[hider=Chise]
[center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/d0c0b7a0-92d3-418e-87bb-85b59ba3df3b.jpg[/img][/center]
[indent][u][b][color=396690]Name:[/color][/b][/u] Chise Nozaki

[u][b][color=396690]Age:[/color][/b][/u] 18

[u][b][color=396690]Gender:[/color][/b][/u] Male

[u][b][color=396690]Appearance:[/color][/b][/u] Chise stands 5'4" in height and weighs about 124lbs, making him relatively petite. Despite this unimposing stature though, he carries himself with a form of unthoughtful confidence that one might expect to see from an especially-airheaded lion. Chise, though, is far from a lion. Alongside his petite stature he possesses soft features, and nape-length, unkempt black hair that frames his face loosely. This dark hair is in direct contrast to his fair skin and bright, blizzard-blue eyes, which look surprisingly piercing once focused on something. Additionally, the only musculature to his frame appears in his legs, and only due to the fact that he enjoys running. The accumulation of his features, alongside the fact that Chise likes to wear loose, "fun" clothing, leave him appearring quite androgynous - as most aren't even sure of his gender until they ask - and even then, he occasionally has fun with a little fib.

[u][b][color=396690]Personality:[/color][/b][/u] Were one to describe Chise's personality in one phrase, they might use the term "Wildcard". While this may appear to be true to anyone but his closest friends, there is [i]some[/i] degree of nuance behind it. In truth, Chise does appear to have a care-free, bright disposition. He's very easily described as outgoing, and is often the most likely in a group to try and engage with others. He is a lover and proliferator of jokes and playful banter, and is always game for an adventure. It has been said by fellow students that one can rarely predict what Chise will do next.

Chise, however, is not one-dimensional. In fact, he is far more observative and thoughtful than one might think. One might even say he's [i]too[/i] thoughtful. Verily, he takes any current situation in which he finds himself, and dissects it piece-by-piece in the back of his mind, almost like breathing. This meticulously thorough predisposition, while sometimes useful, is in reality a safety mechanism and leads Chise to be, in truth, rather paranoid. He takes into account and tries to prepare himself for all possible outcomes or events that can occur with a situation - regardless of how unlikely they are. This leads Chise to be somewhat untrusting of others, and he tends to keep people at arms reach, even if he might seem to be outwardly chummy.

[u][b][color=396690]Skills:[/color][/b][/u]
[list][*]Quick-witted: Chise's mind is quick when it most needs to be. He's capable of thinking and reacting quickly to things others might not. His mind explores multiple avenues of possibility at any one time.
[*]Quick-footed: Chise's body is equally fast. He possesses a quick step, and while he's not particularly athletic, he is accustomed to running and feats of parkour; pasttimes of his.
[*]Physics nerd: While some might not see it as that useful, Chise is an absolute physics-nut. His grades in physics class have always been superb, and he readily sees ways in which any physics-based tasks can be engaged - which is quite useful for performing creative pranks.
[/list]
[u][b][color=396690]Equipment:[/color][/b][/u]
[list][*]Snacks (Gum, Pocky, Lollipops)
[*]Super-bouncy balls
[*]A small pocketknife
[*]Rubberbands, Glitter, Balloons ("prank items")
[/list]

[u][b][color=396690]Echo:[/color][/b][/u][list][*][u][color=c1cdcd]Name:[/color][/u] Providentia
[*][u][color=c1cdcd]Appearance:[/color][/u][hider=Providentia][url=https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f7dda0a0-cb10-4d41-b8d9-5ec6ccf80e4c.jpg][color=CDAD00]Coin[/color][/url]
[img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/1a71dab1-8376-4b9e-95d2-3251fc5bb15d.jpg[/img][/hider]
[*][u][color=c1cdcd]Abilities:[/color][/u] When manifested, Providentia splits into two pieces - the first being a coin through which a portion of Providentia's exceptional vision is imparted to the wielder - and the second being the main body of the Echo itself.[list][*]When looking through the coin, in a similar way as a monocle, it grants the wielder a weak spectral vision of what will happen at that specific spot a couple seconds ahead. The coin can be manifested seperately from the crow, and also works as a monocular.
[*]The main body of Providentia, the crow, possesses a stronger sense of future-sight, as well as the ability to fly, naturally. It also boasts good physical stats - but its abilities currently end there.
[/list][/list]
[u][b][color=396690]Brief Backstory:[/color][/b][/u] Even from a young age, Chise had little going for him. He was borne to a household in which he saw no mother, and the presence of his father did little to make up for it. The man was abusive, and Chise had little reasnoning as to why, even to this day. Despite the seeming lack of logic behind such treatment, Chise eventually began to adapt to the cruel reality he was dropped into. Over the years, he grew capable of escaping and sneaking past the various abuses he would otherwise endure.

This growth, however, didn't come without its own price. Many defense mechanisms were buried within him as he found his way to relative "safety". He changed - and, in truth, one can never know who he would have grown to be without such mechanisms and developed mannerisms. Nevertheless, even if he grew further from his father and the old man grew less interested in directly abusing him with age, the damage had already been done -- but Chise was an.. oddly joyous-seeming personality. Something that he, in the back of his psyche, recognized as a coping mechanism. But what reason had he to fight it?

Eventually, when he grew old enough, he made the decision himself to move in with his Aunt. And it changed everything for him. Well, almost everything - he still had his.. damages. But, hopefully.. that was all behind him now.

Having now lived with his Aunt for a bit over a year and a half, Chise has been able to pursue more and more things that make him happy as time goes on - and his grades have even gone up, too! Now though, he searches for something that really [i]uplifts[/i] him on a deeper level than shallow things like his current hobbies of parkour and playing dress-up.
[/indent][/hider]