[hider=Alexander Cross] [hider=Appearance:] [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee244/rexdarkheart/Anime/Anime%20Guys/1554762189.jpg [/img] [/hider] [hider=Bio:] Alexander grew up around machines like most children who live on Chrono do. However, because of his parents, he was around machines as they were being built and serviced since his parents worked as manufactures at Bionic Tech Industries. He watched in wonder as his parents built robots, mechanical limbs, and other forms of technology. It was no surprise that as he grew. He spent more and more time in his parent's workshop. As head manufactures at the facility, Alex’s parents could show him things no ordinary person was allowed to witness like the building of Mechs, other Robots, and the creation of AI programs. BTI were very protective of their methods and knew if any sort of information were to leak. They’d be ruined. Over the years Alex watched his parents create new and innovative technology to better human life. However, BTI and their protective strategy would soon rip his happy lifestyle to sunders. It was on his 15th birthday when it happened. Alex was asked to stay home since his parents wouldn’t be working on the factory floor and instead be in meetings all day. Alex was accustom to this since on more than one occasion his parents were called into meetings on progress or budgeting. Something Alex found boring and unnecessary. Before they left Alex’s father gave him his birthday present and told him to not open it until later that night. His mother also explained that a family friend would pick him up around five to take him to his party. Alex nodded and watched as his parents left. Alex was giddy with excitement and wanted to open his present a few minutes after his parents left. However, he knew his parents wanted him to open it when they got home so he waited until his parent’s friend came to pick him up. While he waited he fiddled with a few of his own projects. Like his parents, he loved to build and fix machinery. He was halfway through his project when he heard the doorbell ring. He looked up and saw it was only noon. He got up from his workbench and walked over to the door. When he opened it he saw Mr. Diamond, his parent’s friend standing at the door. Alex greeted him, but Mr. Diamond seemed skittish and kept looking over his shoulder. Mr. Diamond told Alex to grab his coat and his parents present and come with him. Alex figured the party was moved up and he quickly did what he was told. The two got into Mr. Diamond’s hovercar and sped off. As Mr. Diamond drove onto the interstate Alex asked where the party was being held. Mr. Diamond told him flatly that there was no party and that his parents wouldn’t be returning from the factory. Alex frantically asked why and continued to ask all sorts of questions to Mr. Diamond who let him raddle of every question Alex could ask. Once Alex finished, Mr. Diamond simply explained: because of BTI being very protective of their assets and manufacturing. They have set in place a strategy to keep all their secrets from entering the world. He then asked Alex if he heard about any of the former workers retiring. Alex remembered back when he was six and his parents talking about a Mr. Lance getting ready to retire. Alex told Mr. Diamond this and he nodded and continued his explanation. After an employee retires, the news outlets try to find them and schedule an interview. However, those employees who retire are never able to be reached. When the news would ask BTI they simply say they only know the employee talked about moving out of the area for retirement with their family. Alex knew his parents were due to retire soon, but he wasn’t sure what this had to do with them, so he asked. Mr. Diamond seemed to sigh as he continued: he told Alex that his parents found out that the BTI strategy to keep their secrets from leaking also involved the employees who were retiring. He said that BTI would have a party, congratulate the employee, and invite them and their families to dinner. However, the employees and their families would never make it to dinner. Alex had a pit form in his stomach as Mr. Diamond explained this and he feared what came next. Mr. Diamond let out a long sigh and finished. BTI kidnaps the employee and their family. They then proceed to. Mr. Diamond stopped after this and he tightened his grip on the steering wheel before continuing. They make them disappear. Alex felt the pit grow as he held his parents present closer to his chest. He then asked how BTI could keep getting away with this. Mr. Diamond laughed at this and told Alex that because BTI is the largest manufacturers of Robotics they hold high power over politicians and even the police force. BTI has even gone so far as to pay off some news outlets. Mr. Diamond then looked over to Alex and told him to open his parents present. Alex looked at the present and slowly began to open it while they continued down the interstate. Once all the wrapping paper was off. Alex sat and stared at the tablet that was once wrapped. Normally a tablet would be in its original box. However, this one had no box. Alex pressed the on switch and a small box appeared in the middle. He tried swiping up, down, left, and right but nothing happened. The box continued to linger on the screen. Mr. Diamond suggested Alex place his thumb on the box. Alex slowly moved his hand over the screen and placed his thumb on the box. There was a chime and the tablet came to life. Dozens of machine specs and notes flooded the screen of the tablet. Alex scanned each note, each spec, and each line of text in hopes to find what his parents had left him. Mr. Diamond told Alex that this was what his parents were developing under BTI’s nose. They called it the Zoo. Mr. Diamond never knew what was on the tablet since he never could get it to turn on. However, Mr. Diamond did explain that Alex’s parents wanted him to take Alex out of the state and go into hiding until BTI stops their search for him. Mr. Diamond would have to return to work for BTI but explained that since he was on vacation. They wouldn’t suspect him. Mr. Diamond drove Alex out of state and towards Black Falcon City. The city was known as the Crime City. Murder, mugging, rape, Grand theft auto, Etc. All seemed to happen more frequently in this city. Mr. Diamond knew Alex would be safe from BTI since they refuse to place a factory there. As for all the crime in the city, Mr. Diamond had a contact in the city that would keep him safe. As they entered Black Falcon City Alex saw all manner of people. Hooded figures giving twitching people a small bag, a large man picking up a much smaller man by the color of his shirt and yelling at him, and tons of women in scantily clad clothing trying to court the other people on the street. The hovercar came to a stop in front of a workshop called Gear Works. Mr. Diamond led Alex into the workshop were a large, muscular man stood behind the counter. When he saw Mr. Diamond a smile formed on his face and he walked around the counter and hugged him. Mr. Diamond explained the situation to the man who looked down at Alex and introduced himself as Chris Rose. Chris reassured Alex that nothing would happen to him while he lived there. Alex seemed to relax a little and soon wondered the workshop while Chris and Mr. Diamond continued to talk. He heard someone curse under their breath in the back. He slowly wandered into the back to see a woman in dirty overalls and a dirty tan shirt hunched over a mechanical sphere. There was a spark and the woman cursed again before she went back to fixing the sphere’s motherboard. Alex looked over her shoulder and watched as she tried to figure out why the motherboard refused to connect to the circuits within the sphere. Alex squinted and saw a flaw in her work and spoke up. The woman jumped and turned quickly to see who was behind her. Alex apologized for scaring her and introduced himself. The woman introduced herself as Rebel Rose, Chris Rose's daughter. Alex then told her the flaw in her work and suggested another way to fix the motherboard. She seemed a little annoyed with his suggestion but tried it anyway. To her astonishment his suggestion caused the sphere to boot up and come to life. Rebel cheered in excitement causing her father and Mr. Diamond to run in. She thanked Alex for his suggestion and began repairing the sphere. After Mr. Diamond said his goodbyes, Chris ordered out and the three had a feast of pizza, wings, and other greasy foods. Alex adjusted to his new life slowly, but he eventually found it easier to cope when he was in the workshop. He would take orders, accept jobs from the sketchy clients that came in and build robotic creations to be sold in the workshop. While there he also examined the tablet his parents gave him and would try to recreate the Zoo his parents were developing. Alex and Rebels friendship grew through the years as he helped out around the shop and eventually he let her in on his parent’s specs and notes. Eventually, Alex and Rebel started working together on the Zoo. Night after night the two slaved away trying to create Alex’s parent's vision. Inevitably Chris started to be unable to work in the shop because of his arthritis and an old back injury. He soon let Rebel and Alex take over the shop. The two happily agreed with his decision and took over the workshop. While they continued the tradition of taking orders and repairing robotics, they continued to work on the Zoo. Finally, after several years the two made a breakthrough. Late one night after Rebel had gone to sleep. Alex continued to work on the Zoo and during the night he created the first of many Zoo creatures. When Rebel woke the next morning, she went downstairs to open the workshop but stopped. She let out a scream which caused Alex to shoot awake and run from the workbench to the front of the store. Rebel screamed again and pointed at a large metal tiger that slept in the middle of the floor. Alex laughed and explained he made a breakthrough in the Zoo. Alex explained that the Zoo incorporates a new type of robotics his parents called Nanobots: Microscopic robots that can form a much larger robot. Kind of like how atoms make up our own world. Alex patted the tiger on the head and it suddenly melted and morphed until it became a small capsule the size of a person’s thumb. Alex then explained how he could create more Nanobots to create more creatures for the Zoo. To control the Zoo, Alex was able to break into his T-watches mainframe and reprogram it to allow the Zoo to be controlled by it. This was the second time Alex broke into his T-watch. The first was when he disabled the tracking device inside the watch so his parents couldn’t track his location. During his rebellious faze that lasted all of three months. Rebel closed the workshop as the two created more and more creatures the Nanobots could create. As the day turned to night Alex let out a sigh as he sat back in his chair. Rebel was amazed at how much they had done and quickly asked what the Zoo would be used for. Alex had known what he wanted to do ever since coming here. Chris was a gearhead, but also a prized MMA fighter in his younger years. Chris taught Alex everything he knew on days the shop was closed. Alex told Rebel he was going to make BTI pay for what they did to not only his parents but everyone who worked there. Rebel asked how he would do that since just walking through the front door was a stupid idea. Alex had thought of that too. He had done some research on Black Falcon City. What many people don’t know is that the city hides a dark secret. Within the confines was an underground bounty hunter ring. Alex would start out slow and work his way up until he could find a way to infiltrate BTI and make them pay. He knew there were many bounty hunter groups within the city, but Alex knew which one he’d join. It was a group called Fortune. The group was known for taking out crooked politicians, police officers, and other people in power who abused their positions. Alex knew this was the perfect group. Rebel was a little worried but supportive of his decision. Alex would continue to work for the shop and at times he’d go out to collect his bounty and then collect his pay. Many times it would be a slow week and he simply worked on robotic orders or travel to different counties to collect their orders. On the other hand, there are times where he’d be out for weeks going after bounties and collecting large sums of money. Because of his talents and his weapon of choice, the Zoo, Alex garnished the nickname: the Puppet Master. He didn’t mind the name and even grew to like it. Everything was going smoothly until the Heartless came. They put a wrench in his plan since they seemed to attack in waves and cause so much chaos that many of the bounty hunter groups, including his. Canceled any job and joined the fight in taking out these monstrosities. Alex hated the idea since it stopped his campaign against BTI, but when he saw the carnage the Heartless created. His tone quickly changed and he began to help try and destroy the Heartless. He found that BTI was even helping. They sent out their war Mechs and robots to try to destroy the Heartless. While battling the Heartless, Alex thought he could use their image and create robotic creatures like them to add to his Zoo. Granted, they wouldn’t have their powers, but having them might help. After each battle, Alex went back to the workshop to try and create mechanical Heartless. After a while, the Heartless hoard started to thin and many of the bounty hunter groups felt they were not needed for the battle. Alex’s group was one that still fought to protect people from the Heartless. For years he continued to fight along his fellow bounty hunters and even Robots of BTI. It seemed he’d never be able to get into BTI to get revenge for his parents. [/hider] Age: 32 Skills: because of his upbringing Alex is able to work with machines and robotics. since he trained with Chris, Alex is fluent in MMA style of fighting while also allowing his mechanical puppets to fight along with him. Weapons: The Zoo: capsules that contain the nanobots that can shift and change into Robotic animals [hider=Robotica: (Does not have yet)] [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee244/rexdarkheart/Weapons/Keyblades/arc_shell_by_daburninator-dacc42p_zpsigxn4dhs.png[/img] [/hider] Personality: Alex is a calculating individual who is always thinking. he usually watches his battles if he can record them and tries to find the flaws in them and try to better his battle strategy. He is a gearhead through and through and loves a good challenge when it comes to robotics and machinery. [hider=World Sheet] Name: Summary of History: Chrono started like any other world: it delved from the one true earth where light and darkness were kept in balance and in check. however, when that world was split. Chrono was created and started a new like a normal Earth would. as the world developed and changed, so did the creatures on its surface. soon monkeys and apes evolved into the early man known as Humanity. Humanity needed to evolve and adapt to survive. However, humanity on Chrono took adaption to a whole new level. They evolved like normal and went through the various phases: Renaissance, Bronze, Gold, and the like. It wasn't until the Industrial Revolution when humanity changed. Humanity continued to tinker and research, but soon blew past Seam and went full on into Robotics until finally, they created the first robot. Granted it was a mess of wires and metal plates, but still, in their eyes, it was a success. For years Scientist, robotic engineers, and the like tried to create the perfect Robot. Finally, after years of failure a small company created the very first fully functional AI robot. The company in question, Bionic Tech Industries was praised for their innovation and success. Soon BTI was a household name. They created robots, appliances, hover cars, and even the T-watch: A watch that had the capability to digitize and rematerialize objects. BTI Factories soon popped up all over the world creating jobs and security for all. Humanity could now sit comfortably as robots did the mundane tasks like house cleaning, store clerks, and even waged war for Humanity. Humans seemed to love war but hate the casualties. So they made human-sized and even mountain-sized robots called mechs fight for them. BIT seemed to be the perfect company with many awards under its belt. However, under the surface, BTI holds a dark secret that no one, not even its workers know about. The higher ups and the owner of BTI fear their machinery and engineering processes would one day be seen by the world and copycats would arise and steal their business. This paranoia caused them to create the lock strategy. It had each of its employees sign a waiver to not disclose any process within the factory while they worked for BTI. However, that wasn’t enough for the higher-ups. They began to target those retiring and kidnapped them and their closest family members. Once they obtained the employee and their families. They would dump them into a large vat of boiling sliver liquid and used that liquid to create their humanoid robots. BTI kept this a secret from the world and in turn continued to grantee newer, more innovative robotics It seemed all was great for BTI and the world itself. Humanity was in a state of bliss and it seemed nothing could threaten their livelihood. However, that all changed when Heartless appeared and began attacking Humanity. Humanity didn’t see the threat in the Heartless attack and simply programmed their robots to intercept the Heartless. However, with all their technological advancements and AI programming, it seemed the robots couldn’t put a dent in the Heartless Hoard. When one robot took a Heartless down, another three would take its place and sometimes a much larger Heartless would take its place. Nothing seemed to work against the Heartless, but Humanity wouldn’t quit and continued to fight back the Heartless using more advanced and destructive weapons. Important Nations (Great Powers, etc.): Black Falcon city, Star City (Homeplace of BTI) Overall Technology Level: High [/hider] [/hider]