Vincent Lombardi ●

[Vincent Lombardi]

Name: Vincent Lombardi Age: 25 Gender: Male Sexuality: Unknown Faction: Neutral Occupation: Messenger/Mailman/ Side Stage Pyrotechnic/Fireworks Playby: YU YU HAKUSHO, hiei jangeshi Traits Positive Open Minded Quick Thinker Loyal Protective Perceptive Focused Mildly Level Headed Negative Cold Jerk Possessive Trolling behavior Misfit Cynical Quiet - Optional in depth personality if one wishes. History He doesn't like to remember he actually had parents. Cruel people they were, he was not a wanted child. With a family who preferred females to males, and on top of that looking more like his father than his mother, he was not at all a 'wanted' presence in the house hold. Being the younger of twins, his sister often looked after him as a child, happy that they were both together. His sister, bless her soul, was a sweet voice, a sweet personality, and always looked out for him. They shared toys, they shared secrets, they were in a sense very close together. It wasn't until his mother started trying to dye his sister's hair and tell her to leave him alone that he he became the hellion he is today. Fiercely always attacking his mother verbally- he did the best he could to cut her down. Of course as a six year old- he was quickly thought of and smacked down much to his sister's horror. He didn't stop though and kept fighting. These people were not his family. However it was an easy fix for the pureblooded family- get the father to sign over custody to the state and the woman did the same. He gave his sister all that he could, telling her he would find her again as he was dragged out of the house kicking and screaming. He knew that demon was laughing while Melody cried and cried. When he was dropped off in foster care- he met his fair share of bad people and good people. His first home was terrible, but his second home was really nice for a temporary part of life. The third family was minutely good- but he felt even more in trouble with them. Quick to accidently get in trouble, no one believed him when he said he wasn't doing anything. It was another helpless situation. However that stopped at his fourth home. A man by the name of Leon decided to take it upon himself...to spoil the little demon rotten. Completely freaked out- and completely confused- Vincent was often hiding from this man who didn't want to do anything but spoil him and give him hugs and kisses. This strange man was obviously a freak of nature and was just weird as can be! While his 'grandmother' (Though he highly doubted they were actually related) was the one who was in legal charge of him- Leon was the one who took care of him. After a while he came out of his shell and generally liked Leon. He told him about his family and was surprised when he was crushed to someone's chest as they cried over /him/ - like they were actually sad about it. Vincent wasn't sure how to deal with this and floundered like a fish as he awkwardly tried to make Leon happy again. Leon was sad over his life and determinedly hoisted the man up as if he was Simba in the Lion King and told him that he was going to make his life better- he swore on it. Besides almost scratching his face off for scaring the living daylights out of him- Vincent...was wary to trust him, but really wanted to. Leon didn't lie though. He was there for school, he was there for Vincent's almost morbid tendencies, and he was always there for Vincent. Never did he stray from helping the boy. Friends were met- but they were all older them due to his already enhanced maturity from early life. Calling him 'Simba' quite often- he trailed after Leon as if he was his shadow. Leon was everything. When he was sixteen- he had permission to go get a tattoo on his arm. In hindsight it was an extremely stupid idea to let a completely idiotic showstopper pick his own tattoo since it now covered most of his arm and slightly above his elbow. The black dragon like shadow had different symbols in it if one looked hard enough that he attributed to different people in his life. Melody, Leon, and even that old bat that gave him a hard talking to more than once. While he didn't have a lot of friends- he showed he was decent in school and did well in English. It helped in general for a while that Leon was always there. He showed affinity with fire and instead of discouraging him- Leon eagerly went over state lines to buy a bunch of fireworks for the pyro to play with. Always responsible with this trust- he did very well. He learned how to make small explosions and excelled in science for those areas- even though other areas suffered to his new found love. As he made it through middle school and high school- he tries to also find his sister. Melody was everything- and while he had his own life- he couldn't give up his sister. It was when he was eighteen that he found her once again. It was a brief meeting- and he felt like she didn't even recognize him. As he walking away, she told him she missed him- but she told him that they were still keeping her under lock and key. She said she was going to run away- and she wanted to be with him. She didn't want to get married to some man and follow their path as glorified pets. He quickly agreed - and over the next few months they planned through letters from his job as a mailman with her dropping off supposed 'gifts'. The week before her birthday she went 'missing' and reappeared with Vincent. Even though the police was called- she was over 18. They had no legal claim over her anymore. She was shy- and a bit awed with the world- but she wanted to take care of herself and wanted to pay back Leon and the others for staying with them. Even the old grinch of a woman patted her on the head and told her to adjust, then get a job. He looked around for more work- eventually getting a few jobs as a stage pyrotechnian and worked on the annual fireworks for the Forth of July and New Years. It was pretty fun. Plus...fire, explosions, all that was always the best. How would it not be? Plus it brought in a pretty penny- so he supported the family easily- even if Leon assured Vincent that he would take a second job. Vincent huffed and puffed- leading for one of his most prevalent nicknames, "Little Lion" who would protect the homestead. He almost died hearing that, but accepted it...after punching Leon in the face for that because that was the most /ridiculous/ nickname. When the event happened- he immediately wished for money for the family. His latter wish was to be a master ninja from childhood- but apparently fate decided to pat him on the head and give him a sizable sum in his bank account. However...it wasn't too pleased with him when they give him a dragon for a familiar that seemed to be his twin...except attached to him and it had /emotions/. Insignia Level 1 "Swordsman" - Level 1 - A very if not overly simplified power- he's able to summon a katana like sword. While the hilt would be more of an eastern design- the blade wouldn't be. It has no special powers- but it does seem above the average strength. Holding the sword gives a slight boost to reflex speed- but otherwise there is literally no difference from summoning the sword and having it asleep. The insignia is a hidden diamond in the black mass that is his dragon tattoo. He does not have to touch it to summon the sword. "Scylla" - Terror of his hell. This dragon is a pure inky black mess of annoyance for him. Almost like a female-childish-twin of his, Scylla is a eastern dragon with a long body and shorter legs. Small black horns rise and split from her head and is able to fly without much help from her wings. Quick to throw snippy comments she and Vincent have a continuous 'angry' relationship but are actually good friends. Scylla is able to breathe small bits of fire- but one should fear her bite. Extra Pyromaniac - While not so much of a secret- and more a fact of life, Vincent enjoys fire. He enjoys handling it, he enjoys setting things on fire, he enjoys the warmth and the destruction it can bring. However he's also acutely aware that he is only making the fire and the fire has a mind of it's own. He's extremely responsible with his love of fire- always making sure it can never light other things on fire and knows that he cannot hurt anyone with it. Loves candles - Coupled with the fact above- he loves candles. While scentless ones are his favorite- he doesn't mind getting others as long as he can watch them and they're not sinus burning. This always leaves the house smelling distinctly like once scent one week and one scent another week. It also means they spend a buttload of money on candles and different waxes so he can have his hobby but it again doesn't encroach on anyone's safety. Hates Spring - Despite liking spring scents, he hates that everyone decides to crawl out of it's hole and bother him. Pollen, wasps, bees, people- you name it, spring is crap. When he was little he used to think the wasps and bees were warriors of spring and just had a vendetta out against him since he was always stung as a child. Thankfully he's not allergic- he just now has a paranoid fear and awareness of flying bugs anywhere near him. That one person who leaves gifts - Vincent is actually a very nice guy. In that guy who won't even come near you with a stick but still knows what you want if you complained about it enough. He never actually 'gives' people gifts. He leaves the for them to find and bolts like a bat out of hell if they try to thank him. This rarely works and it leaves him in some weird mess of 'oh god leave me alone' and embarrassment. He just wants to give something back but doesn't want other people to be aware of it. He's a loner! He's supposed to be scary! Leave him alone! Is a very overprotective brat - Touch his sister? He'll punch you. Touch Leon? He'll punch you. Touch his fire? He'll burn you. Touch him...and he'll just glare at you unless you're a jerk- then he'll punch you. He watches over his sister, his family, and his 'friends' obsessively to a worrying degree when he thinks they're in trouble. It's not exactly hard to get on his bad side when it comes to touching what is 'his'. OOC OOC Name: Neko How did you find us?: Ahhahahaha-haaaaa. Other Characters: You mean the metric crap-ton?

[Chesh]

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