Andreas Jacobson

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⭐Andreas, despite his shaved head, still considers himself Rastafarian. While he hates, on almost a daily basis that he had to cut his hair in order to get a job in America he still tries to keep to the other various tennats of his faith and things he views as personally important. Everything from the fact he is a vegetarian, to the fact he refuses to get a tattoo or piercing, to even the fact he lives a fairly spartan and minimalist life style. His home, for example, barely looks as though anyone lives in it. Having the basics such as a fridge, a bed, and a dresser to keep his clothes but for the most part he doesn't keep much in terms of luxuries or use the ones he has. For example while he has a dishwasher he prefers to wash things by hand.

⭐Andreas has always been big and strong. Hitting his growth spurt early and continuing in it until his current size. The result of this along with him simply being large and intimidating is the fact he has the strength to back it up. Able to knock most people out with a single hit or strong enough to psychically separate people if they are in the middle of a scrape. Along with that, he also has an incredibly high pain tolerance, able to shrug off blows that would bring most people down. Although if this due to him just being able to take more or having a, perhaps literal, thicker skin than others is up for debate. However it does manifest all the same at his job on the few occasions belligerent people start something in which he is able to put them down quickly. When he was younger, this used to reflect in him being seen as a protector of the other kids in his neighborhood and town, although those opinions changed when he started to protect his brother, Carrtier, out of familial obligations, rather than the people his brother was bullying.

⭐Andreas also, as a result of his size, as well as, a slightly habitual drinking habit, has a very high alcohol tolerance. Not just in terms of the amount he can drink but the quality. Able to stomach things that are incredibly high proof with very little much more than maybe a cough or two in response to the burn it might provide his throat. He often carries a flask that he drinks from, although never in front of his employers, and but given the limited amount of booze that the flask can hold it is less to get him drunk on the job and more to provide him with a constant buzz as a distraction instead. He has a fondness for rum. But he likes sweet drinks in general.

⭐ Andreas is a fairly talented woodworker and carpenter. The few items that he keeps inside his home, aside from his own few limited possessions, are things that connect to his hobby. Tools, wood, the means to clean up the shavings, his living room looks more like a workshop than a place someone might sit down to catch up on their favorite shows. In truth he likes things that allow him to work with his hands and make things and wood is one of the few things that he doesn't have to be super careful with in just holding. While he can have a delicate hand. He likes being able to hold, say, the base of one of his projects without the word that an errant twitch might break it in his hands the same way something made out of plastic might snap, ceramics might shatter, or a thin metal might bend. It's also less likely to start a fire and make his smoke detector go off.

⭐Andreas, while he has no real care about fashion as a concept as a whole, does have a mild interest in the Japanese fashion market. In particular he likes the use of colors and patterns that, while he does occasionally see in western fashion, is more genuine when it comes out of Japan. Same for the design motifs. It is something that, in his mind, can't be replicated perfectly and, is thus, more interesting to see the originals for.

⭐ Andreas likes to be viewed as a protector. Something that was developed when he was younger with his previously mentioned protections of his fellow kids before his younger brother came along. He likes the idea of helping people but there were very few jobs that could let him indulge in that desire. And while he is content with his current job, or at least not in any eager rush to get back on the job market given how hard it was to get this job, he does hate the fact that large swaths of his job involve him either watching empty buildings or dealing with drunk revilers who instantly dislike him for one reason or another.

⭐ Andreas has a fairly regular schedule despite a work schedule that can have him take shifts at seemingly randomly selected places. Waking up at the exact same time, unless he works a night shift, having breakfast, going out to a gym that is a few blocks away from his home, working on a project, and so on until it is time for him to go to bed; again unless he works a night shift. He takes pride in this schedule since it gives him a feeling of control and a place to be. In fact, he values it so much that, if he does have a shift that otherwise disturbs it, it isn't uncommon for him to stay awake an entire night or another day in order to reset things. This is part of the reason behind the bags under his eyes. 

⭐ Andreas, despite evidence of prior fighting (i.e. the scars on his knuckles) and the nature of his job, doesn't want to hurt people or hurt them too bad unless he doesn't have a choice. For example, if dealing with a belligerent drunk Andreas isn't above restraining or carrying the person out of the area he's working in, if they can't be talked down or into leaving, but will not hit them unless they hit first or he is required to hit first to save himself or others. (e.g. the drunk patron has a sharp object on them.)