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17     -     #6495ed     -     Blue Ranger     -     Carefree tech wiz     -     5 ' 10 "     -     FC: Xolo Mariduena

I've had the highest mountains,
I've had the deepest rivers,
You can have it all,
But life keeps moving 

how would you describe their personality?

Matteo is curious by nature, but he's also someone who lives life from moment to moment, never worries too much about what might happen or what could happen. Too often is it that people stress about the mistakes about what they might make in a year or now if they don't study for this test or apply for this college now. While he understand that fear, life is too short to worry about what ifs. He chooses to stay in the now, live life as if you could die at any moment after the one you're living right now. 

To those close to him, they know him to be a calm and collected young man. His family knows him to be immensely curious about all things, not just machines and the parts that make them up but life itself. Curious about the world is unraveling around them. He will never not wonder how he can help people and in his neighborhood, he tries to do that using the knowledge he has. There are more ways he could help, part of him knows this, but he hasn't found the questions nor the answers or any cheat sheets to help him understand it. All he knows is he feels like he can do more. He just doesn't know what.

Matteo only knows what he can do and that's help ease the stress of day to day things his people might have: broken ac, computer has a virus, ways to avoid getting charged from PG&E this month because they can't afford it. Matteo just wants to help and he's always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone that needs it.

what has their life in Angel Grove been like?

Not just Matteo himself, but the Rosales clan has been a mainstay in Angel Grove for close to 50 years. His great grandparents laid down roots and for generations, his family has held down the same home in their corner of Angel Grove. By all rights, they are what most would consider lower middle class. And Matteo is just the oldest of the current generation of Rosales men. 

Since an early age, there's always been two things about him that stood out: his ingenuity and not just the desire to do good but willing to act on that desire. Sometimes this put a target on his back, but his parents always made sure he had the tools and skills to contribute to those desires. Whether this was making sure he knew how an engine worked as early as he could or when he started showing an intelligence and general curiosity for all things electronic, how to put together a computer that would evolve into curiosities that only he could teach himself. But sometimes the way he has always been would put another target on his back. People fear what they don't understand, so naturally every few years, bullies target him. It even got to the point where his charm and willingness to not escalate the issues wouldn't work and his Uncle Marco suggested he learn how to defend himself.

Matteo hated confrontation. In fact, he always avoided it if he could but he was also not a coward. Danger didn't scare him but he didn't have much common sense about it to begin with, so of course when his uncle suggested that he said yes immediately. For two years now he has been taking karate lessons and hasn't had to deal with a bully since. 

what can they do? what are they good at?

Matteo, for as long as he could remember, has always been good at fixing things. Maybe it's because of his upbringing: one side of his family (his mother's), there's a long line of mechanics and car enthusiasts that helped him understand vehicles. He even learned how to take apart and put back together an engine before he was seven (with help, of course). On the other side (his father's), where the Rosales name comes from, is a collection of engineers of varying types, but his father is an electrical engineer who also loves to work on computers, so naturally some of the knowledge fell Matteo's way. Because of this, he's acquired some useful knowledge in being able to take apart not just cars but computers too and has a working knowledge of some electrical systems.

Curiosity is one of his strongest traits. He's not a cat so it won't kill him, but he loves to know how things work. He has gone through a lot of trial and error but with his knowledge, he has won several science fairs and uses his knowledge to help however he can. A lot of his neighbors call him instead of actual electricians because they can be expensive.

Aside from that, he has been taking karate lessons for about two years now. Long story short, he had a bully problem and nothing was being done with his approach, so his Uncle Marco on his father's side, teaches Karate at the community center, so Matteo has been taking classes there three times a week. He likes to think he's good enough to hold his own.

how would they react to danger?

Depends on the kind of danger. Life-threatening tends to ward him away but Matteo also wouldn't hesitate to help anyone who needed trouble. But there's also the curiosity in him to see what actually is causing this danger. The desire to know what it is and do what he can to help will always win the battle against common sense.
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