Aphonso Sanches

• Sex: Male

• Birthday: 21/04/1947 (73 years)

• Birthplace: Cibellia Port, Binityi

• Citizenship: Binitistian

• Relatives: ?

• Affiliation: Cryxus College

• Occupation: Mathematics and physics professor

• Religion: None

• Species: Human

• Height: 1.79 m

• Weight: 127 kg

### — Character's Story —

Aphonso Carlos Nogueira Sanches (born 21 April, 1947), also known as Master Sanches, The Professor or simply Aphonso, is a Binitistian Bichinho character, who's a notorious mathematics and physics scientist, as well as a professor at the Cryxus College.

Since young, Aphonso is obsessed with Binitistian sci-fi books, which inspired him to become a great scientist. He wanted to study at a great school, like Cryxus College, so that his dreams could be achieved. At that time, however, the Binitistian Empire was still healing from the Second Great Conflict destruction, so many people lived in challenging situations — and it wasn't much different with Aphonso's family, who had no conditions to pay for his studies. But even if they couldn't afford him the future he wanted, he never gave up studying or reading: Aphonso would usually sneak into a local library to steal books... until one day, he got caught by the manager. However, she was also a professor at the Cryxus College, and she understood perfectly Aphonso's troubles. Admired by his talent and creativity, she decided to give him an opportunity at the school. The library's manager entered into a agreement with his parents: if the young was able to pass the test to be accepted in the school, she would pay for his studies. And this is how his literally fantastical journey began.

Aphonso eventually finished highschool and chose to pursue the mathematics path. Soon after, he would also master physics. He was loved by his students, and at that point, everything already seemed to be settled for him. But even so, he missed something... he wanted to do something innovative that would make him stand out among scientists and give him fame. So when he reached the highest level in his path, he decided to build a teleport in the basement of his house (which he used as a laboratory), while being funded by the Cryxus College. He created many prototypes before finally getting it right; then, he used his own cat as a test-subject, and... indeed, the teleport was functional, even though the animal came out of the machine completely deformed, as it was a monster. Because of that, the professor archived the project permanently and retained it in the school; then, he bet on creating something even more radical than teleportation: a time-machine. Making use of the school funds again, he actually managed to build something properly and safe this time. He tested it multiple times with his cat, and was able to send it at least a few seconds into to the future. Realizing that it didn't had any defects like his previous projects, Aphonso decided it was time to show the world his new invention. But inconveniently, a storm fell just during the machine presentation, attracting lightnings that caused the professor to be unintentionally sent to 2020.

In that distant future, Aphonso discovered that the adaons had taken over the Planet Earth and made humanity as their slaves. It wasn't long until he too was captured by the progressive army and forced to work at an agricultural land. Soon after, however, the leader of the human resistance, Larkilson Borges, showed up with her teammates and attacked the extraterrestrial soldiers to free the slaves from the fields. The professor was taken to a secret base, where the remaining non-enlasved humans hid. Ms. Larkilson remembered Aphonso, and she explained that the professor disappeared in a time-machine he built long ago — such machine that was later discovered by the adaons, who took advantage of it. It is said that they improved the equipment and now it was capable to travel to the past, so they used it to change the Alpha Battle timeline, making they win against the humans instead of the other way around. That made the entire story of humanity be erased, and the extraterrestrials would still rule the world as they always did. But the progressive dictator Madam Scarlett decided not to extinguish the mankind in that war, as she thought it might lead to a time paradox.

Fortunately, the future humans managed to copy the polunian time-machine mechanics, so Aphonso offered to go back in time to prevent himself from building the original time-machine for good. If the original machine never existed, the adaons would never have make use of it, therefore the original timeline would prevail — but since they changed the timeline during the Alpha Battle, Aphonso had to go even before the war, when the timeline was still the original (if he traveled to the time he built the machine, the timeline would still be the same as the adaons dominated the world — so, even if he destroyed the equipment, nothing would change). In the meantime, however, Madam Scarlett found out what the human resistance was plotting, because a member of it, Ernesto Alencar, warned her. Ernesto was actually a android built by the Progressive Military Industry to look like exactly like a human, tasked to infiltrate into their group. He was then sent to the past to prevent Aphonso from destroying the machine and preserve the adaonic reign.

When Aphonso finally arrived there, it was already too late... Ernesto invaded his house and murdered him with shots to the chest. Then, he stole all the equipment that was in his basement-lab (including the time-machine and the teleport prototypes) and left with them to Polus Planet. There, he gave the equipment to Madam Scarlett, who, confused, just retained them in the Progressive Military Industry. But when the Aphonso of that current timeline arrived at his house, he found himself dead and his equipment stolen. He knew that that scene could only be possible if he managed to build the time-machine (which, at that time, was still in development process), therefore, realized that his work would be successful in the near future — but keeping it was very dangerous. He went to the Cryxus College to get his teleport back and tried to adjust its defects; then, he connected the system of the teleport with the stolen prototypes and took the risk of traveling in space to where the equipment should be. But before he did that, he asked the late Binitistian Police Agency for weapons to protect himself from any potential threat he might encounter. And just when he got there, he encountered Ernesto, who was waiting for his arrival because he knew that the professor would eventually look after the machine. They fought — but in the end, even though the professor was seriously injured, he was able to destroy the android. He took all his equipment back, that he passed years working on, and destroyed it too. The future has probably been saved, but no one believes or credits the professor for all his doing, and he wasn't even able to reach the fame he wanted...

## Aphonso's Interactive Voices

• Greetings: The youngsters in the Cryxus College always call me crazy when I tell them about my stories. But yet, here you are... here you are willing to dialogue with me. Why, thank you — you don't know how much this flatter this old man! You may address me as Master Sanches... or whatever you want.

• Idle (1): My mother always said: "son, you will see things". Yes, I definitely saw things...

• Idle (2): When life is hard, remember: the hypotenuse equals the sum of the catethi.

• Idle (3): Be careful in making the choices of your life... in the future, it may not be as pleasing as you hope.

• When it's raining: It's been raining on the city for the last three days. But don't worry — enjoy these moments of joy, while you still can.

• When it's winding: I remember when I was younger and got all the girls. I would always go out with them, usually to the beach — have a nice ice cream and feel that relaxing breeze. It was good while it lasted, but today... I just need a granny. Well, if even a nerd like me could get girls, why can't you?

• When it's snowing: Oh, by the power of Bineus! I always wanted to see snow in my entire life.

• When it's hot: Summers in Binityi are infernal. I'm quite used to it, but if I had to, I would just take my shirt off to cool off. I just don't because I don't want to flex my beautiful physique.

• Good morning: Will you skip class today? Don't worry, I used to do that a lot when I was younger, just to fish with the boys. Of course I made time to study, but fun is always important too. Also, I could teach you how to fish. Me? Ms. Larkilson is my friend, I'm sure that she will understand — I mean, she would even like to join us too.

• Good afternoon: Now that today's classes are over, I shall return to my humble house and watch some TV comedy shows until I fall asleep on my couch.

• Good night: Did you study for my math test tomorrow? No? Well, I always studied minutes before any exam too. Hehe.

• Something to share:

• Interesting facts: Despite everything we see in some science fiction movies and novels, time travel to the past should be, theoretically, impossible. However... there was a time I was trying to build a time-machine, and, before I finished it, I saw something very strange... another Aphonso, lying dead on the floor of my house, as if he tried to warn me something but was killed. Of course, that after that shocking scene, I came to destroy the machine, just to ensure safety — but that event never left my mind, and I've spent a lot of time these last few years trying to figure out how that was possible. So far, I've only come up with a not-so-original idea: the technology of the future is far beyond our understanding and everything we have today, and something very dangerous happened at that time that forced me to go back to the past.

• Aphonso's hobbies: During the Cryxus College breaks, I will usually go to the teachers' room and dialogue with my coworkers, while having a nice coffe with them.

• Aphonso's troubles: I hate it when I'm having the day of my life on vacation, but I receive a call from ms. Larkilson saying that there's a student who didn't take my test. I have to go all the way back from the vacation, just to hand the test to the unfortunate...

• Good mood: Today, ms. Larkilson and I went out for a fishing and we literally caught the biggest catfish ever! It was about the size of a dining table. Can you believe it?!

• Bad mood: I explained everything so well in class, but even so, my little apprentices didn't do well on the test...

• Being praised: Hmm... let me guess: you came here to ask me to raise your grade, didn't you? Don't worry, I think you have enough to be approved at the end of the year.

• Being offended: And what makes you think that you aren't also as insignificant as a grain of dust? And I was foolish to believe you were being nice to me... be lost, immature.

• Favorite book/movie: I remember her name... Laura, was it. She was the manager of some library, as well as my teacher. Although, before that, I used to steal some of her books — which I have kept to this day.

• Favorite food: I have made quite a lot of friends in the city, so whenever there's a birthday party, they always invite me. Of course I can't refuse their wonderful offers, because there's always something nice to eat — principally chicken and rice.

• Least favorite food: You realize that the Second Great Conflict was actually something serious when you know that even after its occurence, the Cryxus College had to serve a shitty lunch. Yes, lack of food was once a thing in Binityi.

• Receiving a good gift: Wow! Did you do this? It's way better than the school food.

• Receiving a bad gift: This food, it's... ugh. It's coming straight from hell. But I'm sure that not even the devil would eat it.

• Happy birthday: Congratulations, son. You're still very young, as has yet to witness a long journey ahead. Good luck.

• An advice: Whatever happens, whatever might occur... always think before you act, son.

• Goodbye: My journey finally comes to a conclusion... take care of everyone...

• About Aphonso (1): You should always think about the consequences of your acts first. My desire for fame spoke louder, and I didn't even think about how creating the teleport, or principally the time-machine, could severely affect the future.

• About Aphonso (2): My life is eventually coming to an end, and I was never able to achieve everything I dreamed of. Not because I'm getting old, since time isn't really a problem for me. Instead, the teleport that I built, which was extremely radioactive, brought me serious diseases. Even if I tried to fix it, traveling through space was still very dangerous.

• About us: You're my student, young. You can ask questions about anything, and I will be here to help you. We teachers are always here for that very reason, so don't be ashamed to ask.

• About Hayden: It's good to know that I work alongside recognized and very experienced profissionals, like dr. Hayden. Ms. Larkilson knows very well how to choose the best options for the Cryxus College.

• About Kuttana: I think the system of justice in Binityi should have a greater and more important organ, managed by someone very experienced and meritorious, rather than just being conducted by the city delegates. Don't get me wrong, they are all exceptional guys. But Chief Kuttana is just... yeah.

• About Larkilson (1): Ms. Larkilson was once my student, but today she's... my boss! She's such a dedicated and well-mannered woman, that's for sure. And our relationship couldn't be any better!

• About Larkilson (2): If I know someone who would sacrifice their life to save many other people's lives... that someone is ms. Larkilson. She's the bravest of the bravest people. What a movie protagonist.