[hider=Aleksandr "Sasha" Leonidov][CENTER][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/fad55898-a126-4ae2-b247-85dd2be8a6d5.png[/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCnBrrnOefs[/youtube][/CENTER] [i][color=orchid]"They call me 'Encore' because once I'm done, they're always clamoring for more."[/color][/i] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f1fc96ee-529b-4b58-99a8-f5fa7a183a1b.jpg[/img] [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [sub]Aleksandr Anatolyevich Leonidov ⫻ Bee Encore He/him (she/her in drag) [b]|[/b] 47 [b]|[/b] Russian American [b]|[/b] 5'10'' [b]|[/b] 170 lbs [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] Extravagance. [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] Skills & Talents[/sub] [i][color=orchid]"It's hard work being this fabulous, darling."[/color][/i] [sup]___________________________________[/sup][/center][hider=Skills] [sub][b]Acting (Drag) ⫻[/b] Experienced in creating and maintaining a(n extravagant) persona, as well as doing improvisation, stand-up routines, dancing and lip-syncing. [b]Sewing/dressmaking ⫻[/b] Experienced in making his own stage costumes, wigs and dresses from scratch, and altering them as needed. [b]Stage makeup ⫻[/b] Experienced in doing his own stage makeup. With the right tools and enough time, could make someone unrecognizable, although very flashy-looking. [b]Bilingual ⫻[/b] Fluent in both English and Russian.[/sub][/hider] [/cell][cell][sub][b] Appearance[/b][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i][color=orchid]"Whoever this 'other me' is, he needs better taste in clothing."[/color][/i] [indent]Sasha's Kindle Counterpart is incredibly similar to his original body, save for a few minor differences. They have the same pale, yet warm skin tone, and the same lean build, though his Counterpart's is slightly more muscled, as if he did a bit more regular exercise. His hair, once a very dark brown, is now mostly grey. He keeps it cropped very short, in a low-maintenance, functional style, and his hairline has receded quite a bit. His eyes are dark, almost black, and his gaze can be quite intense when he's focused. Wrinkles have started appearing on his face, especially crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. At 5'10'', Sasha is of perfectly average height. He has no visible scars or piercing, unlike his original body, where he had pierced earlobes and regularly wore earrings. He also has a tattoo of a black cat lounging and playing with yarn across his side which he did not have back in Shadow. Sasha has a preference for loose, flowing clothing, floral patterns and pastels. Blouses, wide cut pants, and dresses are all part of his usual wardrobe, mixed with the usual t-shirts, polo shirts, jeans and vests. To his great displeasure, his Counterpart seems to have mostly favored comparatively drab dress shirts, hoodies and jeans. Far from fabulous, in his humble opinion. [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table][sub][b] Psychology[/b][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i][color=orchid]"Oh, малышка, don't cry, and tell Auntie Sasha who hurt you..."[/color][/i] [INDENT][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b] Sasha had it all: steady, fulfilling work, a loving husband, close friends, good health, no debt... Now that he's been thrown into this life that is not his, in a world working under unfamiliar rules, all he wishes to do is to get back home. [b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b] The world can be a dreadfully boring place sometimes. He's just trying to bring a little bit of wonder and whimsy back into it. The performance arts are a perfect way to do it, and there is no performance art more [i]fabulous[/i] than drag, no? [b]SECRETS ⫻[/b] While he doesn't exactly try to [i]hide[/i] it, Sasha doesn't really advertise the fact that he grew up in the USSR either. Despite ending over 30 years ago, the Cold War has left its mark on the American people, and they don't always take it well. Luckily, while his name and accent usually out him as Russian right away, most people don't do the math and don't realize that with his age, that would mean being born in the Soviet Union. [b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b] Bisexual. Sasha doesn't discriminate: if they're hot, they're hot. He's currently in a very committed relationship, but being off the dating market won't stop him from playfully flirting with others from time to time. [b]FEARS ⫻[/b] Most of all, Sasha fears losing the life he worked for, and the people he loves. Waking up in Kindle was the materialization of all those fears. [b]REPUTATION IN SHADOW ⫻[/b] Bee Encore is a well-known queen in the drag scene, though nowhere even [i]near[/i] the mainstream superstars [i]à la[/i] RuPaul. She's been active for nearly two-and-a-half decades at this point, and has mentored many an upcoming queen. Sasha was well-liked and respected by the scene, but people outside of that whole culture sometimes found him a bit too odd, flamboyant, or effeminate for their taste. [b]FLAWS ⫻[/b] Sasha has a strong vindictive streak, and [i]will[/i] hold a grudge for any sufficiently grave perceived offence against him or people he cares about. He's also incredibly nosy, which has gotten him into trouble more than once. He tends to act a little bit too familiar with people a little bit too quickly as well. [/INDENT] [sub][b] Backstory[/b][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i][color=orchid]"They say your college years are the best of your life. I say that if you really believe that, you need to learn how to have fun better!"[/color][/i] [indent]Aleksandr was born on January 18th, 1978, in Novosibirsk, Russia (then USSR). It was a difficult birth, and his mother sadly did not survive. Despite this early tragedy, he had a perfectly ordinary childhood, with no lack of anything. In 1991, though, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the adoption of a free-market economy, Sasha's father, a telecommunications engineer, lost his job. Faced with the incredibly rapid rise of the cost of living, he emigrated with his son to the U.S. in 1992, hoping to find better work. Sasha was 14 then. He adapted to living in a new country and speaking a new language, relatively well. Sure, some other kids and even adults weren't too sure about the new Soviet kid on the block, but he never faced social isolation or anything like that, and made plenty of friends too. After graduating high school, he started studying accounting. It was during this period that he began performing. He had discovered his bisexuality in late high school, and made some friends, who pushed him to try out drag. Turned out he had a knack for it. He created his drag alter-ego, Bee Encore, and scored a gig hosting the weekly bingo night at his local gay bar. He initially only meant for it to be a side-job to help pay off his degree, but Sasha quickly realized that while accounting could pay his bills, it would never be as fulfilling, as absolutely electrifying as stepping unto the stage, ready to dazzle his audience with his outfits and quick wit. As soon as he managed to find a gig that he could live off of, he dropped out of college, and dedicated his whole attention to his drag career. His father took his only son being a bisexual drag queen about as well as an older Eastern Orthodox man would in the early 2000s, which is not well. At all. The relationship between Sasha and his father broke down, and they became fully estranged. They would not communicate for the next two decades. Sasha met his husband, Connor, in late 2010. Sasha would always say it was "love at first sight" and that he "knew he met his soulmate" that day. Close friends knew they had both been incredibly drunk that evening, started arguing about music, and had almost started brawling over it. They got married on December 29th, 2012, as soon as same-sex marriage became legal in Maine. Now that he's approaching his 50s, Sasha had somewhat settled. His work was steady, he had friends and a loving husband, there were no real problem in his life to deal with... The only thing messing up the peace a bit, was a letter he'd recently received from his father. In his old age, he'd been apparently overcome with regret over cutting his only son out of his life, and tried to reach out. Sasha was still debating if he should respond and how when he went to bed that day. Then he woke up in Kindle.[/indent] [sub][b] Abstraction[/b][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i][color=orchid]"Ah, careful with those. Wouldn't want you to cut yourself open."[/color][/i] [indent][b]TYPE ⫻[/b] Adept [b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b] Red and purple Lux [b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b] [b]Glass Manipulation (Red) ⫻[/b] Can manipulate, move around and throw glass in a 5 meters radius, as well as remotely shatter lager panes of glass. Shards under his control can reach a maximum velocity of around 10 km/h. [b]Portal Creation (Purple) ⫻[/b] Can shatter through space to create portals linking two nearby locations together. Anything coming in from one end will come out the other as if no space separated the 2 endpoints. Sasha can also move around the openings after creation. [b]Through the Looking Glass (Mixed) ⫻[/b] Can create long-distance portals by anchoring each endpoint in a pre-existing mirror. The mirrors will still function and look like ordinary mirrors, but will also be linked, and Sasha will be able to pass objects through or even fully traverse himself. [b]LIMITS ⫻[/b] [b]Glass Manipulation ⫻[/b] Cannot manipulate shards of glass much bigger than his hand, unless he is trying to shatter a large pane of glass. Has a maximum manipulation capacity of about 30 pounds of glass. The closer a piece of glass is to his maximum control range, the less accurate and strong his control, and his max capacity is also diminished. [b]Portal Creation ⫻[/b] The portals are not especially huge, with a maximum size of about one person. Like anything shattered, the edges are jagged and sharp, and might injure anyone carelessly traversing through. The portals are not very long-lasting, and will close after about 2 minutes of being opened, or if Sasha ceases to maintain them. Has a maximum range of about 20 meters. [b]Through the Looking Glass ⫻[/b] The size of the portals is determined by the size of the anchoring mirror. The anchor will be destroyed if the mirror is destroyed, and will be moved if the mirror is moved. Sasha has to be present for the portals to be functionnal: other people, even allies, will not be able to use them if he is not there as an intermediary. Can only sustain about 3 pairs of linked mirrors. [b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b] (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU) [/INDENT] [sup][b] Other[/b][/sup] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i][color=orchid]"Что, черт возьми, происходит?!"[/color][/i] [indent]- His favorite movies are [i]Saw[/i] (2004) and [i]The Fifth Element[/i] (1997). - While he has a license, he is not a very good driver. - He can't stand the taste or smell of seafood. - His Kindle Counterpart is a professional clown, is unmarried, has not realized he's bisexual, and has "Dmitriyevich" as a patronymic. - Sasha's tattoo is of his Counterpart's late pet cat.[/INDENT][/hider]