause for the Subrift damage. Senne tried to protest, though this escalated into a battle that Senne easily lost, due to not knowing how to use his newfound gravity powers. As his attackers began to push him too far, however, Riza managed to wake up and fight back, showing far stronger power than his brother as a result of greater exposure to the Subrift.
Riza had not been incapacitated for good, though his body was running on a much lower energy level than normal. As such he remains unable to stay active for much of the day, though he can gain a short spurt of awake time from extreme conditions, mostly fuelled by Senne being in a dire situation.
Since then, Senne and Riza remained Subrift Analysers, with Riza getting a promotion shortly after that day due to “heavy potential in combat prowess and a widely useful ability”. Riza was still plagued with his tiredness, though it steadily became less bad over time.
==Relations==
===Senne Aiorouma===
Senne and Riza are typical brothers, being frequently argumentative with one another but nonetheless holding a very close bond. Riza thinks of his brother as too shy and not proactive enough, while Senne sometimes thinks that Riza can be too rough on him.
Since their episode in the Subrift, their relationship has become more complicated, as Senne often has to help Riza with various tasks as a result of his lower energy levels. The brothers have actually argued less since then, simply because they have less time to do so.
==Gallery==
Riza 2022.png|Solo art in casual clothes (new)
Senne and Riza 2022.png|Group art with Senne in casual clothes (new)
Riza Fantendoverse.png|Solo art (old)
Riza Awake Subrift Tales.png|Riza with his eyes open (old)
Senne and Riza Fantendoverse.png|Group art with Senne (old)
Jopi Art Collection.jpg|Senne with Riza (centre top-right), by Jopi.
==Etymology==
Riza is an Indonesian and Albanian form of the name “Ridha” - which, in turn, means “contentment” in Arabic.
Aiorouma is a Greek word that means “to be suspended in the air”.
==Trivia==
*Riza is half-Niphoran half-Mareilan, with his mother being from Niphora. Because of this heritage he possesses a unique hair colour, as purple hair is common in Mareila while light-coloured hair is common in Niphora.
*Riza has a notably high pain threshold, rarely reacting to being injured. Perhaps as a result of this, he is very difficult to wake up through contact.
*Riza went through several phases of collecting playing cards, though he has yet to teach himself any card games. He keeps planning to sit down one evening with Senne and try to learn a game with him, but has always forgotten.
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