Ali

**Ali Bardakci** was once a non-coach, but eventually had been converted into a coach.

## Backstory

Ali was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1982.
He had experienced a rather non-modern live during the time.

He constantly attended mosque sessions with his father given his grandfather is an imam. Which had turned him educated in Estellism, even was a huge fan of his grandfather, to the point he spent time with him a lot, and even moved with him in the JDWorld.

After the name Mesut hasn't been mentioned, it had upsetted Ali deeply, but tried to move on.

It is implied that he may have known of Mesut before thanks to his grandfather.

## Personality

Ali is a wise, and educated man, he had spent time in Turkey a lot, and even is a great cook for Turkish dishes. However, he ends up to unintentionally get in awkward subjects. He even is good at preparing stuff just in case he believes something would be able to happen.

He also uses his skills he has responsibly, and does not ever want to abuse them.

## Current Story

Right now Ali resides in #leila-town-square, with his grandfather, he seems to be good friends with Leila. And even is under safety by Mesut after being involved in bringing out the truth. He even runs a doner shop with his brother in Little Arabia, commonly known for customers, mostly being loiterers of Turkish and Moroccan ancestry.

He is also the subject of having unexpected skills for a man like him, he has some decent parkouring skills, and by technology from Professor Scott, he is able to jump inside screens.

## Tropes

* Almighty Janitor: You may assume he's just a guy who runs a Doner Shop in the city, and a businessman, but he's got some powers, also the help of Mesut.

* Beware The Nice Ones: While he seems gentle and responsible, don't think you can have the upper-hand with him, especially with what he has up his sleeves.

* Cool Old Guy: While he is around his late 30s, and looks like your ordinary man, he seems to be very athletic, strong and has skills in combat.

* Even The Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: Despite having a good heart, he does have a couple of people he can not stand at all.

* Hates Being Alone: The Aliminal Space arc culminates his fear, he broke down in tears when he was in Tethmari all alone (during a wrong time, when everyone was at their homes after Halloween) in contrast to the last time he went to Tethmari in the party, where he was surrounded by good people, he did eventually overcome that fear.

* Intergenerational Friendship: With Frederick, Souffian, Violet, Magda, Seven, Stephanie, Mesut Jr., Esmeray and Bezjana.

* Interclass Friendship: He is a sharply-dressed wealthy man, but Crawford, a messy pirate does have his back.

* Le Parkour: While he looks like your usual civilian, he doesn't have his interest with walking on the sidewalks when having to get there.

* Man Hug: Has this with Mesut very often.

* Mistaken For Gay: Well he is omnisexual, but a heart emoji he put in his text with Mesut got some people questioning.

* Not So Stoic: Ali can show some emotion too, despite him having a normal life without that much struggles.

* She Is Not My Girlfriend: No one has even pointed it out, but he and Eleanor are quite wary about making sure that people don't mistake them for a romantic couple.

## Relationships

### Mesut

Mesut is proud that Ali was involved in getting Mesut's identity spread out in the public again, and has decided that it's important to have Ali protected from any danger, Ali appreciates it and enjoys Mesut around. Mesut shows a lot of affection to Ali, and Ali appreciates that, returning his affections towards his favorite god. Whenever Ali is sad or down, Mesut would mostly be ready to soothe and comfort him with a warm embrace. Ali at times has also returned his affection to the god.

### Stephanie

Stephanie had approached Ali in order to find the truth about Mesut and his disappearance, after this. Ali is really proud of her, and both of them seem to get along decently.

### Professor Scott

This has even led Ali to form friendly interactions with Professor Scott, Ali is interested in his work. He was a test subject for a technology which had also allowed Ali to jump in city screens. Ali often gets help from Professor Scott, and of course Ali owns several gadgets that Professor Scott had made for him, symbolizing their friendship.

### Leila

As Leila and Ali are neighbors, they appear to be good friends too. Ali has known about her discography and acting job, and he is quitely impressed by it.

### Frederick

Ali had met him at the mall, concerning the situation where Vladimir had thrown Ali under the bus with several Israeli Gangsters by having them chase Ali instead of Vladimir after Vladimir gave him their license plate he pulled out for a unknown reason. And Frederick and Ali had eventually fought them, and Ali indirectly had his revenge on Vladimir twice. As of now, they share a good bond with each other, with Ali often teaching him about things.

### Eleanor

While at first, Ali and Eleanor's interactions were only ordinary and awkward. They have grown to get along with each other as the adults they are, and often have their own adventures together to find out the truth about something. It's revealed that Ali's friendship with her is mostly due to having another proper adult to talk to and relate to. There is of course a gag where both emphasize their denial of being romantically linked in the most wackiest ways.

### Muhammad and Radi

It is known that Ali with Radi and Muhammad have been friends for quite a while before Ali became a character in CC.

### Souffian, Azzedine and Marwan

Ali has known them given they are regulars in his shop, but for Souffian's case it's mostly him picking up the orders and bringing them to people's homes.

### Vladimir

Ali really disgusts Vladimir. Especially since Vladimir nearly got him killed after using him as the scapegoat in order for Vladimir to get away from the gangsters.

### Car Dealer

The Car Dealer is the one guy that Ali can not absolutely stand, as he's been using him the first time Ali didn't have anything against him until Ali knew the truth of him. He even resorted to fighting him in the final battle, which got the Car Dealer killed, however not by Ali's intent as he fell to his death.

### The Scarlet's Palace Trio

Ali is good friends with the dazzling stars. Clyde and Ali have a healthy relationship with each other, as they both own businesses. They can give each other business advice and often get help from each other with their profesionnal skills.

Ali and Angelina have a affectionate friendship too. Angelina just enjoys hanging out with Ali, mostly due to his connection with Mesut. And Ali is often there to soothe Angelina whenever she's hurt.

Ali and Lucas never interact with each other, but it doesn't seem like they have a bad dynamic with each other.

### Amber

At first Ali was one of Amber's enemies. But eventually after defeating Parallax, he and Amber decided to put their differences aside too. As of currently, Amber and Ali often interact like adults too. One time, when Amber was devastated and had a mental breakdown after seeing Sara's role in Just Dance 2024 Edition's storyline, Ali had taken her in, and took care of her, and eventually helped her wipe away Parallax's soul for good.

## Trivia

* The skills for a person like that is similar to the character Mario from the Super Mario series, given both are looking like old traditional-looking men, but possess some parkouring skills and are agile.