Teo

[Teo]

Teo
27 |  Earthbender
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BIRTHDAY: August 21st, 1898
BIRTHPLACE: Senlin Village
CURRENT: Republic City
FAMILY:

• Mother: Ila, aged 51. Alive
• Father: Gopan, aged 53. Alive
• Sibling: Unnamed older brother, aged 32. Alive
• Sibling: Unnamed older brother, aged 30. Alive

ALLIANCE: The Vigilante Spirits
RANK: The tech guy
STATUS: Bender
POWER:

Earthbending: Teo is a pretty decent earthbender, having learned from his dad and brothers. Growing up the youngest he was always on the receiving end of his brothers earthbending rocks and he learned how to bend to give himself a fighting chance against them.  His bending has gotten better thanks to training with Kenji.  While he is still no master by any means Teo can stand against others in a fight if he has to.

Metalbending: After years of wanting to learn but not being able to afford a teacher Teo finally was able to learn metalbending thanks to Kenji.  It took a while to get Kenji to warm up to the idea since their first impressions of each other hadn't been great but once he proved himself Teo learned fast.  He is able to use his new bending skills with his own ideas and techniques for inventions to make new and interesting things and to help him in his work.

Basic Self Defense: Much as the same reason above, Teo learned how to fight thanks to his brothers constant bullying and he is more of a defensive fighter than a offensive one but he tries to avoid either at all cost. After Zuka's constant insistence on him training and learning how to fight he finally gave in and let her teach him.  The same as with his bending Teo can hold his own now though he prefers not to fight.



ORIENTATION: Heterosexual

SCARS AND MARKINGS: Minor cuts and burns from working on Satomobiles.  Also, Teo's hands seem to have  permanent oil stains from his work but he doesn't mind too much. 
 
UNIFORM: Teo isn't very concerned with appearances, he is usually in a dirt streaked and oil stained white wifebeater, worn thick brown gloves and pants and a beat up brown cabbie hat because he is always working but when the occasion calls for it he can dress up nice.  Outside of work clothes he sticks to greens and browns because of his background and more often than not the clothes he wears look too big for him, having been hand me downs from one of his brothers.  Teo has a few nicer shirts and a suit that fits him like it should and he only brings those out for special occasions.  it having been one of the first things he bought when he arrived in the city. 

Over the last two years Teo has learned to better care for his appearance thanks to having the girls in his life.  Neva, Zuka and Zula were always on his case about his ill fitting clothes and eventually Teo learned that doing what they wanted would make them happy (and keep him sane) Gone are his old hand me downs and in their place are ones more suitable and fitting. 

DESCRIPTION: 5'7" and thin with slightly defined muscles Teo has short black hair that he usually slicks back or to the side and brown almond shaped eyes.  Typical of what you could find in the Earth Kingdom.  Years of working late and in dim conditions has lead to Teo needing glasses.  He doesn't wear them all the time but he keeps them on him and will pull them out to help him read smaller print.

PLAY-BY: Steven Yeun

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Fear: Teo's biggest fear had been getting sucked into working with the Terras and while he managed to escape that and get mixed up with the Vigilantes instead Teo isn't any less afraid of The Black Hand.  He fears them finding out his involvement and fears for his family safety because of it. 

Desire: Now that he has his own shop Teo wants to continue creating and inventing. 

HABITS: Teo is very fidgety, he cant sit still for very long and it is part of the reason why he loves tinkering with things.  If his hands are busy then he is a happy guy.

PET PEEVE: People that seem to think he owes them something.  There is a lot of that going around these days.

STRENGTHS:

• Creative and inventive: Teo likes to use his bending in off the wall ways, mostly he uses it to help him when it comes to building and fixing satomobiles but he has been known to use it in other ways as well.

• Honest: Teo is a hardworking and honest guy and if you trust him with something he will keep it safe for as long as he lives.

WEAKNESSES:

• Does not like conflict and goes to great lengths to avoid it

• If he is focused on something then Teo is completely oblivious to his surroundings.  Teo gives 100% of his focus to whatever he is doing and its very easy to sneak up on him when he is working. The others have done it alot

TRAITS:  Teo is a very easy going guy, genuinely nice to everyone he meets and even those that are rude to him he will maintain a polite calm.  He learned at a early age that signs of aggression is usually met with more aggression, so he tries to avoid that at all cost, call it a symptom of being the youngest child with two older brothers.  When it comes to fight or flight Teo will pick flight nine times out of ten, at least when it comes to himself.  If he sees a woman being hassled in the street or someone being picked on by thugs he will try to play the hero, as it plays into his 'nice guy' nautre but all that usually ends up doing for him is getting him a couple of cuts and bruises and a black eye.  Honesty and trust are big things for the young man since he had grown up with his brothers constant lies about the world and if you tell him something you want kept a secret you can guarantee Teo will keep it just that.

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HISTORY:

Born to a earthbending farmer and his wife Teo is the youngest of three boys. Having two older brothers Teo was routinely left out of his brothers games and he took to taking apart his hand me down toys and putting them back together. Over time his tinkering skills grew to bigger and more complex things and with the invention of the satomobioe Teo saw his calling.

He was never the best bender, able to get by but when it came to fixing things Teo was a master. Unfortunately, in his small village satomobiles were far and few between and the itch to travel and see what the world had to offer steadily got stronger as the years went by.

When he turned 22 Teo couldn't stand the small town life anymore, living and working on a farm was fine but it wasn't what he wanted with his life so he packed his bag and headed out to see the world. He had always heard about how amazing Republic City was and how so many people from difference places came together, it was what everyone talked about and it was where he wanted to be.

When he arrived in the city Teo quickly learned that city life was not as glamorous as people made it sound; crime and poverty were everywhere. He hoped around from crummy motel to crummy motel for a few months until finally finding work at a mechanic garage and a small, run down apartment in the industrial district. It wasn't the high life he had been hoping but at least he was able to do the work he loved and get paid a decent wage. Like everything in the city the Triads are in everything but so far Teo has managed to stay out of their crosshairs.

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NAME: Teo
EXPERIENCE: 5 years
CONTACT: PM
HOW'D YOU FIND US? Was here before

RP SAMPLE:

(from the old rpg)

Slowly Teo dragged his feet across the floor of the hallway leading to his small motel room, feeling like he wasn't going to make it and would just collapse right here on the floor and you know what? At this point he would take it, Teo doubted there wasn't a place he wouldn't sleep right now. It had been another long day, another one of their mechanics had been brought in for 'questioning' by the Equalist last week and he hadn't been seen from since. It was horrible and Teo worried for the guy, they hadn't been friendly; just your usual small work chatter but the guy did have a wife and kids and he wondered if the Equalist had gotten to them too. All horrible things aside thou, he was finally getting close to having enough money to pay for a way out of the city. He had heard rumors about where to find the Triads that were doing the smuggling and now all his work was going to pay off.

There was..of course a nagging feeling in the back of his head about the guy he had run into in that alley a few weeks ago. The Republic City “Ghost” Teo had told him that he would help and the Ghost told him to go home and wait. Well, he had done his waiting and there had not been a single word or sign that they guy was still even around. For all he knew the Ghost had been captured by the Equalist and if that was the case then what was the point in waiting around? If the Ghost had been captured then what chance did he or the rebellion have? None, that's what. No, Teo was going to cut his loses and make sure he got out, once he was back in Ba Sing Se then he would help spread the word about whats been going on but, he had to get out. It was getting harder and harder to pretend to be a Equalist supporter and harder still to suppress the urge to use his bending. Teo knew he wasn't going to last much longer and he knew that if he got caught that that would be it. There was no coming back from that.

But, all of these things were something he would deal with after having a proper nights rest.

After what seemed like ages Teo finally reached the end of the hall where his room was and he dug around in his pocket for his key. As soon as he had it Teo jammed the key into the lock and made quick work of opening the door, going inside and locking everything back up behind him. Once in he didn't bother turning on any lights, there wasn't much space in the small room. The tiny bed, kitchenette and 'living room' were all the same, the only thing separate was the small bathroom and the hole in the wall that they called a closet. Making his way around chairs and other obstacles Teo's knees finally hit the edge of the hard mattress and he fell forward. It wasn't the most graceful..or comfortable thing but right now he didn't care. Once he was on Teo rolled over and turned to his back, sitting up slightly and twisting while picking up his pillow and trying to bunch it up more to make it more comfortable which was no use, the thing was flat as could be and wouldn't get any better. After deciding that the pillow was as good as it was going to get Teo fell back and slid his arm underneath his head for more support and closing his eyes, beginning to drift off into well deserved sleep.





ANYTHING ELSE?

Is searching for a metalbending teacher.  While Teo wants to learn to metalbend more than anything he is quickly starting to see that this is nothing more than a fleeting desire for two reasons.  1.  He can not afford to attend the Republic City Metalbending school, (and he does not wish to become a metalbending police officer) and 2.  He can not afford to travel to another city to learn.  Basically it all comes down to money and working where he is he is luck to make rent each month.

He is a country boy in the big city and sometimes it is painfully obvious.



Code: Probending

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