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[ 6/01 Happy Birthday, Rakurai Hatsuho~! ]

Another year full of love and appreciation to our matcha boy~!! He's grown so much more thanks to the environment that truly lets him~!

Plus here's a little matcha treat for him~!

A little look-back at his previous birthday arts:

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Rakurai Hatsuho

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AU notes: He was first created as a character for the "Dead&Dying" (2019) Roleplay event from the BSD Big Bang server. This version of him is the ORIGINAL and CANON timeline, that is later on mirrored into the modern AU story.

BACKGROUND:

Birthday: June 1 Origin: ==== Occupation: Mercenary, Mafia intel Height: 178cm Weight: 67kg Family members: adopted sisters Ophelia and Shikayo, Spouses Kotik and Cha Element: Electric Preferred weapon: Daggers Specialties: Elektrokinesis, close-quarters combat, cold weaponry, Stealth, Tracking

PERSONALITY:

Brash and aggressive with mouth of a sailor. Impulsive, but wth sharp intuition to follow up on his moves. Dislikes a chaotic environment, so if nobody is leading, he takes charge to keep everything and everyone in order. In combat, he is as silent and as fast as his blades. He deals with problems and enemies with lethal efficiency. Now in his peaceful life, Rakurai's explosive temper has mellowed down. He doesn't yell as much but still ends up cursing. His usually glaring expression only hides the fact that he is a curious and healing soul. He is also very much new to affection and struggles to accept and express it. Unfotunately, the ashes of war is still lingering in the corners of his eyes, leaving him with aversion to sudden noise and touches. His senses are still subconsciously high. Only when he is around his loved ones does he let his guard down, and enjoy the moment as it is.

PARALLEL AU TIMELINE:

born during the Border States War.

Orphaned very early. Grew up with a traveling Mercenary group after they had scavenged (and "rescued" him) from a nearby town. Rakurai was later on trained in their ways and believing in the unending war around him

Age 11: Awakened his electric prowess, giving him a new importance in the group. Was rigourously trained to master his capabilities very early.

Age 13: meets Kuva after another subgroup of the mercenaries regrouped with them in their base. Being nearly the same age (Kuva was 14yo), they immediately became friends.

Age 15: Kuva awakened his ice powers. Their synergy immediately became a lethal weapon against their enemies, and because of this, the Mercenary group started to prepare them for more dangerous missions. Rakurai was trained in different types of combat and frontal infiltration and assaults, meanwhile Kuva was trained in espionage, negotiation, and firearms.

Age 16: Started seeing the damages they were causing when he had stumbled upon displaced families hiding in a shelter. Rakurai was told to leave as his job is now done and the higher ups will be handling them. Rakurai asks Kuva about this, but Kuva dismissed it.

Age 19: "The Siege" operation was now in effect, in which they were to take control of a major city to put out their demands to the Central city. Unfortunately, Rakurai and Kuva's team were only sent on a suicide mission for an underhanded scheme, and plenty of Rakurai's comrades fell because of the misinformation that was fed to them. It turns out that Rakurai and Kuva were going to be traded in exchange for safe passage in the city, among other benefits.

Rakurai was unable to control his emotions and went berserk, harming allies, foes and civilians alike. In order to stop Rakurai from burning himself out, Kuva stepped in and was fatally wounded as a result. Rakurai snapped out of it and only witnessed Kuva's fall before Rakurai was eventually subdued by the enemy. Rakurai was thrown to prison was scheduled to be executed.

Age 20: Escaped prison and went to take revenge on the Mercenary group— tracking their main leaders and killing them.

Age 21-22: Travelled while laying low. It was during this traveling that he picked up Ophelia and Shikayo, who also lost their parents and were struggling to keep themselves well. Rakurai brought them to a safer town and started working small and quick jobs to give them their necessities and a small room to stay in.

Age 22: Took the job offer of a small escort mission to the next town over when he runs into trouble. What he did not expect was Kuva— seemingly alive and changed— appearing again. Learns that Kuva didn't die and recovered from his wound. Their clashing personalities and point of view of that time in the past made their reunion very strained. After the escort mission, he was favoured very well by the couple in the group and was offered a place to stay where he can bring Ophelia and Shikayo along.

Age 23: moved in with the couple (Kotik and Cha) in another town where Rakurai started working around their restaurant. He was able to send the sisters over for basic schooling too. Kuva decided to stick around and become the local gossiper (he has a job but nobody knows what it is).

The Border States War has also ended by now, and related entities (Mercenary group, Governing state groups) have been disbanded. Though plenty of investigation was done, many were left unchecked, including Rakurai's whereabouts and punishment.

Age 25: finds out Kuva is going to become a Sentinel— a chosen person by the Favorkeepers to assist them in combatting corruptive entities in the world. Rakurai is pissed yet again because Kuva withold another story of what happened when he supposedly died. Despite his initial disdain for this, Rakurai wanted to join Kuva, and this issued a challenge to a Favorkeeper to become a Sentinel.

request was continuously denied, making Rakurai frustrated. Decided to make an independent organization where he started training others.

TRIVIA:

Rakurai Hatsuho

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BACKGROUND:

Birthday: June 1 Origin: Yokohama Occupation: Criminology major , part time barista at Valse Scherzo , musician and singer, (Modern AU future) Special Investigations team. Height: 178cm Weight: 67kg Family members: Younger sisters Ophelia and Shikayo. Romantic polyamorous relationship with with Kotik and Cha. Likes: matcha, Pokemon, cold weapons, J-rock, Hobbies: gym training, music, long walks, rock climbing Dislikes: dark cramped rooms, loud noises, swindlers

Preferences: techwear, casual sporty, Pochacco, Pikachu, rogue/assassin RPG, electric element

MBTI: ISFJ-T

PERSONALITY:

Rakurai onstage comes off as a brash, aggressive and confident performer. His agility, stamina and strength that comes from years of physical labor, coupled with lightning intuition allows him to move with ease on set. Meanwhile his rough yet flexible voice commands a powerful charisma on stage that draws many to their performances.Offstage, Rakura's originally explosive temper has mellowed down. He acts more than he speaks. Even though his expression may seem like he's always angry, he is constantly looking out for others and isn't afraid to put himself out there for them. His unwavering loyalty is won by very few people.

MODERN AU TIMELINE:

Born in Yokohama. Orphaned at a young age. Grew up in Kiyoshi House, an orphanage. Loud, sharp, and upfront; the other children see him as the leader (even if he's not the oldest). Despite his unruly personality, he is very studious and the elderly Director (Lilian Kiyoshi) took a liking to him. He was given a chance to go to school.

Age 8: befriended Kuva. Fought with him first though— with a punch to Kuva's face for being so touchy on Raku's things. Rakurai got scolded by the teacher and it reached the Director. Luckily for him, Kuva happened to visit and apologize. Questionable friends since then (Kuva followed him around)

Age 10: Kuva disappears. Rakurai has no idea how to contact him and noone to ask about this so he couldn't do anything but continue on.

Age 15: Saved Ophelia and Shikayo. He happened to pass by a house where he heard shouting and loud crashing. He decided to intrude and witnessed a drunken father being aggressive, and two sisters huddled in the corner crying and bruised. Rakurai stepped in to save them and fight the man. Obviously got very beaten up, but it allowed the girls to run and call for help. The sisters were taken into custody and the father was charged for multiple counts of abuse (as well as some shadier things after background checks). The sisters did not like the adults around them and naturally gravitated to Rakurai. This led to them being put in the orphanage too.

Age 16: Learned guitar from Elias, the Director's grandson. Meets Zevy for the first time too— she volunteers to meet the kids and read to them and teach them basic studies. Rakurai then started doing small jobs around the neighborhood. Reliable, punctual, very hands-on, although seemingly unapproachable because of his permanent scowl. Gives his earnings to the Orphanage to help the fund for schooling more children (particularly Shikayo and Ophelia).

Age 17: Becomes a small cover singer online under the name RaikuR. Elias once posted a video of Rakurai singing and it went viral. Raku then finds out that he can get donations from it so he starts a channel where he can post his performances.

Age 18: Graduated high school.

(COLLEGE YEARS)Studies Criminology. Hoping to be a police officer.

Meets Zevy again— Questions why it always seems like she's everywhere at once, but decides against it since she's just vibing along.

Meets Kuva again. Very strained meeting. Almost escalated into a fight because of their clashing personalities, if it weren't for Zevy interfering.

Dislikes Kuva's flippant attitude. Dislikes Kuva constantly spinning stories to downplay the radio silence between them. Rakurai was worried— always had been— and he really wanted to understand after all these years, but Kuva's actions and words were very crude nonetheless. Took nearly 7 months for Rakurai to even tolerate Kuva's presence around him.

In the end they both wanted to start over so they started a band— Lock!!On— under Zevy's suggestion. Rakurai was immediately recognized by others to be the singer Raikur, which helped them get popular immediately.

Works part time in Cafe Valse Scherzo to help fund his college needs, where he has piqued the interest of the owners. They regard him very fondly. Future Timeline:

Rakurai moves out of the orphanage and in with Kotik and Cha, the owners of Cafe Valse Scherzo. They have also helped fill out papers to adopt Shikayo and Ophelia with them.

Very implied that Rakurai is in a polyamorous relationship with Kotik and Cha. Though many do not ask him about it (courtesy of his unapproachable glaring).

had to stop being in the band for a while, but still posts covers in his channel. Lock!!On still holds small online lives when schedule permits it.

Part of the police force for a year before he was involved with a national case. His tactical resolution of the case and fierceness in the ensuing combat led him to be recruited for the SIT (Special Investigation Teams), where he was trained for years before officially becoming a member.

unfortunately finds out that the division he returns to is the same one Kuva has been working for too.

Considerably mellows down that his glare has become a pokerface instead. He is still a blunt and action-first type of guy, but he has garnered respect from his colleagues.

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