Name: Landon "Lock" Diaz Age: Twenty-eight Occupation: Employee at Oogie's Casino Sexuality: Bisexual Pronouns: He/Him Currently Playing: tbd Big Three: Aries sun, Aries moon, Aries rising
Headcanons:
Landon was never supposed to wind up in the Borne home. His mother actually gave birth to him after she had left foster care–despite being young, she had been able to move in with his father, giving him a real family. He didn’t even know that he technically had aunts and uncles when he was young, or that his mother had parents who were willing to take care of her. Instead, she’d fallen down the wrong path and ended up with his shitty excuse for a father. He left them when Landon was ten, and it was then that his mother finally went back to the Borne house to seek help. At least, that’s what he thought was happening. Instead, his mother dropped him off, and the next morning, she was gone, with no note, and not a word of when she might return. Spoiler alert: she didn’t.
It took a while for Landon to adjust to his new surroundings. There weren’t many kids his age at the time he moved into the Borne house, since his mother was one of the eldest of the children the family had taken in. It didn’t help that he had something different about him. If he thought enough about how invisible he felt, he could swear he became just that. He could swear there were times he could feel himself turn into other things–other beings, too, but was too scared that his family would kick him out if he ever showed anyone. It was rough at first, but one of his uncles, Oryan, took a liking to him. Landon still doesn’t know to this day what it was about him that stood out to his uncle, but he was grateful that he did.
Instead of focusing on his abilities, Landon was taught everything and anything by Oryan about making it as an assistant, of sorts. When he was in his early teens, the casino was opened, and though he wasn’t nearly old enough to gamble, he was able to make his way around and deceive the drunken patrons of the casino. Landon tricked them into placing higher bets, even learned when to swipe their wallets straight out of their pockets. He didn’t get the nickname Lock for any of this, though, but instead for his specialty: breaking into and hot-wiring the cars of people who owed his uncle money. Though he never got involved with the Locusts like Oryan did, Landon frequented the metal scrap yard that they owned to send the cars to be impounded and sold for parts.
Landon did fine for himself until Sadie came along. She was a few years younger than him, and she quickly became his uncle’s little princess. He can tell even now that she’s being guided to follow his footsteps in the business, though Landon can’t figure out why. He was there first, and though he could work harder, sure, that didn’t mean that he was a shitty employee. Instead of looking to Sadie as a younger sister, he saw her first as competition, and still does, to an extent.
The only reason he’s been feeling less threatened by Shock is because he’s been debating a way out of the casino. He searched for a while for an alternative, but has been coming up short with ideas. He’s heard of some magical organization that’s supposed to help people like him, but he’s still partially in denial that he has any sort of abilities at all. He’d rather just let the casino go to Sadie than work on helping some fuckers with powers. Landon doesn’t want to have a price on his head like he knows he could if he ever showed anyone what he can do. Instead, he hides it as best he can, only ever trying to go invisible or become something else when he’s really, truly needed it. Shock, Barrel, and his uncle are the only people who know about it all.
He’s not sure when it started, but sleeping with Sadie has become a nice distraction from how much he professionally can’t stand her. Landon used to be a bit of a flirt, but since getting involved with her, he’s been more careful. It’s not like they’re exclusive or anything, but he just feels some sort of moral obligation (which doesn’t happen often). He still messes around with guys just asa much, but he’s much more careful around girls now.
Annoying to a fault, and on purpose. He likes to push people’s limits just to get a rise out of them, which used to be done solely to pickpocket, but sometimes, it’s just for fun.
Doesn’t really have a job title at the casino, but he mostly sits around and cashes people out most often, or is a dealer. Either way, he finds it easiest to steal.
Landon probably has a big heart under the arrogance and shit-stirring, but no one’s cracked it open quite yet. He has a lot of abandonment issues, and for that, he doesn’t stick around people all that often, whether it’s romantic or not.
Has become an incredible poker player over the years. It’s not legal for him to play in Oogie’s, but he plays on the side sometimes with friends.
