KIKEONA, KEOKI ELLIOT

[ryanne]

* keoki e. kikeona ,

* start with basics ,
[ I'M SWIMMING IN THE SMOKE OF BRIDGES I HAVE BURNED ]

FULL NAME Keoki Elliot Kikeona

NICKNAMES Keoki, Keo

DATE OF BIRTH september eight

AGE twenty-one

GENDER rather male if I do say so myself

GRADE/YEAR junior

ELEMENT water

SEXUALITY straight like an arrow

MARITAL STATUS unmarried

* into the mirror ,
[ AGAINST MY WILL I STAND BESIDE MY OWN REFLECTION ]

CELEBRITY CLAIM michael trevino

EYE COLOUR piercing hazel-green

HAIR COLOUR dark

HEIGHT & WEIGHT 5 feet 3 inches, 142 lb even

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

sturdy: strongly built, stalwart, robust

Keoki's little. Give ya that much. Totally tipping the scales and topping the charts at a whopping 5 feet 3 inches and 142 pounds even, Keoki is... little. He's built like a gymnast, and that he is. But despite his size, Keoki's built strong. He's muscular and lithe, flexible and agile, with quick reflexes and sharp senses. He can pull his own weight - literally. Although the other guys his age have him beat size-wise, Keoki can lift more than most of them. He's got a rep for being able to squeeze anywhere - he's a bit of a contortionist, and he's known to be able to do crazy stunt things like triple backflips and stuff like that. He is a gymnast. Keoki's moves make him a wicked fighter and a formidable opponent, so don't get him mad. Besides that, though, Keoki has a wicked high pain tolerance and an undying endurance. He's kind of a tank, so watch out if you ever get in a fight with him. A little tank, but a tank nonetheless.

winsome: charming, attractive, pleasant

Keoki is, if you haven't noticed, rather pretty. Despite the... er... extremely attractive picture he's got up there representing him, he's quite the looker. With cropped and spiked dark hair, fair skin, and stop-and-stare radiant green-hazel eyes, Keoki is a good apple. It's the eyes that really catch most people, though. One of his more poetic friends has called them clay diamonds - soft, gentle, smiling, and easy, yet strong and alert and protective. They're pretty much just that. His eyes are the color of maple leaves after a light rain with a tinge of swirling coffee. It's hard to describe. Keoki's eyes are one-of-a-kind. They're hazel, but not hazel, and green, but not green. Point is, though, Keoki's a pretty boy.

scarred: marked with the aftereffects of trouble

Keoki has several scars across his body from when his father beat him, and he hates it when people see them. Good thing most of them are on his back and shoulders - if they were on his arms he'd have to wear long sleeves all the time, and that would definitely suck. Keoki's also got a swirling tattoo on his left shoulder of his mom's name, Alice.

CLOTHING STYLE Keoki kind of just wears things.

Um. Not really sure how to respond to that.

Anyway. Um. Keoki dresses in T-shirts and jeans most of the time; he avoid brand names on purpose because he thinks they're trashy. Well, he doesn't want to walk around with company names on his chest all the time. He sees no point in that being his whole wardrobe, so instead he opts for neon T-shirts (he has an army of them), jackets, and the occasional scarf, plus sneakers. His style isn't extremely notable except that he wears shirts that are brilliant - you can spot him from a mile away.

* deeper than skin ,
[ TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE INSIDE & THROW IT ALL AWAY ]

POSITIVE TRAITS

• a comedian and prankster; can make people laugh
  
• will go to crazy lengths to make people laugh (hiding under cars, assaulting his friends in flying tackles, et cetera)
  
• easygoing, lighthearted
  
• very strong sense of justice & compassion
  
• speaks his mind, stands up for what he believes in
  
• wickedly devoted & loyal; very protective of friends & those in need
  
• generous, kind, self-sacrificing
  
• passionate, doesn't back down, will die for a cause
  
• affectionate: wrestles / assaults / hugs / nudges friends
  
• open and genuine, immune to peer pressure
  

NEGATIVE TRAITS

• overprotective at times
  
• a little too devoted
  
• generous to a fault
  
• very private about past
  
• judgmental towards people he perceives as indecent
  
• claustrophobic
  

LIKES

• the sun, nature, & the outdoors
  
• animals
  
• food - especially Chinese
  
• decent, resilient girls
  
• looking out for his friends
  
• looking out for victims of bullying, crime...
  
• people who stand up for others & what they believe in
  
• gymnastics, horse riding
  
• writing, singing, theater, playing piano & guitar
  
• dancing
  
• laughing & making others laugh, esp. through jokes, insults, & pranks
  
• cookies
  

DISLIKES

• his father
  
• having nightmares about / flashing back to his beatings
  
• alcohol, alcoholics, bars
  
• anyone who hurts / doesn't look out for their family & friends
  
• indecent girls and guys; prostitutes; players
  
• injustice, bullying, disrespect
  
• people who try to make him eat vitamins (lolz)
  
• Barney and his dastardly minions the Tele Tubbies
  
• the dark, cold, and close spaces
  

STRENGTHS

• courageous, enduring
  
• lightens moods, optimistic
  
• comical, prankster, life of the party
  
• talented
  
• physically fit: can squeeze into small places, do crazy stunts
  
• shrewd, clever
  
• an amazing friend: loyal literally to the death
  
• natural-born hero (one of those people who'll run towards a war instead of away)
  

WEAKNESSES

• easily provoked; gets into fights easily
  
• doesn't know when to stop being aggressive for a cause
  
• sometimes goes too far with his compassion and sense of justice
  
• gets really upset when people see his scars / bring up his past
  
• will only talk about past with father if he brings it up; enraged when others do
  
• deep claustrophobia
  
• people sometimes take advantage of his generosity and caring
  
• his desire to make others happy can be taken as attention-seeking
  

FEARS

• his father
  
• has nightmares / mild PTSD / claustrophobia
  
• not being able to protect or care for his friends when they need him most
  
• that he will become alcoholic like his father - avoids alcohol at all costs
  

BEST MEMORY Spaghetti nights with Josh, Alanna, and his mom

WORST MEMORY his entire childhood; specifically, the first day his father beat his mom and the day his father tried to kill him

LONG-TERM GOAL To become a police officer; to be able to look back on his life as an old dude and say, "I made a positive difference, stood up for what and who I believe in, and bettered and defended them to the best of my ability." Big goal. Small man.

* past reflections ,
[ SOMETIMES I REMEMBER THE DARKNESS OF MY PAST ]

MOTHER Alice Kikeona (43), unoccupied... ? lives with Joshua and Alanna Scarlatti, best friend of Alanna

FATHER Lucas Hart (44), incarcerated

SIBLINGS none

OTHER Joshua Scarlatti (50), retired police officer, Keo's father figure, husband of Alanna;
Alanna Scarlatti (47), nurse, wife of Josh, best friend of Alice

HISTORY

Keoki rarely talks about his past. It's a long, grueling one, so we'll cut it short. He was born September 8, 1992 in Azules, CA to Alice and Lucas Hart. The couple had eloped from Hawaii and were barely making ends meet and their surprise son locked them into a downward spiral of debt. Eventually, the family bankrupted. Keoki was 4 when the family was kicked out of their apartment into the slums. Alice petitioned her parents to take them back, and though enraged, they did, on the conditions that Lucas found a job. He never did, instead frequenting the local bar. Alice's parents threatened to kick Lucas out many times, but Alice's tearful pleading, "the baby needs a father", held them back.

6-year-old Keoki was on a playdate when the house burned down with Alice's parents inside it. Alice was torn apart by her parents' deaths, especially with no known cause of the fire; she was just glad that Lucas was alright, having escaped the inferno. She had no idea that Lucas had caused it. She had no idea of a lot of things, and that cost both her and Keoki their innocence. For one, Lucas was a terrible alcoholic. With no family left and Lucas' family having disowned him long ago, the only remaining option was a homeless shelter in the heart of the worst of Hawaii's slums. Alice begged the shelter's owner to coordinate with Child Services, saying she would rather die than lose Keoki, and so miraculously the boy stayed with them.

The shelter closed when Keoki was 9, and the family was left on the streets. They found an alleyway that would serve their purposes, and Alice went to work as a stripper, Lucas as a bartender, where Lucas' alcoholism fed. One day, Lucas came home to their cozy alleyway very drunk. Alice was sleeping; Keoki was at work. All 11 year-old Keoki knew was that when he came home, he found his father beating his mother bloody. He wrenched Alice away from him and Lucas disappeared. The beatings continued after that, and Alice threatened to leave Lucas several times. Alice left Lucas when Keoki was 11; they moved into their own alleyway, but Lucas found them and tried to beat Alice again. Ain't no mountain high enough, huh?

Alice and Keoki moved away once more, but Lucas followed. They gave up and formed a tacit agreement. When Lucas went into a rage, Keoki would take the beating and Alice would run. She was falling apart; the emotional, psychological, and physical abuse of the years made her more and more emotionally unstable. So Keoki took the beatings. He discovered his powers over water in the middle of a beating, though there wasn't much to do about it. The boy kept it to himself; Alice was stressed out enough without knowing that her son was supernatural. But the real turning point was this: Keoki was 15 when he struggled to his feet during a beating and struck his father. Lucas proceeded to beat him half to death, being twice his size.

Alice walked in on the beating and realized what was off. She grabbed Keoki and ran. It was by miracle chance that a cop, Josh Scarlatti, found them on the run, and so by a stroke of the unlikeliest luck the Kikeonas survived. Josh adopted the two. He nursed Keoki back to health and became a father figure for him. He gave Alice the comfort and love she never had. And he managed to strip away the anger and hate of Keoki and infused in him decency and forgiveness. By counselling Keoki, he helped defuse his rage towards his father and life itself. Josh was basically awesome and made everything better. Keoki and Alice switched their last names to Kikeona, Alice's maiden name. It's because of Josh that Keoki aspires a cop.

On Keoki's 16th birthday, AOTE discovered Keoki. They did the usual we're-a-gifted-school-so-come-join-us-in-the-secluded-mountains spiel. And Alice and the Scarlattis responded with the typical let's-think-hard-about-it-okay-fine response. And so Keoki Kikeona came to attend the Academy of the Elements.

* puppet on a string ,
[ SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT PULLS BENEATH THE SURFACE ]

YOUR NAME Ryanne, yo

YOUR AGE are you over 13, at least? um yes. yes I am.

RP EXPERIENCE I can't even remember

HOW'D YOU FIND US? COUGH STARKINSONIAN <3

SECRET WORD Correct

RP SAMPLE

Keoki's brow tightened as Nell told him she was sorry she got hurt when he wasn't around. As if this was all about him. Was he making it that way? God, what an absolute idiot he was.

"Don't - don't be sorry, Nell. None of this is your fault. Don't ever think that, Nell. If anything, it's my fault for not having your back. That's what friends are supposed to be for. And that being true, I suck at being your friend."

She was looking at Keo with eyes of innocence, like a doe staring down the twin barrels of a shotgun. How could this have happened? Who would have ever hurt Nell? And how couldn't he have been there when they did? He knew in all practicality he couldn't have known, couldn't have been there... but his overprotectiveness and his ferocious loyalty ate at him.

He was glad to hear that they were treating her well. In response he laughed. "Good to hear they aren't roughing you up too much, Nell. I'd have to get a little frisky with them. Pull some punches, you know? It isn't that hard. Pull back -"[/color] Keo demonstrated with his right arm - "and punch."[/color]

His smile faded when he realized that Nell probably wasn't comforted by a little reenactment of what she'd gone through.

And it absolutely evaporated when Nell mentioned her aunt... and the mob problems that were Nell's as well. His brows knitted, his jaw popping back and forth in confusion and disbelief. Keoki tilted his head abruptly, staring at her questioningly. That could mean a dozen things, and none of them were good. "Nell... what d'you mean, they're your problems too? Your... aunt? She was involved in this... did this to you? What kind of aunt is she?"[/color] His voice rose in the slightest crescendo as he spoke, anger tinging his tone. How could a family member, let alone an aunt, have been involved in Nell's beating? And Nell was involved in the mob somehow. It saddened him to know that. He'd had no idea, and he'd been working against the mob for a long while. Overprotectiveness breathed hot air into his lungs, and his jaw tightened. "And you're involved in the mafia? You brought them here? Why are they after you? Nell, you need to tell me something? I've been working against the mafia for how long and you never thought to mention this to me?"[/color] He wasn't angry at her - just confused.[/size][/quote]

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