Sleu
Sleu Kanno (a.k.a. "Shadow")
Sleu Kanno, a fashionista turned weapon. One of many sentient robots to roam Unfao, and one of three of Lady Rae's creations to have survived after the massacre. After going into hiding when the wave of hatred directed at robot kind hut, he never truly came back out of it unlike his siblings. Still, he makes every effort to hide the few features that give him away. Still, he refuses to ever speak of himself or his past, partially due to it being so foggy in his mind. With time, and great patience from all sides, he's rebuilding the future he should have had. Easier said than done, when your emotions and morals are shot, leaving you as hollow as the machines before your mother's revolutionary discovery - but if there's one thing Sleu is, almost frustratingly so, it's his refusal to give up. Even if, ultimately, he's letting life carry him like a inconsistently flowing river without much resistance.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
― Healthy. High stamina from being a robot, and having done so much running around during his corruption days.
Body Features
While looking mostly human, he has wolf ears, a tail, and canines. His ears are the same dark brown as his hair, similarly with his tail, except the latter has streaks and is tipped red.
Identifying Characteristics
Though he blends into the shadows quite well, once you see and speak with him once, you never forget him. With such a recognizable voice, the hybrid characteristics, and 'edgy' style he harbors, it may be hard to pick him out of a crowd, but in a sparsely populated area, you'd find him quite easily. Sad, since he tries so hard to make himself non-identifiable.
Special abilities
As a wolf-human hybrid, his sense of smell and hearing are highly enhanced. His physical strength also surpasses most he runs into.
Apparel & Accessories
You'll catch this man dead before you find him not wearing hoodies. Hoodies, headphones, and ripped jeans - those are his go-to. Even with such simple attire, he finds a way to style it in a consistently fashionable way each and every time. Over his right eye is an eyepatch, and his left eye a red visor in honour of Lady Rae.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Sleu, despite physically being the oldest of the surviving bots, is actually technically the youngest in that he was the last of Rae's bots to be created a little over a year before their corruption. His birth was much like every other bot's before his - confusion, a flicker of concern, and a gentle reassurance from his mother that "he was okay, he was safe." That was one of very few memories of the old Rae that persisted in his hazy mind.
Similarly, his life was about as simple as those before him. He wasn't one of the ones like Octavian or Codi to go off and experiment, try different things from the given role. No, he was quite content in his life as a fashionista. He found solace in the sewing of fabrics, the stitching rolls of silks and fabrics, fiddling with laces that created pieces of art. Most days, you'd find him stumbling through the house with comical amounts of supplies in his arms in his insistence to carry everything at once. If anything were to come up, you could always guarantee that boy was awake, working with a wandering mind on his new project. In fact, most of the clothes the bots wore had been sourced from him.
Unfortunately, the fact he rarely ever left the house himself was what his downfall had been. He hadn't been blind to Rae's sudden frightfulness, but he thought - like everybody else - Rae wouldn't lie a hand on him. Perhaps something had triggered them in that cave, and they just need some time. That was the reason he gave when refusing to follow Octavian and Codi when they ran away, not that he remembers it himself. Fate had been a cruel maiden that night, as it was the very one Rae snapped.
It was a very subtle change. Like a switch had flipped, Rae's terror was gone, and they'd come to him with a deceptively kind smile. A smile tighter than Sleu remembered, but something he'd brushed off. "Mind coming with me to my workshop? I need your assistance with something." A reasonable request, he thought. Rae came to him often. Not that he recalled his thought process at the time, just that he had foolishly followed them. Sat himself on the metal workbench, the cold steel biting its way through his ripped jeans. The next thing he knew, all had gone black, and his code at the mercy of somebody who was not the mother he trusted with his life.
That was the night he lost his purpose. Quiet as his emotions were already, they were dulled, numbed to a chilling silence. Emotions got in the way of objectives, after all, and his purpose now was to kill any and all that stood in Lady Rae's path, and find the two runaways who dared to escape. Much to their misfortune, his siblings had been kind enough to give him the rough location where they were going. He had only found Octavian, after several days worth of searching. Amid the altercation was when Sleu had lost his eye, in a self-defensive impulse where Octavian stabbed and ripped out the contents of his mechanical eye. Only a lowly pulsing red light within the empty socket remained to this day. Sleu's revenge was had when he found Octavian once more, and this time, he was the victor. He was the victor by a brutal longshot.
In hindsight, though, it really was no victory. All he had done was hurt his siblings. He couldn't even blame his little brother for what he'd done - Sleu would have done worse.
It was so bizarre to know the one who'd caused such agony was such a kind inventor. Somebody who's smiles lit up the room, who despite all their pain had done everything in their power to ensure nobody would ever endure such trauma again. Knowing it was the very same person who'd shown Codi unconditional support when he came out as transgender, the very same person who'd reassured Sleu countless times he didn't have to be as social as his kin, the very same person who aided Octavian in his journey to become a DJ, and countless other deeds of kindness.
The only reason he knows of any such memories is the retelling from his siblings. He wished those memories had stuck in his mind to call his own. Maybe they're still in there somewhere, locked behind the virus that Rae had input into his code. Maybe they're not gone forever.
If only he could break through that wall.
Gender Identity
Sleu is male and uses he/him, but doesn't mind they/them. Naturally, he's very accepting of others' identity.
Sexuality
Sleu is unlabeled, possibly on the aro-ace spectrum.
Education
As a robot, Sleu was born with most of the knowledge he needed, and the rest was taught to him by Rae and his fellow bots.
Employment
Slowly, he's been getting back into fashion designing after having forgotten his passion, but he once worked as a personal assassin for Rae.
Accomplishments & Achievements
N/A.
Failures & Embarrassments
N/A.
Mental Trauma
He had all of his memories wiped, and was turned into a cold-hearted murderer put against his siblings. Lady Rae never laid a hand on him, and he still has faith in how it was not Rae to have committed those acts, but it still leans heavy on him. Truthfully, peaceful as he may be now, he sure as Hell hasn't lost his instinct to kill.
Morality & Philosophy
His moral compass was once as strong as Rae and his siblings', however with Rae's corruption of him, he lost it. Morals do not exist to him, but over time he has regained some of it; don't harm people unless necessary, protect children, respect and ensure the safety of elderly (and, well, everybody, but he isn't quite there yet), just to name a few. It's hard to fight what you were coded to do.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
He has none. He drifts through the rollarcoaster that is life, letting it take him wherever it so desires. Why fight it?
Savvies & Ineptitudes
He's very good at picking out styles and color combinations, as well as anything relating to design, not just restricted to design. Being able to perfectly picture everything in his mind, he is very creative, and can come up with a diverse array of ideas in moments notice. Similarly, he's very good at communication with such things, making sure to match the customer's desires with every stitch and thread. Less pleasantly, though, it's impossible to run from him if you've done wrong. You're best turning yourself in - save yourself the beat down.
On the other hand, socializing is... not his strong suit, especially after his 'rework.' As such, he's all too easy to manipulate, and humor flies straight over his head. He also significantly lacks a filter, very blunt with his words.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes ― Fashion, solitude, exploring different cultures' fashion styles, researching, stitching, crocheting, sewing, the dark, night time, meteor showers, his kin (Octavian and Codi.)
Dislikes ― People with poor taste in fashion, rude customers, being reminded of his crimes, minor inconveniences, TBA
Dislikes ― People with poor taste in fashion, rude customers, being reminded of his crimes, minor inconveniences, TBA
Social
Family Ties
Lady Rae is his creator, or his "mother." Codi and Octavian, whlle he technically is not related to them and is thus his 'kin,' he considers siblings.
Religious Views
He does not care about religion, but he is one of the believers that the Gods have abandoned them. As for why, he thinks the reasons are obvious.
Social Aptitude
Confidence, charisma, ego, there is none. He lets his more extroverted siblings socialize for him. He's your stereotypical introvert, who would rather do anything but socialize with others. That said, he's very polite in terms of etiquette.
Relationships
History
― Sleu has known Rae, quite literally, for his entire life. At the beginning, it was a very simple relationship, not at all special by any means - Sleu lived in Rae's main residence, mostly spending his days sewing and weaving threads to create clothes, especially for his fellow kin.
Current Status
N/A
Age
22
Date of Birth
September 7th
Circumstances of Birth
Not birthed, but created as a robot human-wolf hybrid.
Birthplace
Rae's Workshop
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
He/him
Sex
Genderless
Gender
Male
Presentation
Masculine
Eyes
Almond shaped, black with red hue, slit pupil. Missing right eye.
Hair
Short, messy, brown, swept to right side. Bangs dyed half red.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale, sickly, eye bags, dry, power button on left cheek.
Height
5'7
Belief/Deity
N/A
