Salata Mista/Introduction

### Namesake

Jongin: Korean name meaning "to spread kindness". Nico: Greek for "people of victory". Byun: Korean surname meaning "hurried". Smith: English surname meaning "one who works in metal".

### Status

Dead

Salata Mista is a member of Team Bucciarati and antagonist in Fate of Zephyr. In Vento Aureo, he is Guido Mista.

A Korean teenager adopted by an American family of active duty soldiers and veterans, he ran who ran away from home and attempted to start anew in Naples as an exchange student. Salata tried to enjoy a simple life away from his past when an attempt at saving a woman being assaulted ended up landing him with a sentence of fifteen to thirty years in prison. However, he was freed by Paolo Bucciarati and ultimately become a mafioso for Passione under his team. He ultimately dies at the hands of Zura Grattachecca, with the help of Giorno Giovanna and Ghiaccio Francescon, after trying to find the floppy disk in Venice in hopes of finding Father Diavolo's whereabouts.

He became known as a gun-slinging sharp shooter after receiving his Stand Love Shot, which has the ability to transform any liquid into a loaded hand gun.

## Appearance

Salata is a teenager of above-average height and medium build with black eyes. While the original Guido wears a unique-shaped hat, Salata wears a black ski mask, obscuring much of his face except for his eyes and mouth. However, removing the mask reveals that he has dark brown curly hair with red highlights.

Salata sports a three-piece suit. Like the original Guido, the suit jacket and pants has the unique diagonal grid pattern in red and blue, but the vest inside is white and has the black tiger stripes seen on the original Guido's pants in the last scene of Vento Aureo. The pocket square on the left side of his suit jacket also has the same design as his vest. He also sports over-the-knee black boots accented with red and white. He oftentimes is seen without his jacket, only putting it on when he finds himself feeling cold, and otherwise had it tied around his waist.

Due to Salata's past and experience with guns, he developed tinnitus and uses earphones to listen to music as often as he can, finding catharsis when doing so. The wires of the earphones are tucked into his suit and connected to a music player, which he strapped behind his back and concealed with his vest. Music is often played loudly wherever he goes.

## Personality

Compared to the other members of the team, Salata is shown to be laidback and easy-going, even during battle. He prides himself for being sociable, willing to strike conversations to break the ice or tension. However, he is also arguably the rudest members of the team, willing to commits violent acts over even the pettiest reasons.

Due to his solace in music, he often tries to do things based on the beat of the music, which proved to greatly optimize his Stand's ability.

## Skills and Talents

### Stand

Love Shot is a far-range Stand that exists as a hand gun made of water-based liquid. When fired, the water within the gun turns into bullets, which turns back into water after it stops moving. This allowed the user to use the gun without leaving evidence such as bullet shells. Once the water runs out, usually based on how many rounds the gun can hold, the gun itself disappears.

### Marksmanship

Due to his past growing up with active and veteran US soldiers, especially those that had served in the Korean war, Salata grew up learning how to load, shoot, and disarm various types of guns. The strict upbringing led him to be a great marksman, able to hit his target at even far distances and able to mentally calculate his aim to consider aspects such as angle and be accurate almost 99% of the time.

## References

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* "Love Shot" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSudEWBAYRE
* "Tempo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwd8N6K-sLk
* First 6 minutes of *Baby Driver*, showing how Baby is deeply influenced by music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XMuUVw7TOM

Kai's outfit used as inspiration for Salata's appearance.Getaway driver Baby, from the movie "Baby Driver", who's tinnitus inspires Salata's need to listen to music in order to use his Stand.
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