Reed Esposito

Reed Esposito is a romanceable character in the game Perfumare.

Alcide 'Reed' Esposito (formerly Marotta), born on the 18th of June in a small village near the city of Brisco. Despite his hard upbringing and his miserable early years spent in poverty, the education he obtained through the years at the Academy and the influential circle of 'friends' he made along the way, shaped him into a man who should not be trifled with. The few people that got to know his true face describe him as superficial and cunning, though personally. Reed has always preferred the term 'adaptable.'

## Background

Alcide, together with his older brother Flavio, were born to Bianca and Andrea Marotta. Their father was a successful businessman and their mother an aspiring actress. Sometime during Flavio's early childhood years, and the expectation of another baby - Alcide, Andrea went bankrupt. Because of that, a few years later, their mother left them to pursue a career as an actress, but kept sending them money. They grew up poor, because their father would spend all the said money on gambling. Alcide was often taken to these outings, and formed a favourable image of his father. Because the money sent by their mother to him and Flavio never reached them, he had grown to despise her, thinking she had completely abandoned them.

His affliction awakened at the age of 8, and he started going to the Academy. There, he met MC, and they became friends. Depending on the player's choices, his feelings for them either remained platonic, or grew into romantic love.

In the latter case, due to the nature of MC's affliction, Alcide had thought that they were aware of his feelings, and simply chose not to respond, that being the way of them rejecting him.

While still studying at the Academy, he had a falling out with his brother, Flavio, because he had discovered that Flavio had chosen to work for the SPD. This resulted into Alcide not talking to him for almost 4 years.

He graduated a year early than MC, and went to the city of Elazar, working under Alan as his accountant.

He soon made friends, but because of his affliction, he caught one of them slip while drunk, thinking about their plans to betray and kill him for cash.

He dealt with them with Alan's help, but this betrayal changed him from the more trusting and naive person he used to be into someone who is highly suspicious and hesitant to trust people. It was at this time as well, when Alcide chose the name 'Reed' for himself, as a means of reinventing his persona after the betrayal.

He started using alcohol to deal with his emotions, and that's how one day MC found him: drunk and crying, in a public bathroom.

Depending on the player's choices, the MC either stayed around to help him out or kept their distance.

Either way, he recovered and went on working for Alan. Eventually he started talking to his brother again as well, though their relationship remained tense.

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## Trivia

* Reed's first language is Italian.

* His comfort food is bread rolls with warm milk.

* He has a poorly healed scar on his calf from falling on broken glass as a kid.

* At the age of seventeen, Reed tried smoking cigarettes for the first time, and his hair accidentally caught on fire. He had to wear his hair in a buzz cut for half a year before it grew back.

## References

1. ↑ https://pdrrook.tumblr.com/post/620742069458272256/since-reeds-real-name-is-alcide-how-did-he-get
2. ↑ https://pdrrook.tumblr.com/post/621439178765434880/do-the-ros-know-how-to-play-an-instrument-and
3. ↑ https://pdrrook.tumblr.com/post/620664345924435968/what-sort-of-meal-is-everyones-go-to-after-a-long#notes
4. ↑ https://pdrrook.tumblr.com/post/623260694251438080/do-the-ros-have-any-scarsbirthmarkstattoos
5. ↑ https://pdrrook.tumblr.com/post/621419962711588864/now-im-curious-about-what-kind-of-mischief-reed