oh yeah there's also this fool

[hider=he knows nothing][list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Arthur Howell
[*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: (almost) 19
[*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Male
[*][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]: 
[img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c5/b5/75/c5b575cdb5274c675e0819614a7d1d84.jpg[/img]
[indent]What did you expect, honestly? He's a reasonably fit kid doing a gap year. He's reasonably fit. Dresses fairly conservatively most of the time. Big, expressive eyes. Adorable kid.[/indent]

[*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]:
[indent]Arthur is a friendly, inquisitive young man with a fairly extroverted disposition towards social interactions. Despite that, he's not always the [i]best[/i] at them, something he's fairly well aware of—most people don't follow along well when he starts off on his own little anecdote in response to one of theirs, trying to establish a connection. And they [i]definitely[/i] struggle once they make the mistake of talking about something he's interested in, because if he gets carried away, he just won't stop.

Of course, he's aware of that, he's working on it, so most of the time he ends up staying more quiet than he might want to. Still, though, he's off on a nice vacation, he plans to enjoy it, and maybe make some new friends that he can keep up with on Skype after he goes back to the USA![/indent]

[*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]:[list][*][u]Good With Tech:[/u] Yeah, he's been around computers basically his entire life, so it's no surprise that he's pretty decent with them, knows how to research on the internet, all of that. Good with smartphones and stuff too! And all the other normal modern conveniences of life.

[*][u]Amateur Boxer:[/u] He goes to a boxing gym back home. Dove into it harder than before for his gap year before going on this trip—he even took second place when the three gyms back home held an amateur tournament amongst themselves! Isn't that great?

[*][u]Quick Thinker:[/u] Does logic puzzles for fun sometimes. Usually pretty good at picking the big picture out of the little details, doesn't have much trouble coming up with a plan. Unless it's about what to go and eat. Really, way too many interesting options in this place.

[*][u]Fast Reader:[/u] Yeah, he reads a lot.

[*][u]Good Driver:[/u] Gotta keep those insurance premiums low, you know? Unfortunately he can't drive in Japan still.[/list]
[*][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]:
[center][u]Quality of Circuits:[/u] D
[u]Quantity of Circuits:[/u] A
[u]Elemental Affinity:[/u] Earth
[u]Attribute:[/u] Conversion[/center]
[list][*][u]General Magecraft:[/u] He's technically capable, though he doesn't know it. Who knows what he might learn with a little help?
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[*][b][u]Assets:[/u][/b]
[list][*][u]Laptop and Smartphone:[/u] Very important. Arthur's lifelines to his family back home, as well as the only things really enabling him to get around day to day in Japan without too much trouble—yeah, he learned a bit of Japanese, but not enough. Google translate is really important.
[*][u]Trust Fund:[/u] He's got no clue who his dad is, but the way his mom tells it, before the man disappeared entirely during her pregnancy they decided on his name and his dad eventually set up a trust fund for the kid to be able to use once he turned 18. It's how he was able to take a gap year, and now take this vacation to Japan.[/list]
[*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]:
[indent]Back before he was born, Arthur's mother—a fairly well-to-do IT specialist for a mid-sized company in Colorado—got involved in a short-term fling with who she thought was some travelling tech mogul that took a shine to her one day when they met at Winter Park Ski Resort over the holiday season. It was silly, no doubt, but they were both in their mid-twenties, having a fun time and acting like they didn't have anything to care about. Of course, they didn't always make the best decisions—and by the end of the holidays, she turned out to be pregnant. The "entrepeneur" she was with didn't care to remain around, she wasn't willing to leave, but she also wasn't willing to terminate. So, they settled somethings about the child yet to be born, and he left to go back home.

Some time after that, Arthur was born. He had a simple, relatively average middle class childhood, other than being the product of a single mother who would never speak to anyone about his father. He did decently well in school, he was in the Gifted program, he didn't have a ton of close friends but he got along well with everybody. Good ACT and SAT scores, good GPA. Of course, once he graduated, his mother broke the news to him—while she still wouldn't tell him who his father was, she [i]did[/i] reveal that he had set-up a trust fund in a fixed trust for his son, with his mother as the trustee. As he grew up the assets in the fund essentially covered child support payments and gave a nice boost for their lifestyle, but it was to be turned over to him once he finished primary school.

Given that he hadn't exactly been sure that he wanted to go to college immediately after graduating high school, the news was very welcome for Arthur. The amount was such that just living off of the dividends would provide him a comfortable middle class income if he didn't even decide to work, though he wasn't so lacking in ambition as to just choose that option. However, he [i]did[/i] choose to use it to take a gap year, and to pay for a personal trip to go and explore Japan in the weeks surrounding his birthday.

Of course, little did he know, his father was a magus, and against his father's hopes, he'd inherited that aptitude. Moreover, the rebuilt Holy Grail recognized his presence and bloodline, even if it was unknown to him, just in time for the newest Holy Grail War.[/indent][/list][/hider]