Ace/profile

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## Personality

+ Perceptive

Ace is surprisingly perceptive, even if he doesn't seem to be paying attention. Being brought up in a family where words were merely formalities and actions told volumes, he's keenly aware of shifts in atmosphere and miniscule body language that others might miss. He is not, however, infallible, and occasionally he may pick up on something but come to misinterpret its meaning, especially when it comes to meeting strangers outside of his usual circles.

+ Pleasant

For the most part, Ace isn't a difficult person to get along with. He might be softspoken and rather quiet in crowds, but he has a calm and assured air about him that seems to suggest he's fine being exactly who and where he is. Additionally, he's also someone who doesn't mind doing small things to accrue social trust, so it's not uncommon to find him running errands for anyone who asks.

+ Fair

Ace is a very fair individual, although his judgement may differ from that of the larger population. This can really either be a positive or negative trait: On one hand, Ace will never ask someone to do something that he's unwilling to do himself. On the other, he has a hard time understanding the plights of others who cannot commit or do things to the same level. It wouldn't be inaccurate to say that Ace is very grounded in his own ideals and experiences, and he has difficulty taking another's point of view to make proper judgement calls.

- Selfish/Callous

At his core, Ace really only cares about his own survival. This does not, however, make him a two bit villain character with no substance. He understands that he needs others in order to survive and he understands the importance of social trust and bonding. So long as everyone's goals align, he is reasonably dependable. Unfortunately, as soon as someone begins to lose their value to him, he feels very little about silencing them out of his life completely. On a similar vein, he has no qualms with cutting his losses and switching sides if the rewards are high and risks are low, even if it meant betraying the trust of his friends.

- Cold

Exceptionally keen individuals will notice that Ace is actually a rather distant person. His smiles, though pleasant, never really reach his eyes, and while he is a good listener, there are times when it seems like he's not entirely present. It seems difficult to become close friends with him, and those who seek more will often find themselves up against a formidable fortress that shields his true emotions and thoughts. Beneath his social persona, he not only has very little care for the people around him, but actively tries to keep them that way in order to stabilize his own emotional states.

- Liar

Ace can be charming when he wants to be, but words are cheap and he believes this is true of everyone-- himself included. Due to his difficulty with understanding that other people are fundamentally different in disposition, he thinks that lying is something everyone does, and because everyone understands that words are merely things used for convenience, he doesn't see this trait as a problem. To him, the one who believes in words are the ones at fault and that, naturally, extends to himself. If he believes what another said to him and is subsequently betrayed, then the blame is with himself.

## Background

Ciro Vicario (Ace) was the third son of Oreste Vicario, a high ranking personnel in the Ministry of Defence. The Vicario wealth and power preceded Oreste's title, however, and like all generations before him, the latest generation of Vicarios would be pit against each other for its inheritence. Anything but a typical family, the Vicarios were steeped in age old tradition that might have been seen as cruel or callous to outsiders. They treated their children like pawns in a game, and regardless of what happened between family members, no outsiders were allowed to intervene. Ciro first got a taste of this when he was ten-- old enough to remember the blood curdling screams of his mother as her own sister drenched her in acid and left her hospitalized thereafter. Since then, the trust nurtured in him was quickly eroded, and he'd learned that it was survival of the fittest by any means possible. His youngest brother took the high road and simply left, as did many others, leaving Ciro against his two elder siblings. Unfortunately, it never occurred to Ciro to do the same. The need to pass judgment upon this family-- to seize the reins and bring it down to rubble became a matter of personal obsession.

Fortunately, whether he realized it or not, Ciro was the personal favourite of his father. Oreste, for his part, wanted little to do with the family since the attack on his wife. He engaged with his sons as much as possible, though the elder two shunned him for being weak and lacking in ambition, and it was Ciro who took to Oreste's teachings the most. Ciro's father was a good man, likeable and charismatic on all accounts, and it was from him that Ciro learned the importance of social power. In any case, Oreste loved nature above all else, and often he would take Ciro with him out hunting, camping and generally running around in the wilderness. The elder Vicario believed that the high paced, technologically dependant lifestyle of the modern world was corrupting to young minds, and it was thrice as poisonous in the Vicario household. If there was any one person who managed to instill some morality into Ciro, it was his father.

Working as a scion of the Vicario family meant that Ciro had to travel often. He was a delegate first and foremost, who brought in connections and fielded projects from all over the world. This left him well travelled with a wealth of experiences, and yet due to always being on the move, he never managed to make any friends or feel true intimacy beyond that of the familial bond he had with his father. At 22, however, a stranger took the initiative to court him and, for the first time, Ciro learned what it meant to be truly fulfilled. Just as he began to let go of the unhealthy hatred he had towards his family and realize that there were more important things he wanted to keep, the man he'd been with disappeared.

At present, he continues to work for his family and ended up in New York to retrieve a runaway subordinate.

## Trivia

* Loves abomination sandwiches (Blueberry jam, tuna, cabbage, honey, sardines with extra mayo and hot sauce etc. The grosser, the better.)
* Doesn't need to brush his hair (He mostly just runs his hands through it and ties it up.)
* Ace's theme
* Absolutely adores the idea of a good, old fashioned Roman-style gladiator fight to the death.
* Will probably give you a meaningless lover's nickname.

## Quotes

* > "*Say Something Here*"
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― name & when / to whom