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Name: Mikhail Cozart[/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Alias: Michael[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Age: 16[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Birthday: 31, October, 1999[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Gender: Male[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Sexual orientation: Heterosexual[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Height: 5'8"[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Weight: 139 lbs[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Special characteristics: Mikhail actually makes a conscious effort to ensure that he doesn't have any features that could somehow cause him to stand out amongst a crowd. He absolutely detests the idea of getting tattoos for himself, as that's one of the easiest ways to be identified and can be remembered by a stranger even in passing. If any scars mark his pale skin (which they don't) he makes the conscious effort to conceal them underneath his clothing if possible.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Appearance: Mikhail is a young man with short blonde hair and dim yellow eyes. He wears a black brown-ish zipper-less hoodie with a white inside, that has black dots running vertically down the inside of his hood when being worn. These dots are mirrored by white dots on the outside. Underneath it, tucked into his pants, is a light brown shirt with long sleeves that he rolls up to his elbows. His blue denim pants are worn with a brown belt and are tucked into black strapped boots that reach to about half the height of his shins.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Personality: Mikhail outwardly has an unfocused, aloof personality and a constant smile on his face. Because of these traits, many people tend to underestimate him in many facets of life.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Unbeknownst to many, this personality is one that he has purposely taken on in order to allow dabbling in the shadier aspects of life to be that much easier. Those with an intimidating or shady personality were usually the ones that were remembered as threats and ratted out to the authorities quickly. It didn't take much observation on Mikhail's part to realize this and decide that he'd rather go a different route. Of course, one could always simply fight their way through any sort of danger that could come through a life of illegal actions, but taking on a new persona in order to fool his victims seemed to be more up Mikhail's alley. With a less assuming personality and presence about himself, many people fail to pay attention to the young man. This allows him much more freedom in the actions he chooses to take on.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Inwardly, Mikhail's personality is entirely different. This aloof, unfocused, easy going personality that Mikhail radiates hides an intelligent, cold, and calculating persona that he keeps in check. While Mikhail is simply laughing with you regarding a joke you've just told, inside he may simply be sizing you up and using all the information he's been acquiring on you in the brief exchange to form an opinion on the valuables you might have hidden away at home.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Once forced into confrontation, Mikhail has a tendency to be merciless when it comes to dispatching any threat to himself or his comrades. Because of this, he usually doesn't entertain the concept of a fight unless the situation is serious. For example, Mikhail would never fight someone over mere insults. If someone is threatening one of his friends or companions, then he'd trust them to handle their own affairs. If they weren't capable of at least handling themselves then Mikhail wouldn't be associated with them to begin with. Jumping into the affairs of others has never been something Mikhail has liked doing - but should things appear grim for his companion he'd begrudgingly offer his assistance.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
[BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Likes:[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- [BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Risk - There's nothing more thrilling than staking everything you have on a whim, and hoping that the skills you've honed are enough to see you through the rest of the way.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- [BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Adventure - A life of boredom is something that Mikhail simply can't fathom.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- Lying - Lying is one of the most interesting things that Mikhail ever finds himself doing. Lies are able to mold and control the actions of others with nothing more than simple words, and this is something that Mikhail has crafted into an art form. To Mikhail, lying is simply a means to an end - that "end" being whatever he wants it to be based on the lie he has decided to tell.
- Carving out his own success - This was the entire reason Mikhail decided to leave his family behind and strike out on his own. Even though he'd been born into a life of wealth and esteem, Mikhail never liked the thought of living off the back of someone else's accomplishments. With only one life to live, Mikhail would rather attempt to make his own go at success
[BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Dislikes:[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- Babbittry - Mikhail feels as though people should always strive for more in any category of their life. He detests people who are simply content with mediocrity in any facet of their life.
- Long-winded conversation - Though Mikhail employs this tactic when he's attempting to fish information out of a mark, he doesn't exactly like it when this same tactic is used against him. These types of conversations equate to something that will eventually become boring to him, and as such he will attempt to separate himself from whomever or whatever is causing this conversation as quickly as possible.
- Getting too close to people - With the way that Mikhail lives his life, getting too close to others has become a risk that he doesn't exactly find worth the rewards. It's very rare for Mikhail to actually let someone close to him. The most he might do is simply give the other person the illusion that they've become great friends while mentally keeping them at a distance.
[BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Skills:[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- Perceptive and deceptive: Mikhail is able pick up information by various methods such as interacting with people or just observing them. Coupled with the fact that he's a great liar, ferreting out what he wants is something he excels at.
- His extremely analytical mind is able to study situations and attempt to work out how to turn them to his advantage, as well as prioritize tasks to maximize his efficiency.
- Keeping up with large amounts of miscellaneous information in the hopes that a piece of that information could apply to a mark, allowing him start up a conversations that they'd be extremely interested in. (i.e., Mentioning "last night's game" to a mark that Mikhail knows is a sport's fan)
- A plethora of shady skills suiting the hoodlum that he is: Sleight of hand, sneaking, picking pockets and locks alike with his nimble fingers; all of these are as easy to him as riding a bicycle is for normal people.
- Using tech (Computers, mobile phones, etc)
- Keeping up with basic self defense, as well as being able to maintain his peak physical conditioning.
[BCOLOR=transparent][BCOLOR=transparent]Fears:[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
- Being imprisoned - Though Mikhail has no problem with taking chances while attempting to attain his goals, that doesn't mean he doesn't fear some of the consequences that may come along the way.
- Dying a bit too early - Mikhail doesn't fear death, nor does he fear the act of dying - especially if it occurs while he's living his life in the way that he chooses. But one thing that he does fear is dying before he can get what he wants.
- Roaches - This one doesn't exactly need an explanation...they're gross and make Mikhail scream internally.
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[BCOLOR=transparent]History: [/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]Born as the fifth of six children born into the wealthy and esteemed Cozart bloodline, Mikhail had a future that most would would have probably killed for. His future was one that was basically assured to be an easy life; giving him the ability to live a life of high esteem and indulgence - yet, as the years rolled by Mikhail began to despise his lot in life. Whenever he expressed his concerns with any of his siblings, they'd simply laugh them off - thinking him far too fanciful for even considering a life outside of the one they knew.
Despite this, the thoughts of living life on his own accord where the next day could be your last was something he simply couldn't get out of his mind, and each time he'd hear the news and the exploits of Cartel's running amok or "King Pins" taking what they wanted out of life, these ideas were even further cemented in the head of this young man. A life of privilege certainly had its perks (learning at the finest schools, having access to any material item you could imagine, and partaking in the finest of food and drink), but being able to forge one's own destiny and create their own fortune through chance was something Mikhail found more exciting.
With all of these thoughts in mind, Mikhail finally found it within himself to talk his parents into letting him live on his own at the age of fifteen. He convinced his parents that this was something that would give him a new outlook on life and truly see just how lucky he was to live the way he did. He told them that he'd get himself a job and work while going to school. His parents agreed to this and decided to help pay the rent for his apartment while his job provided for everything else. However, unbeknownst to the family the "job" that Mikhail had jumped into was throwing himself completely into the criminal element.
He continued to go to school as normal in order to keep the truancy officers away, however, once the school day was over Mikhail made his way over to the other side of the tracks in order take part in small jobs that certain crews would have available. These jobs would sometimes include delivering packages of illegal substances, assisting in thefts, breaking and entering, gathering information for certain crews. The list of illegal offenses were certainly long, and even though they weren't anything spectacular, the real goal was in making connections. He wanted to get to know the "big fish", and if you wanted to get to know those people you needed to start at the bottom. With school being the only thing taking up his time since his rent was being taken care of by his parents and the money he'd gain from these small jobs being enough to take care of food or any other needs he had, it didn't exactly take long for him to begin moving quickly up the ranks...until his 16th birthday.
For a long time in his life, Mikhail had been dealing with subtle issues with his health. The first occurrences just being simple headaches which were able to easily be explained away. Every now and then he'd also find himself dealing with small bouts of dizziness, which he could also explain away by telling himself he simply "worked" too hard. All of this finally came to a head during one of his jobs. He'd been hired by a crew to break into the home of one of their own and plant a few bugs.
The crew member in question had been seen by others to be conversing with the authorities, and the crew wanted to know the situation. Not being a group of people that simply wanted to kill their "brother" over a misunderstanding, they wanted to bug his home to see if they could come up with anything that implicated him in snitching on them.
After the job had been completed, Mikhail was attempting to make his way back to the crew to let them know the job had been taken care of, but in an instant Mikhail found himself face first on the pavement about six blocks from the home he'd just been in. Whatever illness had struck him, it had been enough to send his body into an almost instant coma.
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Superpower: Mikhail possesses photographic reflexes, which enables him to watch physical movements and duplicate them without practice, no matter how complex. This ability is only limited by the fact that he does not possess superhuman strength or other superhuman attributes that would add to the physical abilities he gains by way of his photographic reflexes. As well as photographic reflexes, Mikhail also holds the abilities of both photographic memory and immaculate voice impersonation, yet, these two abilities wouldn't be initially available to him at the start.[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Weaknesses: One weakness that Mikhail holds is that his superpower doesn't exactly give him access to superhuman attributes. Though he's able to remember and mimic physical movements, reflexes, information, and perfectly replicate voices he doesn't hold the ability to replicate other superhuman qualities. If a person he's facing held the ability to manipulate an element, Mikhail wouldn't be able to mimic this ability. However, the most severe weakness of this power is one that Mikhail himself frequently forgets. In order to take in so much information, one must make room for it all. Because of this, whenever Mikhail allows himself to take in an entire skill set (for example, learning Karate by way of his ability) he has to make room for all of this information by erasing other memories. The memories that can be erased can be other skill sets, or memories that most would deem precious or very important. Though, the memories that can potentially lost aren't memories that would hinder Mikhail's ability to live (for example: losing memories of how to walk, how to use the bathroom, and other obvious things that would probably be hilarious to RP forgetting but would obviously allow Mikhail to know there's a serious problem).[/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
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[BCOLOR=transparent]Other: He's better than you [/BCOLOR][/BCOLOR]
