Nakia Marina

An agender and hard bodied AO. Seemingly cold and unfeeling upon meeting, doesn't emote much. Upon further inspection, is warm-hearted, thoughtful, and a dedicated pacifist. Mild mannered, and not at all easy to get a rise out of. The most humorous in the group, despite being intimidating and having a deadpan voice. Constantly changing hair style and color. Speaks Communia, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili. "To prevent confusion during this profile, I will only be using he/him for Nakia."

Personality
Nakia is the best example of why not to judge a book by its cover. On the surface, he is the perfect unfeeling soldier. Nakia can silence rooms with ease, and has an aura that demands to be respected. Coupled with his limited range of expressions and his deadpan affect, most assume he has little to offer besides being strong and hyper-masculine.

They all come to discover Nakia not what he seems. Nakia has just as much of a capacity for emotion, though it is expressed different. Nakia has a fantastic set of comedic timing, and making deadpan jokes often relieves the tension between him and new friends. Nakia has a fantastic memory, and can recall facts and events that others forget. Because of this, he often reminds others of their appointments or of other important events/things that need to be remembered. Nakia is thoughtful, and does favors for people days before they would think to ask for help. He's also the best listener in the group, and lends an ear to anyone who wants to vent. He gives small amounts of feedback when asked. Calm and collected, Nakia is the foundation of any group he's in, and his stability in all situations makes him the most well-adjusted in of Group #113.

Nakia speaks in as few words as possible, and is often asked to expand on his thoughts—which he obliges in most cases. Nakia thinks before acting and before speaking to insure the right outcome. If you pay attention, nothing about Nakia is spontaneous. He finds out secrets by observation, but usually keeps them to himself. Nakia loves deeply, and cares for his fiance and friends more than he does for himself.

It's never a struggle to help, nor is it a nuisance, since he values relationships above all else. He is very forgiving, and can look past many flaws and past mistakes and embrace a person for who they are. Nakia ends arguments and conflicts, even if he has to drag someone out of a room or get in the middle of a physical altercation.

That being said, no one draws harder lines in the sand when they're finally fed up. If Nakia wanted you dead, or wanted you ostracized, that would have already happened. This almost never happens, though, so don't worry!

Nakia saves most his rare smiles for Hikari, or if he's drunk. It's difficult to catch him off guard, but you can by embarrassment. He is intensely embarrassed by only two things: compliments and affection. He does not know how to handle either, especially from strangers, and explodes into a stuttering blushing mess. This comes from childhood where love and genuine heart-felt moments were few and far between.

Nakia is one of the best fighters in the game, and can move through the most chaotic of battles smoothly. Even though Nakia is incredibly deadly, Nakia is a pacifist who only uses his techniques in self-defense—only rarely does he begin a fight.

Everyday Life
Nakia enjoys his down time, and when not working, is found relaxing in the rec room, or doing various activities with Hikari. He rarely turns down invitations to spend time with someone, even if it's doing something he usually doesn't. Nakia is open to new experiences and this surprises almost everyone who asks him to attend activities with the expectation of Nakia saying no. He is an information sponge, it's in his nature to absorb things and learn more and more; this is how he bonded so well with Hikari.

When at work, Nakia is relaxed, and lets his mind wander a little. He uses down time—such as walking between assignments—as time to compartmentalize his day, and his current situation in general. As stated before, Nakia is not interested in murder, and this gets him into frequent trouble for "not doing his job". He is the first AO shown to pacify spirits. Despite Nakia not having above-average energy levels, he makes up for this in pure skill. His ability to plan on the fly and to attack viciously made him, at one time, the definition of a super soldier. Many bring up his previous status as a semi-famous up and coming captain trainee, and he nonchalantly brushes them off, and doesn't glorify any of his actions when they are spoken about.He views those as mistakes, which not many others understand.

Nakia absorbs the hobbies of those around him. If you teach him a skill, chances are, he will continue developing the skill with you and on his own. His time with Hikari is what he values the most, since Hikari understands him the best.

History
"EVERYTHING HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AND HAS SOME BASIC CONFLICTS WITH HIKARI'S AND MIKIA'S HISTORY. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SOME LOCATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME."Nakia has a great memory. He retains all one possibly could about childhood, and what it was like growing up. He refuses to recount anything before age 15, and has only told Hikari small snippets of his story.

There are only a few things that are clear about his story that he has alluded to. He met Haruka at age 14, and they both escaped their home. Much beyond this cannot be recalled by Haruka either, since Haruka cannot remember many of those events as well.

Nakia and Haruka immediately signed up for the National Anti-Anomaly Security recruitment, and were put into training. From there, they both had their first taste of freedom—though it was still in some sort of captivity, at least it wasn’t their previous situation. They rationalized the pain and suffering of training in the field with the haunting thought of going back to their old home not being an option. Nakia and Haruka insisted on remaining together, no matter what.

Much later in this group, at age 18, Nakia met a new transfer to the training group named Hikari. They bonded instantly as friends, and slowly developed a romantic relationship over time. This relationship was far from perfect, or planted on a steady foundation, however. Both of which became unhealthily obsessed and possessive of one another. This was in response to their upbringings, and finally finding mutual understanding with someone—they refused to let go of each other.

In their new group, they reunite with Haruka and Mikia, as well as some familiar faces from their old training group.

Spoilers Below Nakia was a much different person back in this time, though he retains the same deadpan. He harbored a need to fight that rivaled Hikari’s latter day attitude, and frequently lashed out physically to people who tried to start fights with him. Hikari would have to pull him out of these fights, much like how Nakia has to later. Nakia was much more bitter and had little capacity to forgive or to not indulge himself in petty victories. Though, with his skills, his aura, and his monstrously high kill count, he still gained respect. It should also be noted that Nakia's memory is much worse, and he frequently dissociates when put in violent situations, and has large memory gaps. Nakia is also in constant grief over being unable to remember what happened to him during re-education before joining his group.

Spoilers Below Nakia nearly killed someone over a perceived slight against Hikari. A demon temporarily possessed a group mate, who attempted to attack Hikari. Hikari quickly subdued the groupmate and the demon fled. Nakia took this as a genuine attack from the groupmate and saw red. He ruthlessly attacked the groupmate and almost choked them to death before Hikari knocked him out.

Spoilers Below From then on, they both started to reflect on their previous actions and feelings for each other, both coming to the conclusion that they needed space to think. Eventually, he was put into captain training, with the expectation that he would go directly into being a captain after he left his training group (after all, you don’t stay in a training group for this long without wanting to become a captain). This started in the group, with him eventually being transferred out for his first captain bootcamp. Nakia returned from the group a few months later. Changed as a person, but not all for the better. Utterly frozen by trauma, Nakia refused to speak to anyone for a solid week, and would not acknowledge anyone who tried to talk to him—except Hikari, who would get small mumbles in reply to yes or no questions. Nakia was ready to talk Hikari a week later about everything that happened at training.

Spoilers Below It uncovered his memories buried during re-education (brainwashing), and he began to question his place in society and as a potential murderous captain. He came to the conclusion that Culte was not worth protecting, and that the only way to prosper was to leave. Hikari had a difficult time believing any of what Nakia said, but didn’t attempt to shut Nakia down whenever he brought it up. It gradually eased him into the idea of them needing to join the rebellion. Nakia helped Hikari through the motions, and they rekindled their relationship—now with properly set boundaries. Nakia tried to bring up Culte in multiple conversations to Haruka. Haruka refused to listen, and didn’t see questioning AOs or Culte as anything worth his time. Begrudgingly, Nakia left Haruka behind, and goes with Hikari to southern Japan. They fake their deaths, and join the rebellion. The rebellion is funded by the region’s government, and they provide housing and therapy for rehabilitation for previous AOs who need a helping hand to adjust to regular society. SUBJECT TO CHANGE: If Nakia and Hikari joined the rebellion before or after leaving They’re given a period of time to relax and absorb normalcy. Though they falter in the beginning, they grow used to the new way of life, and attend therapy sessions regularly. When it’s believed they’ve spent enough time recovering, they are given new assignments, most of which are teaching the rebels without any training how to fight. Nakia eventually makes the suggestion of tracking down the two most important people they left behind: Haruka and Mikia, and to try and radicalize them and their groups. After all, their loved ones were brainwashed like they used to be, and needed their help. Hikari resisted at first, but then caved into the idea. With that, they rejoined Culte, and transferred to AOG #113 of SW - HKD, with the new job assignment: internal spies for the rebellion.