Ace Gabbler

Joseph Gabbler (sibling)

Jackson Xu (sibling)

“ We're all here to be happy, right? Trust what you think will be the best choice and go with it to the end. Then tell me how it went! ”

- Ace, to Ellie Surikova

### Biography/Personality

Described as an all-around kind and gentle person, the young man doesn't deny the affection he bears for his family and friends. A supportive friend at all times, he enjoys perfume crafting in his spare time, joining the gardening club at USFV for this reasoning; Taking inspiration in the scents of the vegetation he and his colleagues are able to keep in the garden.

A popular guy at the university, he's a very social person, taking genuine interest in the lives and experiences of other people. He likes to understand different points of view,being a very neutral-in-oppinion person and generaly seeing all sides.
Ace generaly strives to better not only himself but the ones he likes. He can often be seen hanging out with his peers, goofing around, or even study together. He aids his best friend, Alexei (surname) with his youtube channel, frequently holding the camera and dabbling in simple editing. He's a high-to-average student, and taking a Human Resources Management course.

### Appearence/Style

Ace is of average height and lightly muscular, often dressing casual, preppy, gym/streetwear, or mixes in between these. He's of asian descent, Having Black, wavy, poofy hair, lightly tanned skin and sharp, black eyes.

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### Relationships

#### Tuya Xu

Ace knows the reason why his parents left the kids. It is implied that she has had a great influence on him. She spent alone time with him more than she did with the other brothers, sometimes along with the father, other times without. Ace knows he's seen as the prefeered son, although this is not true. The reason why the parents gave more attention to Ace is justified, Although only explained later on in the book.

#### Kyle Gabbler

Ace didn't relate as much to his father, although he didn't necessarily have a bad relationship with him.Kyle left with his mother, yet Ace shows no remorse for it, in contrast to Joseph. Kyle was more affectionate to Ace than his mother, however, a little bit more connected to the emotional side, teaching Ace helpful tips about emotional control. He, however, displayed this to all of his children.

#### Joseph Gabbler

Ace holds deep respect and brotherly love for Joseph, having grown to not be afraid to ask for the occasional hug. He admires the fact that he was able to take care to raise him and Jackson. Even in present times, he asks his brother for guidance and help.

He is shown to be extremely protective of him as a child, not able to mask anger and frustration at whoever opposed or insulted him. This often caused Joe to attempt to calm him down, although the intent was appreciated.

The trust Ace feels towards Joe is extreme, since he has shown repeatedly to be on his side and want to help him at all times, not ever judging him for his feelings or choices. This will prompt him to tell him deep secrets important to the story later on.

#### Jackson Xu

Ace, along with Joe, took care of Jackson more than his parents did, since they left when he was around two months old. Similarly to Joe, he feels a very deep brotherly love for Jackson, having sworn he would protect him at all costs.

He does not know how to address the family situation to him, since he is yet so young. His trust is also quite high, however he does not share too much with him, protecting him from possibly traumatizing information at all costs. This upsets Jackson, but to a minor extent, as he considers his brothers to be enough as parental figures, although he is curious about his origins.

Jackson frequently asks Ace, however, if his parents loved him, this being the only worry on his mind, since he correlates his birth to their dissapearence. Ace tries to clear this idea off of his head, telling him that they do love him, but needed to leave for another reason.

#### Diana Keilani

Diana and Ace have been best friends for a long time. Having first met her at France as a coincidence, during holidays, he later found that she moved to San franciscoville, much to his delight. Ever since, they had shared a good friendship, being very honest about every sort of topic. He gave her her first Roboid phone, often helping her understand technology. She aided him in finding his favourite perfume back in 2013, which caused him to develop a liking to the hobby of making perfume. They enjoy studying together when the time allows for it. Diana helps Ace by spending time with Jackson, sometime going to fetch him at the school.

#### Christophe Beauregarde

Ace seems to see Christophe as a friend, even if \*they don't spend too much time together.\* He often tells the French how much he'd like him to join in on him when he studies or to hang out with him, \*but he often refuses for being too busy.\*

### Trivia

* When asked what his favourite activities are, he mentioned running, going to the gym, making perfume and browsing the internet, especialy on chatrooms and forums, as well as youtube and watching movies.

* While he has a hidden talent for rapping, his singing stills are horrendous. He is not pitch-deaf, despite many theorizing so.

* He quotes that his biggest inspiration in life is his mother.

Images

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