lucas silva tavares reis
HALF-HEARTED HERO
Honorably discharged ex-Army ordnance officer who lost two of his limbs due to an accident that had nothing to do with the war he'd enlisted into, Lucas is typically viewed as having a cheery disposition and widely naive optimism despite his experiences. He turned his unfortunate circumstance of being a leg and arm out of functionality into a career to change the face of prosthetics, dedicating his time and knowledge of engineering into designing functional and attractive artificial limbs. He moved to Ashdown when his company decided to open a new office, choosing to commute rather than live in the chaos of the big city.
FAILURE IS AN OPTION
Lucas relies on his stubborn optimism to tell himself he's in this business to help others who have suffered in accidents or tragedy and most days, that's good enough.
The truth is, his foray into prosthetics was a self-inflicted punishment, to remind himself of his own failure as a soldier and human being for the rest of his life. He is a careful creature of habit and routine in his daily life to the point it wont allow him to try something new. He's so afraid of coming up short at a "normal" life that he'd rather not put himself out there and risk failure -- or success. He's unable to look beyond the obvious position or to expand his skills because what if he fails again? It's unthinkable. It's undoable. And so he exists in his bubble of patting himself on the back in service to others to mask his own insecurity and validate himself. That mentality has bred a side effect of martyrdom: he may not make a move to take a risk for himself, but he'd take a bullet for a random on the street without hesitation.
Spontaneity in his life, however, is beyond him. If a dinner date isn't planned more than a few hours in advance, he 'can't make it.' If someone shows up at his door unannounced, there's a 60% chance he just wont answer it. Weekend plans not made at least a week beforehand will delicately and regretfully be rejected. It makes being friends with him a matter of walking on eggshells at times, which means he's had plenty of people enter and leave his life in a series of Who Wants To Deal With This, Really?, and makes the idea of any personal relationship nearly impossible. His family has learned to quietly suffer his ways while he wades through his day as if each corner and turn is another opportunity to avoid.
LINKED IN
Lucas has an impressive network of acquaintances and friends - and they always seem to have what he needs. Plumbing problems? He knows a guy. Need a place to crash for the night? A friend of a friend has an open couch he can use. Emergency small loan? His neighbor (that isn't Thorne cough) had a good tax return and has him covered.
ANYTHING ELSE?
- 31, debatable 6', Brazilian (dark skinned), collar bone length coal hair typically in a ponytail or half-tail, square jaw with well trimmed facial hair, million dollar smile, kind pale eyes (idk color, artist can decide XD).
- Aimless. He has his work but he doesn't know what he wants out of the future.
- Big family back west. Skypes them when he can.
- Doesn't care for nicknames, but answers to Luca and Rei.
- Gym rat, wont let himself fall out of fighting shape.
- He went to school on Army tuition to further his engineering knowledge, but after a handful of rejections for work after, he didn't pursue it.
- Lost his left leg (knee-down) and his right arm from his shoulder when on deployment: the humvee he'd been in hit a ditch and flipped. Wears a realistic leg prosthetic but an untreated arm one (example, example); he has a realistic arm one for 'special occasions' but mostly laughs about it being 'too designer' for him to be able to 'swap out limbs.' Also had a metal plate screwed in his jaw to set the broken bone but it's not noticeable unless he walks through a metal detector.
- Polyglot. Speaks English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French and a smattering of Arabic.
- Resident of Ashdown for half a year, still considers himself 'new' to the place.
(( I MEAN. HE'S GONNA BE IN THE META, SO. FIGURE APPROVAL MIGHT BE GOOD.
Also idk if he's supposed to have a power or not, given he's a shifter, but. JUST IN CASE. o/ ))
