Personality: V is the calmest, most stable member of the Tron family, to the point where he often seems cold and aloof, especially around people who aren't family. He's always been considerably calmer than his brothers, but most of the coldness showed up after Dr. Faker attempted to murder their father and he vowed revenge on the man. He also tends to be the most rational and logical out of the three brothers, following in his father's footsteps of seeing the world through a scientist's eyes and acting upon what's in his head more often than what's in his heart. This is most obvious at the end of his duel with Kaito; even though he desperately wants to win and feels he has to win, when it becomes obvious that there's nothing he can do to win, he accepts his defeat quietly and calmly.
His aloofness even reflects itself in his deck. V plays a Burn deck, which means a lot of cards that just inflict damage on the opponent and not a lot of monsters attacking, and a lot of cards to prevent the opponent's attacks from getting through. Even his Numbers card is a card that allows nothing to get near it and inflicts damage through effects rather than attacks. Like his deck, he doesn't like to allow anyone outside his family to get close to him so he won't be hurt by them later, and he tends to direct Tron's plans from behind the scenes, rather than going out and causing trouble himself.
However, under the aloofness and rationality is an extremely passionate, driven, angry young man who practically had his entire world destroyed, first when he thought his father had been killed, and then when his father came back as a hateful little boy who was only vaguely similar to how he'd been before. V was there on the trip where his father was "killed", and he was undoubtedly the closest to his father, so his "death" struck V the hardest. His actions from then on were motivated almost entirely by thoughts of revenge and hatred. He even threw away a close friendship that meant a great deal to him because he found out the boy he was friends with (Kaito) was Faker's son and he couldn't stand to be near him anymore.
V also has a bit of an ego and a ridiculous amount of pride. He often mocks his opponents for thinking they could possibly be a challenge or for being a waste of time during duels, and he seems to enjoy proving that he is better than them. He is a fairly good duelist, so it isn't entirely unfounded, but it does also make him seem more his age. When another duelist does manage to land a blow on him, he practically goes into a rage and all his rational, non-emotional thinking goes out the window. He's easily talked out of it again, but the potential is there.
Most importantly, though, is that V is fiercely loyal to his family, especially his father. All of the brothers are, really, but V is the only one of the three who has never wavered. He's absolutely devoted to Tron and does whatever he asks without question. The one thing guaranteed to piss him off other than an affront to himself is an affront to Tron, even if it's as simple as his brother talking back a bit. His anger and need for revenge are a direct result of being so devoted to his father.
He truly cares about his brothers too, although he does care for III a little more, because he's the youngest and not nearly as obnoxious as IV. When Tron gives an extremely dangerous card to III to help him win a duel, V is obviously concerned about it. He keeps his feelings about his brothers much closer to his chest than his feelings about Tron, however. And he is a bit more distant from them than they are from each other, because of time spent apart and he tended to hang out with his father a little more while he was still the right age anyway.
He also still cared about Kaito even while they were enemies, because he sees Kaito like a brother and bonds like that don't just go away. By they time they faced each other, he'd already even considered that it might be silly to hold a grudge against Kaito for something his father did (briefly considered, and then dismissed because he was angry and it was too late to back down anyway). While they were still enemies, this mostly manifested in taunting Kaito about the state Photon Mode was putting him in and then beating the crap out of him in a duel to get him out of the tournament and his duties of Numbers Hunting and taking care of his own brother, so he wouldn't have to suffer any more. (That sort of tough love is pretty par for the course for him too, because he used to beat the crap out of Kaito to make him a better duelist while he was still acting as Kaito's mentor.)
And then he lost his duel and got some sense knocked into him, and Tron lost his duel and...yeah, and Faker was forgiven and the Arclights could finally move on with their lives and leave anger and revenge behind them. Yay.
V is still pretty calm and aloof, but he isn't nearly as angry any more (there's still hurt there, because that's not going to heal instantly, but at least he can smile again) and he's a bit warmer toward people he considers friends. Just a bit, unless that friend is Kaito or his brothers. With them, he's comfortable enough for friendly banter and teasing and smiles that aren't just smirks. He still doesn't always agree with Kaito on the right move to make at times, but they're comfortable enough with each other that despite their history, those disagreements pose no threat to their friendship and they can quickly be set aside if needed or if they're just getting tired of arguing. Presumably, he's patched up his relationship with his brothers well enough too, because they've been able to spend a significant amout of time in a submarine without killing each other.
He'll never be the kind, almost friendly boy he used to be, but at least now he's actually happy again.
He's also become a bit overprotective of Yuma Tsukumo, which is pretty understandable since Yuma is the one who finally got through to Tron and helped the Arclights the most, and he's really the only friend III has outside his family, and he's only thirteen and has had to go through all sorts of crap, and he's just a rather likable person in general. V thinks quite a lot of him, but he doesn't like the idea of Yuma getting into more danger than absolutely necessary. Like using an untested device to travel through dimensions to an unknown world. Yeah, that's totally safe for a thirteen-year-old. V didn't even want Yuma to know about that possibility because Yuma would jump on the chance to go and that's dangerous.
In fact, V's gotten a bit more proactive too, because he was fully prepared to go through that device himself to help Yuma, despite the danger (in fact, it probably would have been even more dangerous for him to go). And he helped build the device in the first place. And he's the one who went out of his way to build the bracelets he and his brothers have so they could keep their powers. He still prefers working behind the scenes, but he's still out there doing things and isn't making his brothers do all the work anymore.
V can also be kind of a dork, usually by doing something so over-the-top it becomes ridiculous. There's a point when everyone is dueling on a roller coaster and he decides to stand up on his roller coaster car to attack his opponent, with a card that took him out in one turn without any hope of blocking it. Much as he doesn't always act like it, he is still only 20 years old and he has kind of a flair for the dramatic (much like his younger brother), though he'd deny it and be a little bewildered if anyone actually pointed that out to him.
Abilities: Powers: The Crest - Once upon a time, the Arclights had these shiny crests that appeared in various places on their bodies and glowed and gave them various powers like: -immunity to the influence of the Numbers cards -immunity to having their souls stolen -Teleportation via a kickass sort-of wormhole -(V) limited telekinesis (nothing heavier than himself, can't move anything too big too far or for too long without getting tired) -(V) limited mind control (only for short periods of time, easier on people who are already inclined to do what he wants) -(Tron/III) memory manipulation -(Tron) manipulation of his powers and others' (giving or taking them away) -(Tron) taking away other people's Numbers/souls -(Tron/III) direct contact with Astral beings (being able to see them and hurt them)
These crests were directly linked to the Arclight boys' souls, so if they exhausted themselves by losing a duel, they lost their souls to their father and fell into a coma. They probably would never have woken up again if Tron hadn't had some sense knocked into him and taken some pity on them. And that was supposed to be the end of it; Tron supposedly exhausted his powers after that and the boys had all lost theirs after losing their duels.
That wasn't the case, though. Tron kept his powers, and Chris invented a set of bracelets for himself and his brothers so they could tap into those powers and use them too (and not have them be connected to their souls this time). He also put in a video chat system, so they could communicate with each other. It's hard to tell just what powers were kept or what can be used now that they're spread among the four of them (they're probably just weaker, keeping the super-standard stuff and nothing else, but we're probably not going to find out either way any time soon), but the ones that have been hinted at or shown so far are: -teleportation (probably via the kickass wormhole, that's a pretty standard ability for anyone with these and similar powers) -immunity to the influence of the Numbers cards -force-shield to block effects of other people's powers
D-Gazer Tattoo - The D-Gazers are part of Zexal's newfangled way of dueling--instead of dueling with holograms, the D-Gazers connect wirelessly to create a world of artificial reality to duel in instead. The Arclights don't use regular, mechanical D-Gazers; instead, they have tattoos that form around the left eye that work like a D-Gazer instead. Nor are they the only ones. Because Zexal is silly like that.
Skills Chris assisted his father and Dr. Faker in their search for other dimensions when he was about 15, so he's pretty damn intelligent and has at least a passing knowledge of theoretical physics and applied physics (and seeing as his deck is space-themed, he probably has some interest in/knowledge of astrophysics as well). He also has some amount of programming knowledge/advanced computer skills--the world of Zexal is more advanced technologically than ours and has holograms and integrated artificial reality and Chris is able to manipulate both with ease. He also has some engineering knowledge, since he and Kaito designed and built an interdimensional transporter together. He is pretty much a science and math kind of guy.
He can also pilot a helicopter.
And he's also a top-tier duelist! Which basically amounts to being a good strategist.
Other: -Chris is 6"1" and weighs 150 lbs. Thank you, Astral, for the exact measurements. -He is a Rich Kid like whoa and has never lived in anything as small as a suburban house in his life (other than a submarine, but c'mon, who owns a submarine). Even when he was living with Dr. Faker and probably had almost nothing to his name, it was in a huge tower with tons of rooms and stuff everywhere. Living in a house with only two bedrooms will be an Experience.
It was a bit chilly when Chris reached the designated area and started setting up. Not too surprising, really; it was a little late in the year for it to be anything but chilly at night. It was just something that came with the territory. And anyway, it was always going to be colder when the sky was clear, like it was right now--clear and dark and scattered with stars. Not as dark or as starry was he would have liked, but it was hard to find anywhere completely devoid of light pollution here. At least it wasn't Heartland, but then, he could also leave Heartland to find a nice dark spot when he wanted.
Still this spot wasn't too bad. It had taken a while to figure out where it was darkest and furthest away from the brighter lights, and it often depended on what other people where up to that day. It had taken a while to actually get a telescope too, a good one that still wasn't too much trouble for one person to deal with, so there hadn't been much rush. Maybe it would have been nice to have everything ready a little earlier in the year...though he hadn't exactly arrived in the middle of the summer. It couldn't really be helped.
There's a very content look, almost a smile, on his face as he puts the last piece in place and runs his fingers over the cool metal casing. It's been a long time since he had a telescope of his own, too...of course, he could use Faker, while he'd been living there, but he'd generally been too busy, and the idea that Tron would have allowed such hobbies was laughable. He'd been too busy or upset for almost any hobbies for so many years...
Chris shook his head a couple times to get himself to stop thinking about that and sat down to start calibrating the telescope and lining it up with something interesting. He certainly wasn't busy now so he was going to enjoy it while he could. And anyway, he should probably have it set on something by the time someone else showed up. The post he'd made about this earlier had gotten a bit of interest, so there would probably be someone showing up soon. Kaito, at the very least, and maybe their other friends from home, although Chris was hoping they wouldn't be the only ones.
OTHER Housing Request?: With Kaito Tenjou, if at all possible. Did you read the rules and FAQ?: Yep. Would you like your application to be unscreened?: Y
Christopher Arclight | Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL | reserved
(Note: The wikia uses dub terminology, and I...don't, so tread with caution.)
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Vetrix_Family
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/V#Biography
Appearance:
he is 6'1" tall ★ his hair is amazing ★ his boots totally have heels ★ he has this shiny bracelet ★ he gets this mark on his face when he duels
Personality:
V is the calmest, most stable member of the Tron family, to the point where he often seems cold and aloof, especially around people who aren't family. He's always been considerably calmer than his brothers, but most of the coldness showed up after Dr. Faker attempted to murder their father and he vowed revenge on the man. He also tends to be the most rational and logical out of the three brothers, following in his father's footsteps of seeing the world through a scientist's eyes and acting upon what's in his head more often than what's in his heart. This is most obvious at the end of his duel with Kaito; even though he desperately wants to win and feels he has to win, when it becomes obvious that there's nothing he can do to win, he accepts his defeat quietly and calmly.
His aloofness even reflects itself in his deck. V plays a Burn deck, which means a lot of cards that just inflict damage on the opponent and not a lot of monsters attacking, and a lot of cards to prevent the opponent's attacks from getting through. Even his Numbers card is a card that allows nothing to get near it and inflicts damage through effects rather than attacks. Like his deck, he doesn't like to allow anyone outside his family to get close to him so he won't be hurt by them later, and he tends to direct Tron's plans from behind the scenes, rather than going out and causing trouble himself.
However, under the aloofness and rationality is an extremely passionate, driven, angry young man who practically had his entire world destroyed, first when he thought his father had been killed, and then when his father came back as a hateful little boy who was only vaguely similar to how he'd been before. V was there on the trip where his father was "killed", and he was undoubtedly the closest to his father, so his "death" struck V the hardest. His actions from then on were motivated almost entirely by thoughts of revenge and hatred. He even threw away a close friendship that meant a great deal to him because he found out the boy he was friends with (Kaito) was Faker's son and he couldn't stand to be near him anymore.
V also has a bit of an ego and a ridiculous amount of pride. He often mocks his opponents for thinking they could possibly be a challenge or for being a waste of time during duels, and he seems to enjoy proving that he is better than them. He is a fairly good duelist, so it isn't entirely unfounded, but it does also make him seem more his age. When another duelist does manage to land a blow on him, he practically goes into a rage and all his rational, non-emotional thinking goes out the window. He's easily talked out of it again, but the potential is there.
Most importantly, though, is that V is fiercely loyal to his family, especially his father. All of the brothers are, really, but V is the only one of the three who has never wavered. He's absolutely devoted to Tron and does whatever he asks without question. The one thing guaranteed to piss him off other than an affront to himself is an affront to Tron, even if it's as simple as his brother talking back a bit. His anger and need for revenge are a direct result of being so devoted to his father.
He truly cares about his brothers too, although he does care for III a little more, because he's the youngest and not nearly as obnoxious as IV. When Tron gives an extremely dangerous card to III to help him win a duel, V is obviously concerned about it. He keeps his feelings about his brothers much closer to his chest than his feelings about Tron, however. And he is a bit more distant from them than they are from each other, because of time spent apart and he tended to hang out with his father a little more while he was still the right age anyway.
He also still cared about Kaito even while they were enemies, because he sees Kaito like a brother and bonds like that don't just go away. By they time they faced each other, he'd already even considered that it might be silly to hold a grudge against Kaito for something his father did (briefly considered, and then dismissed because he was angry and it was too late to back down anyway). While they were still enemies, this mostly manifested in taunting Kaito about the state Photon Mode was putting him in and then beating the crap out of him in a duel to get him out of the tournament and his duties of Numbers Hunting and taking care of his own brother, so he wouldn't have to suffer any more. (That sort of tough love is pretty par for the course for him too, because he used to beat the crap out of Kaito to make him a better duelist while he was still acting as Kaito's mentor.)
And then he lost his duel and got some sense knocked into him, and Tron lost his duel and...yeah, and Faker was forgiven and the Arclights could finally move on with their lives and leave anger and revenge behind them. Yay.
V is still pretty calm and aloof, but he isn't nearly as angry any more (there's still hurt there, because that's not going to heal instantly, but at least he can smile again) and he's a bit warmer toward people he considers friends. Just a bit, unless that friend is Kaito or his brothers. With them, he's comfortable enough for friendly banter and teasing and smiles that aren't just smirks. He still doesn't always agree with Kaito on the right move to make at times, but they're comfortable enough with each other that despite their history, those disagreements pose no threat to their friendship and they can quickly be set aside if needed or if they're just getting tired of arguing. Presumably, he's patched up his relationship with his brothers well enough too, because they've been able to spend a significant amout of time in a submarine without killing each other.
He'll never be the kind, almost friendly boy he used to be, but at least now he's actually happy again.
He's also become a bit overprotective of Yuma Tsukumo, which is pretty understandable since Yuma is the one who finally got through to Tron and helped the Arclights the most, and he's really the only friend III has outside his family, and he's only thirteen and has had to go through all sorts of crap, and he's just a rather likable person in general. V thinks quite a lot of him, but he doesn't like the idea of Yuma getting into more danger than absolutely necessary. Like using an untested device to travel through dimensions to an unknown world. Yeah, that's totally safe for a thirteen-year-old. V didn't even want Yuma to know about that possibility because Yuma would jump on the chance to go and that's dangerous.
In fact, V's gotten a bit more proactive too, because he was fully prepared to go through that device himself to help Yuma, despite the danger (in fact, it probably would have been even more dangerous for him to go). And he helped build the device in the first place. And he's the one who went out of his way to build the bracelets he and his brothers have so they could keep their powers. He still prefers working behind the scenes, but he's still out there doing things and isn't making his brothers do all the work anymore.
V can also be kind of a dork, usually by doing something so over-the-top it becomes ridiculous. There's a point when everyone is dueling on a roller coaster and he decides to stand up on his roller coaster car to attack his opponent, with a card that took him out in one turn without any hope of blocking it. Much as he doesn't always act like it, he is still only 20 years old and he has kind of a flair for the dramatic (much like his younger brother), though he'd deny it and be a little bewildered if anyone actually pointed that out to him.
Abilities:
Powers:
The Crest - Once upon a time, the Arclights had these shiny crests that appeared in various places on their bodies and glowed and gave them various powers like:
-immunity to the influence of the Numbers cards
-immunity to having their souls stolen
-Teleportation via a kickass sort-of wormhole
-(V) limited telekinesis (nothing heavier than himself, can't move anything too big too far or for too long without getting tired)
-(V) limited mind control (only for short periods of time, easier on people who are already inclined to do what he wants)
-(Tron/III) memory manipulation
-(Tron) manipulation of his powers and others' (giving or taking them away)
-(Tron) taking away other people's Numbers/souls
-(Tron/III) direct contact with Astral beings (being able to see them and hurt them)
These crests were directly linked to the Arclight boys' souls, so if they exhausted themselves by losing a duel, they lost their souls to their father and fell into a coma. They probably would never have woken up again if Tron hadn't had some sense knocked into him and taken some pity on them. And that was supposed to be the end of it; Tron supposedly exhausted his powers after that and the boys had all lost theirs after losing their duels.
That wasn't the case, though. Tron kept his powers, and Chris invented a set of bracelets for himself and his brothers so they could tap into those powers and use them too (and not have them be connected to their souls this time). He also put in a video chat system, so they could communicate with each other. It's hard to tell just what powers were kept or what can be used now that they're spread among the four of them (they're probably just weaker, keeping the super-standard stuff and nothing else, but we're probably not going to find out either way any time soon), but the ones that have been hinted at or shown so far are:
-teleportation (probably via the kickass wormhole, that's a pretty standard ability for anyone with these and similar powers)
-immunity to the influence of the Numbers cards
-force-shield to block effects of other people's powers
D-Gazer Tattoo - The D-Gazers are part of Zexal's newfangled way of dueling--instead of dueling with holograms, the D-Gazers connect wirelessly to create a world of artificial reality to duel in instead. The Arclights don't use regular, mechanical D-Gazers; instead, they have tattoos that form around the left eye that work like a D-Gazer instead. Nor are they the only ones. Because Zexal is silly like that.
Skills
Chris assisted his father and Dr. Faker in their search for other dimensions when he was about 15, so he's pretty damn intelligent and has at least a passing knowledge of theoretical physics and applied physics (and seeing as his deck is space-themed, he probably has some interest in/knowledge of astrophysics as well). He also has some amount of programming knowledge/advanced computer skills--the world of Zexal is more advanced technologically than ours and has holograms and integrated artificial reality and Chris is able to manipulate both with ease. He also has some engineering knowledge, since he and Kaito designed and built an interdimensional transporter together. He is pretty much a science and math kind of guy.
He can also pilot a helicopter.
And he's also a top-tier duelist! Which basically amounts to being a good strategist.
Other:
-Chris is 6"1" and weighs 150 lbs. Thank you, Astral, for the exact measurements.
-He is a Rich Kid like whoa and has never lived in anything as small as a suburban house in his life (other than a submarine, but c'mon, who owns a submarine). Even when he was living with Dr. Faker and probably had almost nothing to his name, it was in a huge tower with tons of rooms and stuff everywhere. Living in a house with only two bedrooms will be an Experience.
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First Person:
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Third Person:
It was a bit chilly when Chris reached the designated area and started setting up. Not too surprising, really; it was a little late in the year for it to be anything but chilly at night. It was just something that came with the territory. And anyway, it was always going to be colder when the sky was clear, like it was right now--clear and dark and scattered with stars. Not as dark or as starry was he would have liked, but it was hard to find anywhere completely devoid of light pollution here. At least it wasn't Heartland, but then, he could also leave Heartland to find a nice dark spot when he wanted.
Still this spot wasn't too bad. It had taken a while to figure out where it was darkest and furthest away from the brighter lights, and it often depended on what other people where up to that day. It had taken a while to actually get a telescope too, a good one that still wasn't too much trouble for one person to deal with, so there hadn't been much rush. Maybe it would have been nice to have everything ready a little earlier in the year...though he hadn't exactly arrived in the middle of the summer. It couldn't really be helped.
There's a very content look, almost a smile, on his face as he puts the last piece in place and runs his fingers over the cool metal casing. It's been a long time since he had a telescope of his own, too...of course, he could use Faker, while he'd been living there, but he'd generally been too busy, and the idea that Tron would have allowed such hobbies was laughable. He'd been too busy or upset for almost any hobbies for so many years...
Chris shook his head a couple times to get himself to stop thinking about that and sat down to start calibrating the telescope and lining it up with something interesting. He certainly wasn't busy now so he was going to enjoy it while he could. And anyway, he should probably have it set on something by the time someone else showed up. The post he'd made about this earlier had gotten a bit of interest, so there would probably be someone showing up soon. Kaito, at the very least, and maybe their other friends from home, although Chris was hoping they wouldn't be the only ones.
OTHER
Housing Request?: With Kaito Tenjou, if at all possible.
Did you read the rules and FAQ?: Yep.
Would you like your application to be unscreened?: Y