Nin

*"He's the only clone with an ounce of loyalty. It's his only redeeming quality."*

—**Ruka**

## Appearance

Nin looks very different from the other clones of his group, primarily due to having half of Mason's genes. His hair is red with black tips, pulled back into a low ponytail. He has fair skin and reddish-pink eyes, seemingly a unique trait that neither Mason nor his boss have. Nin lacks the lifeless gray-colors and pitch black eyes the other ballclones have. Nin's teeth are razor sharp, and even when his mouth is closed his fangs still slightly poke out. He has sharp black nails to match, however they are concealed underneath the boxing tape he wears on his hands. Nin's helmet is unique compared to the others, being a black baseball helmet with two red stripes down each side and a white grin pattern just beneath each stripe. He wears a white pinstriped baseball shirt with a black star emblem on the upper left, white uniform pants, and black combat boots. He also wears a black hooded cape with a red-blue gradient inside patterned with iridescent stars. He has a double-knife sheath attached to his belt where he keeps two blades at all times. Nin's appearance is rather messy and unkempt, his uniform and cape often tattered and stained, and his hair matted.

## Background

Nin was the 81st clone of the initial 100 clones created by Ruka. When being created, a severe malfunction of the cloning device caused Nin to come out with the mixed genetics of both his ''boss'' and the hero of the city, Mason. Due to his 'freakish' appearance, the other clones tried to keep him hidden from the likes of Kaseo or Ruka. After an incident where Casidie attacked and fatally wounded Nin, Kaseo temporarily took Nin into his care. Kaseo nursed Nin back to full health, saving his life. During this time, Ruka became aware of Nin's existence and also took an interest to the strange clone. After recovering, Nin returned to his life of helping out his clone family within the factory as if nothing had happened-- with the added job of becoming Ruka's new bodyguard/test subject. Nin would go own to face Mason and The Troupe as a regular part of his routine.

## Relationships

### Ruka

Nin's relationship with Ruka is best described as a one-sided obsession. Nin worships Ruka like a god, seeing the villain as incapable of any poor judgement or wrong doing. Despite this deep love, Nin rarely gets to have any conversations with Ruka, often only talking to him about evil schemes or testing out experiments. Even facing constant harm and cruelty from Ruka, Nin has internalized the idea that any mistreatment is deserved, and would even go as far as to claim it as 'rewarding'. Nin lives for Ruka, above all else.

### Kaseo

Nin considers Kaseo to be his dearest friend, believing he owes his life to the other clone. Nin will often use this self-imposed debt to overlook many of Kaseo's negative behaviors and qualities. Kaseo's romantic advances towards Nin do not entirely go unnoticed however, and have a tendency to make Nin uncomfortable being around Kaseo for long periods of time. The two have a tendency to also bicker over the subject of Ruka, with Nin fiercely defending his boss to the point of frustrating or upsetting Kaseo. Nin sees Kaseo as very intelligent and reliable aside from their disagreements, and usually has faith in him and will back him up on nearly any decision he makes. In the current day, Nin still relies on Kaseo for providing food and other necessities, despite trying his best to be self-sufficient. He feels a bit of guilt for needing to be cared for by Kaseo, and more often than not rejects his help unless necessary for the sake of survival.

### Ballclones

Nin's relationship with the other clones is a generally good relationship. He sees the clones as his family and makes it his

## Trivia

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