Raiden

– Rai

*By 24, he was promoted to the mechanic branch leader for Requiem Reversal, his hard work and skills being put into full motion. Rai’s mood for his job would go up more than it already has, enjoying the most out of his work. He even tries to see his father sometime, the business still doing well, although not as many customers as before. Rai is ready to take on the new part of his life as a branch leader- who knows what will be fixing next?*

The leader of Requiem Reversal.

## Rai

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## Personality

Rai is an outgoing, carefree, and skilled person; he has a friendly demeanor and is pretty sociable with others. He loves to offer his helping hands wherever they’re needed. He tries to be the most reliable he can be when it comes to fixing/repairing any kind of machine, weapon, android, etc, but don’t expect him to buy something and come back for you easily…

He’s most motivated when it comes to his work and a hard worker in his craft and has become very resourceful from it, knowing how to use his surroundings to his advantages- especially if he is trying to repair with no parts with him. Improvise and compromise!

Raiden isn’t the most organized of all people, his workspace a mess and never follows a clean schedule. He does most things on a whim or impulse with how he’s feeling at the current time. He has a piece of paper to trash but is lazy? He’ll throw it off to the side for now and it probably stays there for a while. His laziness can slip through his fingers sometimes- his motivation comes and goes.

Rai can be a bit of a meddler and stick his nose in unwanted business, his curiosities and helping nature wanting to see what others are up to. He can get a bit annoyed easily if he’s bothered during work as he takes it very seriously.

## Biography

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> Born and raised in the 15th ward of the city under a mechanic. Mechanical repair skills developed exceptionally. Joined Primordial Paradox at age 18 and trained for 4 years, was placed under the support sector, Requiem Reversal. Skills were recognized enough to be promoted to mechanical branch leader of RR at age 24.
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Living down in the lower class of the city wasn’t the greatest, but it wasn’t horrible either. The 15th ward was where Raiden resided with his sole father. He didn’t have any siblings or a mother to know of, only the memory of his father and the yard of old cars, scrap, robots, and hunks of metal that was known as “High Voltage CO.”, also called the scrapyard for unwanted parts that his father would take up for future repairs. Ever since his birth, Rai knew the scent of gutted oil and the sound of engines running and metal-on-metal from his father’s business repairing cars and old-type androids. From a young age Rai was exposed to the wonders of the mechanical and engineering world, his father teaching and showing him that dirting hands for work was what it was all about. As he grew older into his early teens he’d become two thirds of the great skill that his father had. Soon enough he’d start to work alongside his father at his job and help him repair cars and androids with him.

He even dabbled in his own creativity and used the scraps he could find in the yard to make weird machines that would do most of nothing most of the time. But, some scraps he uncovered from an old-type android that had gone out of service was taken by him for a little tinkering experiment of his own. A couple hours later and dinner being called twice by his dad, Rai had finally finished his creation! A small boxy robot with a set of tools to use to repair things. The small robot even powered on for him, which filled Rai with delight. The young Rai then took a hold of his small buddy and went to immediately show it to his father who was pleasantly surprised by his tinkering work. Ruffling Raiden’s hair, they sat down to eat as a happy family with a new addition. Later that night they gave the robot the name “Tinker.”

Into his teens, Raiden worked more alongside his father as the workers they had for the business were gradually leaving. It puzzled him as he was unsure why they’d leave a great repair job like it. Not even a year later there was a much greater decline in work for the shop, and Rai’s father’s old wear started to show. They’d spend weeks, maybe even months with little to no customers with most of them being cars, old-type androids seeking a decline. It upsetted him to see his father having to upkeep on Auto Junction and work another job in the meantime just to put food on the table. He wanted to go out and help him, get a job out there as well- but his father told him to stay put. Their ward was very close to the 16th-20th wards, which was known for its criminals and fair share of danger, and the higher up wards would pay no mind to the dirty-handed boy. Still, Rai couldn’t just stand there! So, with a bag of tools, his finest clothes on, and Tinker in hand, he grabbed his skateboard and rode it to the nearest underground subway and rode it to wards up. He stopped outside the 9th ward and got out to a whole new scene. It was nerve-inducing at first glance, but Rai decided to push on. He made various stops to random civilians to advertise his family’s repair shop and his own capabilities to repair and make machines.

I went...poorly at first. None would take up on his offers. He did go back home and rest, but the next day he woke up early to try it out again- grabbing breakfast that his dad made and picked up the work again. Day 1, day 2, day 3, a week… he had tried for over a week with no responses yet. He felt almost defeated, being met with silence for his promotions. He spent a couple days at home tinkering with the cars that were in the yard, and the one customer that came along for a repair on their bike. His father was out more on his second job, leaving Rai at home bored. Itching to do something, he decided to try again to get at least one customer from the higher wards. So, closing the shop garage for the day, he made his way out to the 7th ward again to give it another shot.

Sitting out on the sidewalk outside the subway station, he sat with his knees up with Tinker by his side. He was about the feeling to get up and return home before a man went up to him that would be the turning point in his career. The man offered up quite some money for his services- specifically to patch up an android who had some issues regarding mobility. Rai was eager to accept the offer and hurried over with them to help repair them. A first job? Alright! It was revealed that the android was an pretty old old-type android who was supposed to be upgraded to a new android but was declined due to their malfunctions, and most in the ward couldn’t fix that type of android, but Rai was in luck to be in the ward that day to help fix the poor android. Some hours and hard work later, Rai was able to repair the android and even fix their malfunctioning problems. They thanked him for his help and then he was off. This job would help spread the word by mouth about his skills.

Months after that job, Rai would gain more customers for the shop and people asking for his talent specifically to repair. He was met with some of the new technology being developed this way as well, such as hoverboards and the new fangled new-type androids which made his range of expertise and experience reach farther. Of course, there would be days and maybe weeks without work- but it was better than nothing, and Raiden felt happy to support his family. His dad took notice of his efforts and silently but proudly watched as his son made a living for himself. Age 18, deep into the mechanical business now, Raiden’s jobs even reached up to the 4th wards sometimes. His mechanical work was both fast and cheap enough for even the people in his ward to afford it. Of course there would’ve been some out there better than him in some aspects, but Rai thought of him as the best mechanic.

Out on a walk around some of the middle wards to buy some things, Rai heard of a certain organization in the city opening itself to new ranks. He had heard some news and information about the organization known as Primordial Paradox sometimes but he had never taken an indepth look into it. He knew as much that they were a monster hunting organization with humans, androids, and even cyborgs working for them. Despite it seeming like a cool opportunity, Rai stopped there only to continue on with his work for a bit. The thought still boggled in his mind still, though. It would come up again when working on a car for a customer up in one of the higher wards, he was referred by that customer to check out the organization. Apparently they were a long-time member of it and told Rai the benefits of joining, especially for a skilled mechanic as he was.

Raiden told them he’d think about it, and think about it he did. Not long after he found himself with a bag of belongings in his room, giving Tinker a pat on the head. It was hard to leave the house and leave his father to his lonesome, but he wasn’t going to be far, and was more than capable of taking care of himself. Sending a temporary farewell to his old man, he planted down his skateboard covered with stickers and oil and rode his way down to the underground subway to enter into the ranks of the Primordial Paradox.

4 years of training to fight, defend, support, and repair later Rai found himself in the support sector- Requiem Reversal. He was best at repairing machines and androids, much like a healer- and wasn’t a very strong attacker either, so it was perfect for him. Doing what he loved to do and also helping others and protecting the city at it, it was much more than he anticipated, but wasn’t backing down now either. Now 22, he spent the next couple of years actually out there on the field and serving the organization with his handy-man skills. Later down the road by 24, he was promoted to the mechanic branch leader for Requiem Reversal, his hard work and skills being put into full motion. Rai’s mood for his job would go up more than it already has, enjoying the most out of his work. He even tries to see his father sometime, the business still doing well, although not as many customers as before. Rai is ready to take on the new part of his life as a branch leader- who knows what will be fixing next?

## Moveset / Catalyst

A hammer that can extend out to a yard at length at will and is collapsable- able to become small enough to fit in a pocket. It is infused with electricity, and when hitting something it can shock them.
 **Voltage Shock** | *5 stamina (30 dmg) / 100% acc*
 **Power Up** | *8 stamina (48 dmg) / 90% acc*
 **Electrical Field** | *12 stamina (72 dmg + AoE) / 80% acc*
An electrical surge planted down by his hammer, sending out a shockwave to multiple targets.

## Trivia

* **Likes:**
	+ Soda
	+ Technology (new and old)
	+ Blasting music
	+ Skateboarding
* **Dislikes:**
	+ Being annoyed
	+ Helplessness
	+ Spicy foods
	+ Hoverboards
* Hands are almost always dirtied, not fit for hand holding.
* Almost or never brushes his unruly hair.
* Actually a really fun guy, a bit of a thrill-seeker at times.
* Will put on headphones while working and blast tunes out his eardrums. Most of his music taste comes from his dad.
* Accidentally electrocutes himself? Isn’t phased.
* **Inventory:**
	+ **“Tinker” -** a small rustic robot built for helping with repairs.
	+ **Hat -** custom made hat he wears all the time.
	+ **Toolkit/belt -** has many belts and pockets with tools in them, and a toolkit of his own as well.
	+ **Goggles -** a pair of golden goggles for repair work.
	+ **Skateboard** - an old busted up skateboard that has many flashy stickers on it and is very dirty. Always uses this to get around, hoverboards are overrated.