Nagesh

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Nagesh is a mage who works for Time and Chronos as well as Rune. As he would say, he has the honor of knowing many great colleagues from his present employment opportunities, but as the narrator sees it, he has a lot of opportunity to flex how many friends he has.

## **Appearance & Outfit Preference**

Nagesh stands at a solid 1.8894 meters with a fit, husky build and a commanding presence. Physically appearing to be a strong and healthy adult man somewhere in his mid-twenties, he retains ebony, dusky brown skin that has a rich chocolate brown undertone. In contrast, his hair is a light beige (as are his eyelashes and eyebrows) and his eyes are a light maroon, the latter being his feature that sets him apart from most others and only extends in making distinction. For one, his irises and pupils are completely cut off from visibility, leaving only his sclera in view. This feature can usually be masked very easily with an illusion spell but could never be covered by contacts or glasses. In contrast, he does not retain much notability to his hair, though it is well-kempt and glossy, its length extending left and right ever so slightly out to his nape. He does not particularly have bangs but does have a section of hair near the left of his forehead that flows up and then downwards, slightly covering about a third of his left eye by default. His hair is not particularly of any striking quality (e.g. curly, wavy, or straight), though it could be better described as slightly wavy than anything else. Its most prominent quality would be its softness (though it’s not fluffy, either).

He has fairly thick eyebrows (though not even close to bushy thick), vague double eyelids, a fairly tall nose arch, and fairly prominent lips. His left ear is pierced while his right is not, and he has no visible scars on his face, which is somewhere between oval-shaped and heart-shaped, perhaps a bit too lean to be an oval and too round around the chin to be a heart.

While Nagesh doesn’t retain a specific preference for color scheme, he’s very biased towards natural colors. Neon colors? Not for this guy. Preferring to be a bit plainer in terms of attire, the most striking colors he wears is usually a metallic color of some sort or even just a color that contrasts with the rest of whatever scheme he has on that day. Colors he usually stays close to would include gray, black, white, green, blue, moderate orange, a sandy yellow, et cetera. He also likes to keep his attire as comfortable for movement as possible. His criteria isn’t the highest as it depends on the circumstances, but his clothing is mostly of a medieval style. He doesn’t usually wear armor; however, he can choose to wear it without issues of movement and such, implying that he has taken time to adjust to it sometime in the past. He doesn’t particularly wear clothing that adheres with the four seasons, sometimes wearing a lot of layers in the summer and wearing little in the winter.

## **Personality**

Most impressions make it so that Shu is an adult who would seem perfectly responsible and completely capable of fending for himself, someone who would almost seem as if a lone wolf—that he would fare by himself so well that he always stands alone. In reality, he is someone who usually isn’t too far off from others in either sense of distance, whether in how far he’s standing from them or how much they know each other. While not exactly someone who can get along with others right off the bat, he is more like one who slowly gets to fit in and learn about others as they learn about him as well. He tries his best to get along with other entities but does not force the matter, since he is against acting like someone he isn’t and understands that not everyone can get along, not to mention that not everyone can become friends. For Nagesh, friendships and work aren’t placed all that far apart, so of course he strives to get along with coworkers and his employers as well. He doesn’t believe in working in an environment where people in it don’t know and interact with one another with a genuinely friendly manner at the very least. In fact, he believes that even one person who feels or is left out will shatter the best productivity and efficiency a work environment could have. However, he isn’t one to impose his own set priorities on others, rather expecting/hoping that they set their own and go with their own goals and ways to achieve them. Nagesh is a determined and passionate person who will try to make the circumstances the best they could possibly be, but he is not one to enforce his will on others if he can help it and he tries to remain neutral when he can so that he doesn’t force his views upon others in the first place. He chooses to trust that they know what is best for them and that if they don’t, they will learn in time. Exceptions exist, of course, as they do to everything, but he recognizes that sometimes people of those exceptions need help he cannot provide and would not heed his words in any event anyways.

Shu is a very patient person who remains really calm under duress and stress to the point of it seeming almost to an otherworldly level, and he is never seen angry, rarely even raising his voice due to his emotions. He is also very responsible, somehow managing to usually be where he’s needed in spite of all the things he has to do. He gets his jobs done and done well, and if he can’t do so, he will feel negatively about himself and/or his actions and decisions. However, work isn’t everything to him, and despite some of his robotic “It’s an order” or “It’s my job” remarks, he actually enjoys the work and jobs he does. All such things are the products of his choices, not others’. He is not reasonless or incapable of thinking for himself—far from it, in fact. He views life as it having its own ups and downs and he believes in looking the other way at both the tops and bottoms. This of course goes with work as well. He understands that there may be hard or unpleasant times while he works, but he still tries to go through them the best that he can and look back at it from the future once he’s gone through it already, so that he doesn’t leave behind meaningless regrets.

Nagesh is sometimes said to have a breezy personality, someone who acts confidently and with ease most of the time. Rarely does it seem like he even has his burdens to carry. While not relaxed to the point of being lazy—and in fact, he is so, so far from being lazy—he doesn’t like to be all strung up, and he feels like being excessively gloomy regardless of reason is not beneficial at all either. Shu just tries to take everything as it is, perhaps sometimes a bit more, but not too much if he can help it. He tries to be somewhat cheerful and if he’s unhappy, he tries not to linger upon it for too long. Perhaps someone would argue that he can’t be someone like that considering that Nagesh isn’t a huge talker in comparison to some more talkative and outgoing people with such a personality. Of course, he doesn’t mind conversations of most sorts, such as work conversations and idle chit-chat, so his lack of talkativeness is mostly due to a matter of personal efficiency. While it’s nice to talk with others, his needs before doing so involve watching his surroundings with a critical and analytical eye, in a way most wouldn’t understand. Say, that doesn’t mean he’ll be awkwardly silent for a while and then suddenly jump into a conversation—he can multitask—but it overall means that he just doesn’t put talking on the top of his priority list and it’s unlikely that he’ll really ever talk extensively unless he’s absolutely confident he’s got what he needs down. No matter what, he’s not a silent person.

Besides, it’s pretty undeniable that Shu is a nice and helpful person regardless of how much he talks. Actions speak louder than words, perhaps. He isn’t someone who necessarily tries to do everything for everyone, of course everyone including anyone he doesn’t know, but overall he puts others way before himself. By default, he’s more likely to consider what’s best for the people around him rather than himself or at least the first with more priority. Nagesh hates things such as war and death, and so to say, he would never evoke fights and always hopes and strives for an alternative when applicable. However, he’s not one to avoid fights if they come a’knocking either, instead harboring a sort of conflict inside himself as he partakes in them.

While not someone who will immediately care extensively for someone else right after meeting him/her/them, it’s almost always guaranteed that Nagesh will care for someone’s wellbeing at least if he’s/she’s/they’re/it’s a well-intentioned being and will never turn against someone. If he were ever to work for someone ill-intentioned by some mistake, he wouldn’t backstab them for his own interests and motives, instead choosing to peacefully resign. He tries to keep others’ feelings in mind when he can. However, despite being an arguably outgoing individual, Shu is not an uninhibited one. There are plenty of things he will choose to keep to himself, and he will freely admit that he is uncomfortable with the subject if questioned about it. While he is against lying, he does not spurt out the complete truth to whomever whenever at wherever, usually figuring out what to hold back even if there’s no apparent reason to do so; he does try to be honest whenever he can. Nagesh is also very against drama, which he sees as something that tears people apart to an extent they usually can’t heal over. And while he doesn’t judge others for having a tendency or liking for it, he is not one for extensive physical contact, even finding hugs foreign both as concepts and actions. In the event that someone were to ever approach him with intentions of doing something like hugging, he would be uncomfortable and try to excuse himself.

Shu isn’t really against reasonable chaotic fun and antics by others, though it of course it depends on when it’s happening. During work hours? He probably won’t approve of it. Break time? Sure, spectator mode for him. During a battle? Why are you children doing tha— Anyways, Nagesh isn’t one to participate in those antics, either. He might remark on them from the sidelines, but he prefers to act in a manner befitting of someone with his sort of mentality and also because he doesn’t think too positively about being so actively distracted. While some might presume for someone like Nagesh that he is actually withdrawn and shy or dark and evil, that is not the case. His personality that he shows to others is the truthful one that he has, and like any other personality, it has flaws and parts that might not always be positive. For one, Nagesh is a prideful entity who is unlikely to forgive easily once wronged. He also carries insecurities of his own—for instance, his extensive self-evaluations sometimes throw himself into conflict at times, which could perhaps be said to be a sort of self-consciousness. Shu is also strangely competitive at times, especially with himself. He doesn’t mind losing to others all that much, but he sometimes does have perfectionistic tendencies that make him uncertain about what he’s doing (and if he’s doing something wrong or just not doing it the best way). Also, his sense of humor can be strange—for instance, sometimes he tends to pretend to be like a grandparent to beings he’s fairly close to or remark something stereotypical an old man might say (including quotes from works of who knows how long ago). Last but not least, while he’s pretty good with children, he isn’t a fan of taking care of them since he can’t really do that and adding on to the extensive physical contact thing, he wouldn’t prefer to hold them. So please, no babysitting job for Nagesh.

## **Relationships**

Time
Time is technically Nagesh's first formal employer. They're presumably friends, though how they met has yet to be specified. He respects what Time sees as priorities and abides by the other's orders, but the relationship is presumably less formal out of the work environment. Even outside of a work environment, he wouldn't hesitate to help the other.
Chronos
Nagesh is his second employer, and he takes indirect orders from her. She is technically one of the greater causes for his employment at the Clocktower, and he holds himself responsible for her safety. He hopes she will recover her magic and walking capability soon, and even outside of the work environment, he wouldn't hesitate to help the other.
Janine
They're coworkers. They have not been seen to interact extensively as of far but presumably at least tolerate each other's presence. At the least, Nagesh does care for her wellbeing.
Yue Zheng Lian Huan
Nagesh respects the younger mage's optimism, energy, and capability, as well as the other's self-restraint in certain areas. Somehow, maybe some of that is because he has been able to hide the fact he has never eaten ice cream from Lianhuan...
Yvonne
They're co-workers, though Nagesh doesn't seem to have understood that she sleeps more than the reason "she didn't sleep enough" can explain yet. He does seem to be comfortable enough with being around her to initiate a conversation and he cares for her wellbeing.
Heaven
They're co-workers. He is comfortable enough to joke in her presence, which possibly implies he doesn't see her as imposingly strict. As with his other co-workers in the Clocktower, he cares for her wellbeing a good deal.
Stella
Nagesh cares for her wellbeing and hopes she can experience a great childhood.
Cuthwolf
He cares for the other's wellbeing and hopes that Cuthwolf can experience a great childhood.
Mongwau
Honestly, it remains to be seen, but so far they seem to have a neutral relationship, since they don't often directly cross paths. He does care for the other's safety and wellbeing.
Galaxian Explosion
TBA
Chiyoko
TBA
Laurie
They're acquaintances at the very least, and he's comfortable with her being company and conversing with her. It's implied that he does see her as a friend, and as with the rest of the Alternate, he would protect her if she were in danger.
Manai Chinami
They're friends, pretty close ones at that despite only knowing each other for so long. Nagesh's "name" of "Nageshu" is actually sourced from Manai.
Xolani
TBA
Rune
His third employer. He respects the goddess and holds himself accountable for her safety as well as the wellbeing of those in her domain.
Allen
They don't interact often while Nagesh is at work, but it can be seen that he sees the other in a high light and is comfortable initiating a conversation with the other.
Luna
TBA
Neer
They've presumably interacted more off-camera, but this is TBD.

## **Information**

* Even though Rune is no longer an active deity, Nagesh's employment under her isn't terminated in some sort of correspondence. Thus, if narrators of characters within Rune's domain wish for interaction, Nagesh is technically there and available for that purpose.

## **Gallery**

Feel free to add since the narrator won't be capable of adding anything quality here :).