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Strix "Stryx" Silvio Vespa
Underboss
Aura Code: rainbow
Aura Scent: everything
Ability: omnipresent and omniscient mind
Age: 10
Kin: Giotto Vespa (brother)
Tattoo: none
If he is void of empathy, do not encourage him to seek it out. He bars his heart for reasons you cannot fathom and ones he will not explain.
It seems strange that a ten year old child was made the right hand to the godfather, but if one gets a glimpse of his power, they will soon understand why. Strix has an omnipresent and omniscient mind. He is literally in all places, hearing all things, enduring all things, twenty-four seven. Every pain, every thought, every wish, every horror, every joy, every rush: it is his to feel and share. This was an extremely difficult burden for him to bear as a small child. It overwhelmed him enough to nearly kill him. But he has since learned how to block things out and remain removed enough to interact with the real world and the things happening in front of his body and around his body. He has an extreme difficulty expressing or even gaining a sense of himself. He cannot form relationships with people that well, but he does try. Somewhat. He cannot differentiate good and evil that well. Oftentimes, he will lapse into bizarre behaviors or start interacting with or saying things that have nothing to do with reality. He often seems schizoid because of it, but it's simply a lapse into whatever is being processed by his brain at the time. If someone draws his attention, he can tune most everything else out. If he is sleeping, he can also become unconscious of his power, but it will go to his subconscious and be there for access when he wakes.
The only person who seems to care enough about Strix to remember he is human is his older brother Giotto. Giotto is always trying to pull Strix into reality long enough to hold conversations that do not involve business. And even if Strix can pretty much skype Giotto's brain, Giotto ignores that enough to try and get personable with his brother on a human level. He also tends to baby Strix to no end. Either because he views Strix as his baby brother or because he knows that the heavily walled off human part of Strix is still a ten year old boy who wants to be recognized as such.
Strix was made the Underboss because of his power. As his power is 24/7, Strix has many, many uses for it. Being a worldwide surveillance camera, he knows exactly what is brewing where, can relay all of an enemy's or ally's moves, etc. He is very useful in dangerous and business situations, and can also be seen as a threat. As such, he has several bodyguards around him at all times to protect him when he senses a threat coming. It is hard to say whether or not Strix actually resents his power or not. At times when he breaks down, he certainly seems to be in enough pain to hate it, but he has never spoken outright of his thoughts on the power. Some conclude that he is SO removed from possessing a sense of self that he is incapable of forming any opinion on anything. Strix indeed has a godlike sense of removed "otherness", possessing an idealistic state of being that transcends human thought. Though he can appear and imitate human behavior, his brain definitely says otherwise. He is never the same person day by day, always switching moods and actions and philosophies. He has sworn, though it is hard to prove his willingness to comply to this, that he will never, ever use his power to prevent his own death.
It has been noted that of the four assassination attempts against him, he never alerted anyone or stepped up to thwart the assassin. It is hard to say if there were other attempts that he thwarted, but these four prove at least some determination to adhere to his vow. If confronted, he says that stopping his death would take away the challenge.
Underboss
Aura Code: rainbow
Aura Scent: everything
Ability: omnipresent and omniscient mind
Age: 10
Kin: Giotto Vespa (brother)
Tattoo: none
If he is void of empathy, do not encourage him to seek it out. He bars his heart for reasons you cannot fathom and ones he will not explain.
It seems strange that a ten year old child was made the right hand to the godfather, but if one gets a glimpse of his power, they will soon understand why. Strix has an omnipresent and omniscient mind. He is literally in all places, hearing all things, enduring all things, twenty-four seven. Every pain, every thought, every wish, every horror, every joy, every rush: it is his to feel and share. This was an extremely difficult burden for him to bear as a small child. It overwhelmed him enough to nearly kill him. But he has since learned how to block things out and remain removed enough to interact with the real world and the things happening in front of his body and around his body. He has an extreme difficulty expressing or even gaining a sense of himself. He cannot form relationships with people that well, but he does try. Somewhat. He cannot differentiate good and evil that well. Oftentimes, he will lapse into bizarre behaviors or start interacting with or saying things that have nothing to do with reality. He often seems schizoid because of it, but it's simply a lapse into whatever is being processed by his brain at the time. If someone draws his attention, he can tune most everything else out. If he is sleeping, he can also become unconscious of his power, but it will go to his subconscious and be there for access when he wakes.
The only person who seems to care enough about Strix to remember he is human is his older brother Giotto. Giotto is always trying to pull Strix into reality long enough to hold conversations that do not involve business. And even if Strix can pretty much skype Giotto's brain, Giotto ignores that enough to try and get personable with his brother on a human level. He also tends to baby Strix to no end. Either because he views Strix as his baby brother or because he knows that the heavily walled off human part of Strix is still a ten year old boy who wants to be recognized as such.
Strix was made the Underboss because of his power. As his power is 24/7, Strix has many, many uses for it. Being a worldwide surveillance camera, he knows exactly what is brewing where, can relay all of an enemy's or ally's moves, etc. He is very useful in dangerous and business situations, and can also be seen as a threat. As such, he has several bodyguards around him at all times to protect him when he senses a threat coming. It is hard to say whether or not Strix actually resents his power or not. At times when he breaks down, he certainly seems to be in enough pain to hate it, but he has never spoken outright of his thoughts on the power. Some conclude that he is SO removed from possessing a sense of self that he is incapable of forming any opinion on anything. Strix indeed has a godlike sense of removed "otherness", possessing an idealistic state of being that transcends human thought. Though he can appear and imitate human behavior, his brain definitely says otherwise. He is never the same person day by day, always switching moods and actions and philosophies. He has sworn, though it is hard to prove his willingness to comply to this, that he will never, ever use his power to prevent his own death.
It has been noted that of the four assassination attempts against him, he never alerted anyone or stepped up to thwart the assassin. It is hard to say if there were other attempts that he thwarted, but these four prove at least some determination to adhere to his vow. If confronted, he says that stopping his death would take away the challenge.