Bukka Sipatu

"Lets all pay fair and have a good time, yeah?"

Bukka is very expressive, both in his gestures and facial expressions. He tries to keep an upbeat disposition even in the worst of times, though his body language often works against him. Ever since he was a child, he has been a terrible liar. Games of BS are like torture to him as he always lets off some expression (likewise with poker and old maid, liar liar was the worse of them). Even though he might seem a terrible at it, he will hold onto a secret even when drunk, he can't make up stories but holding his silence isn’t a problem.

He has proven time and time again to be a responsible and dependable person, and has sometimes overworked himself trying to please everyone. It can sometimes be hard to tell what he’s thinking or doing as he has his own ways of working through his problems and inner thoughts. When Bukka cares for or loves a person, it is wholly and with everything; due to past experiences he chooses who he loves very carefully

Backstory

 He read as a child about the many wondrous inventions of Aero, cities in the sky, a place where it never rains and the people that are as brilliant as Terrians are resilient. His family had ‘inherited’ into a lifestyle of grandeur and he grew up spoiled; though he never cared much for it. At five the illegal nature of his family's riches were found and all of the glitter and gold he knew was taken away. At the age of ten, he began to work for his living and for his family. He still found time to visit the grasslands he loved exploring and staring into the sky as the rains fell.

At fifteen he came out. HIs family was appalled. In their eyes a powerful and ancient bloodline was dying, turning to dust in front of their eyes Bukka found the environment becoming cold, unforgiving. At sixteen the oppressive air was too much and he left, both to secure his own freedom and prove himself and to learn more in the place that he want so desperately to see. He was disowned and never saw them again.

Life in the city was glittering, bustling with so many people, the light dazzled him and he opened himself to the people he met, though his feelings weren’t reciprocated. He struggled to survive working where he could, looking for the love he wanted but could never get from the shallow and vapid folk he met. A string or relationships that ended in heartbreak. They promised his dreams and instead gave nightmare, taking just a bit of his free soul with them.

At eighteen he found a man named Sena whom he thought was the love of his life. Bukka spent a year with him and he considered it one of his happiest; only shadowed by the fact that  Sena would occasionally leave for days without any warning, and the occasional terrible comment. Eventually Bukka was introduced to Sena’s group of friends at the time, who taught Bukka to kickbox and fight on the streets, “for fun” they said.  After a while he found their true purpose, a ruthless gang and group of anarchists.

He was given an offer to join, one that was made clear that he couldn’t refuse, Bukka felt manipulated, lied to. He backed out and threatened to tell the authorities. He nearly died that day.

He was in too deep. He ran, taking what he would, moving to another city. He was emotionally scarred; Some days he was dead on his feet: from fear, exhaustion, and worse. 

Eventually he found a market where his running could come in handy. He became a coureur, an underground  messenger tasked with missions from little-known organizations and the government alike.  He ran messages and items too important to send electronically, especially to the planets of fire and terra.

He decided to join the game, upon deciding he never wanted his longing for affection and stability to hurt him again. He decided to wish that he would have enough so that he might never want for anything again, enough to eat, enough to get by. He had already had enough “love” to last him a lifetime. With this thought in mind he made his journey to win.

Likes/Dislikes

+ Rain
+ Stargazing
+ Bright colors
+ A Good Race
+ Summer
+Any kind of physical game, his fav is PK tag
+People who get really excited about the things they love
+Food (in general, though hot curry is his favorite..and anything with meat in it)

- The cold
- Manipulators
- Those who let their fear rule them
- Sickly sweet foods
- Sleepless nights
- Token heterosexual love triangles in novels
- Hunger

Relationships

 TBA

 Design Notes

- Activator- A beaded earring that he wears in his right ear. It appears to be strung together but is very sturdy and has survived countless runs and workouts
- he has a lip ring, a nose piercing on the left side, and two up near the start of his eyebrows
- his right eyebrow is in two parts due to some scarring
-dem abs yo
-generally isnt seen without his messanger bag