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Published: 2012-06-06 03:33:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 13111; Favourites: 195; Downloads: 114
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"I will not die in obscurity. Mark my words, you will know me."

Full Name: Vasily Pavlichenko
Nickname: Ark

Division: Artillery
Class: Junior/Officer
Age: 22
Height: 5'9" (175cm)
Weight: 135lbs (61kg)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Russian-Chinese

Stats:
STR: 8
AGI: 5
VIT: 6
INT: 7
DEX: 12
DEF: 2

Personality:
RESOURCEFUL & INVENTIVE: Doesn't think in the typical fashion, usually able to find a solution or work-around with whatever resources he has on hand.
OBSESSIVE & HIGHLY FOCUSED: Once he has an idea or goal in mind, he will pursue that to the end no matter the time, effort needed or even the rationality behind it.
PATIENT: Most would think he's brash, but he is incredibly good at biding his time and will wait forever and a day. Be this waiting for revenge or for his allies to pull through.
BLUNT: Not one to mince words, he will give you his honest opinion when asked and often when not asked, positive or negative. It doesn't help that he still doesn't have the best social skills either.
CONFIDENT: Has a good sense of himself and what he can do, which he views is a lot. And little can dissuade him from this.
ENERGETIC: Outgoing, sings and dances and all around entertaining, that is if you can take his acrid humor.

Likes/Dislikes:
+ Music/Singing/Dancing
+ Fixing and re-purposing things
+ Cold weather
+ Firearms and things that go boom
+ Sharing bacon with Officer Deery
- Blades of any kind
- Large bodies of water
- Reading
- Not being able to drink

Biography:
Born to a Russian mother and a Chinese father, his very evident mixed blood has brought him some troubles in life, but they're minor compared to how he grew up. He has lived his entire life in the unstable regions and countries formed after the Soviet Union collapsed. At a very young age, he was separated from his parents and has little memory of them (whether they are alive or dead, he doesn't know nor cares). He grew up going from faction to faction, from one civil war to another, fighting and just struggling to simply keep living to the next day. Having a nature knack for sniping, along with fixing and re-purposing old weapons helped a great deal, but life was still incredibly hard and there were many times he wasn't sure how he made it out alive. It should have been hell, but it wasn't because of the support from his chosen brother and sister. A terrible battle and resulting wound separated him from his family. He found himself in the care of a mysterious relative but wanted nothing but to return back to his family in the battlefield. The relative soon gave up and dumped him at Milizia, hoping the academy could tame the wild boy.

It had been a terrible struggle getting used to not only the academy but completely new life too. He was rebellious and unruly, utterly unwilling to accept his new surroundings, and quickly making several enemies. But far worse was being away from his family, leaving him close to an internal wreck and doing a number of questionable things in an attempt to be reunited with them. However with the help of Officer Julia Deery, things began to slowly turn around, much to his own surprise and dismay. The academy started to gain value to him, being a place where he could gain resources and learn skills that could lead to a better life for him and his family. While he didn't necessarily get along with many of the other students, they no longer needed to be held at arm's length away. After the sudden realization that Officer Deery would graduate and leave before him, he put himself through rigorous and obsessive study to jump to Senior level early. With Deery's close help, he was able to jump to junior but not senior due to his poor writing skills. However his high practical level and overall performance for the term did catch the attention of the higher ups and with Deery's recommendation and approval, he was made officer.

During the attack on Milizia, he helped raid the ship, providing firepower and cover. Still, he and his team were unable to fully penetrate the defenses to get try and defuse the bombs on board. Oddly, despite that, the incident helped cement his loyalty to the academy, and falling more in line with the academy's core values even if he tends to disagree with how they might be achieved. While he still always remembers and longs for his family out in the field, he's found new members to his family at the academy as well. And has been moving towards a specialization in low-tech, low-maintenance weaponary and specialized ammunition for snipers.

Current Merit Count: 0
Total Merit Count: 0
Inventory/Stock: M9 (Beretta 92FS) Pistol

Additional Notes:
-Has gotten much better with reading, writing and speaking English but still has an accent and his grammar is just as terrible
-Considers his birthday to be January 1st
-Has 3 scars on his face that was burned black by a gunpowder accident
-The ring he wears belongs to his brother and he keeps a photo of his family in his armband
-Ambidextrous
-Speaks Russian and Chinese fluently along with a number of eastern European dialects at a decent level
-Tech level is still behind the most current but he's catching up quick weaponary-wise, other things not so much
-Terrible in close combat fighting, fights more like a drunken sailor than trained soldier
-Still uses nicknames as he's forgotten most people's real names/still never bothered to learn them
-Can't grow facial hair to save his life
-His favorite pony is Rarity

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Aah I my Russian boy has grown up ... sort of, kind of, a little.. Well the rabies did.

Nicknames given:
Candy Princess, Candy Whatever, Officer Whatever: Mercy
The Wall: Lucas
Pie Medic: Oliver
Crazy Cheeseman: Nokkvi
Scary Words: Weston
Comrade Hippie: Azalee
Packs Slap: Yue
Little Cannonball: Castel
Little Beartrap: Micky
Grump Banshee: Albone
Pretty Da-vid: David (possibly not canon lol)

Officers and commanders are simply referred to by their titles and respective divisions so they typically don't have nicknames.

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Comments: 57

DaniAleksandra [2012-08-02 14:23:02 +0000 UTC]

ajaskjhaskjhsa I was looking over the mod apps since I'm considering to re-apply and I read the nickname by Madison! Omfg!!! lmfao xD

I don't remember her actually giving him a nickname though OTL

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zetallis In reply to DaniAleksandra [2012-08-02 18:54:25 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I don't think he'd come up with one yet before I stopped running into you lol

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DaniAleksandra In reply to zetallis [2012-08-02 19:00:20 +0000 UTC]

xD But book bitch? Sounds a little harsh, even for Madison. Btw, I'm re-vamping her. Different history and appearance, but similar personality xD

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zetallis In reply to DaniAleksandra [2012-08-02 20:15:48 +0000 UTC]

lol sorry, I can change it. Don't think I'd ever actually say it in chat anyways XD
Oh so you're reapplying completely?

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DaniAleksandra In reply to zetallis [2012-08-02 20:41:07 +0000 UTC]

Mhm, but the way I angled her face... I've been trying to do different face angles for my last couple of apps so I could practice the nose a bit more... but omg.... she's gonna be the death of me OTL

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zetallis In reply to DaniAleksandra [2012-08-02 21:21:41 +0000 UTC]

haha well good luck! Though hopefully she's a bit more disciplined this time lol, a lot more commanders and officers, along with a whole committee to crack down on students @_@

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DaniAleksandra In reply to zetallis [2012-08-02 21:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Lol, so I noticed. She'll behave to commanders and officers... just don't expect her to be that polite to other students xD;

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VernCode [2012-07-30 13:36:47 +0000 UTC]

he looks so badass *A*

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addaline [2012-06-29 09:36:49 +0000 UTC]

he's looks more cooler and badass

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zetallis In reply to addaline [2012-06-30 18:59:06 +0000 UTC]

Level uuupp

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addaline In reply to zetallis [2012-07-01 11:53:17 +0000 UTC]

yeahh

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zombriefs [2012-06-08 07:57:27 +0000 UTC]

HAjwjdwj Hello Ark ajsdjw I have such amazing officers ahh~ i can't wait to meet him~

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zetallis In reply to zombriefs [2012-06-09 14:57:33 +0000 UTC]

I hope you don't mind a pair of rabid, bacon eating officers

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zombriefs In reply to zetallis [2012-06-10 16:36:34 +0000 UTC]

LOL Olice might even cook some bacon for them- Iftheybehaveyeahadhwjdjkwkjdw

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yunart [2012-06-06 21:18:35 +0000 UTC]

Awwww daaaaang, he got wrecked in all the right ways-

Aaah congrats! ; 7 ; Everyone's growing up to fill in their responsibilities like the maturing young things they are~

dear lord both him and Mercy are officersdfklgjfd FUN TIMES AHEAD

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zetallis In reply to yunart [2012-06-07 15:34:50 +0000 UTC]

Aaaahhh thank you Yoooon~! They grow up so fast

THEY WILL DRAG LUCAS IN FOR MORE.. FUN TIME

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LoginTrap [2012-06-06 19:11:11 +0000 UTC]

1. Judging by his last name he is either Belorussian or Ukrainian.
2. If his father is Chinese he is Chinese and should have Chinese last name.
In Russia as in the most of the world father gives his last name to both wife and children. Same with nationality/ethnicity. Only Jewish people count nationality/ethnicity according mothers one.

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zetallis In reply to LoginTrap [2012-06-06 21:29:27 +0000 UTC]

I rather imagined that Ark's parents lived in that region where Russia, Kazakhstan, and China meet. Whereas his father would have been a Chinese-Russian, like an Asian-American, either when they immigrated he took on a Russian name or somewhere in the family line there was a Russian father but predominately it was a Chinese family. Ark technically was born in Kazakhstan, not that he knows, but he has no papers nor real remaining official records. So when his uncle, a Russian citizen, they pulled records from his birth parents and he gained Russian nationality.

However, bottom line, Ark's name is not accurately Russian anyways as he'd need a patronymic for his middle name lol--

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LoginTrap In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 10:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Nothing wrong with his name without patronymic, but his last name as I said Ukrainian (or Belorussian).
Patronymic used only for elders usually. For example if you call and ask someone (phone): Can I talk to Vasily Pavlichenko? - OK. This way you ask about man of your age. Now if you ask: Can I talk to Vasily Nikolaevich? - This way you ask and talk to man who are much older than you.
So to say youngsters are called simply by name, usually short name. Like Vasya or Vaska (s soft, like in si, this is kinda rough calling though, we call cats like that lol). Same used between friends (no matter how old).

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zetallis In reply to LoginTrap [2012-06-07 15:19:36 +0000 UTC]

Hm, not from what I have seen, not being Russian and not having a Russian to ask directly.
I pulled the name Pavlichenko from Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was, yes, Ukrainian, having moved to Russia and served in the Red Army. I kind of like to think there's a minuscule connection between her and Ark, though I didn't find if she ever had children lol (so I guess that would mean the 'immigrate, choose name' wouldn't have a connection too) Also Ark is suppose to have a sense of being from all over and a jumble of things XDD

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LoginTrap In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 16:32:59 +0000 UTC]

Back then Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (as well as several other republics) were united as Russian Empire and after the Revolution and Civil war as a Soviet Union. She's lived in Kiev (capitol of ancient Rus and modern Ukraine).

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zetallis In reply to LoginTrap [2012-06-07 18:02:03 +0000 UTC]

Right right, I should have said Russian Empire, not Russia. I'm not sure how citizenship worked with that, especially with it then becoming the USSR. But anyways, I wanted the idea of a displaced, mixed up, vagrant character, where you can't look point to him and say "this guy is from this place" Riding off all the turmoil of the Russian Empire comprising of so many different modern countries, then becoming the Soviet Union, then collapsing. I imagine this would spread some families very wide and they'll assimilate into their current surroundings, intermarry and all that, where eventually your name and what ethnicity you are don't quite match up. I personally don't think this is too impossible of an idea. I'm sorry if I'm just really cruddy at explaining how I thought it would go about @_@

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LoginTrap In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 19:41:16 +0000 UTC]

In that case your best choice would be USA. Americans are nation of immigrants. Also you know American culture much better and ethnic background there more or less neutral matter.
Former Soviet Union in that case the worst possible variant for a moment, not only you don't know much about this countries, folks, history and culture, you don't know about serious nationalistic issues in relationships between Russia and former Soviet republics, notably - Ukraine and Belarus.
For example Ukrainian nationalistic propaganda [link]

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zetallis In reply to LoginTrap [2012-06-07 20:07:24 +0000 UTC]

Well I did say his background has gotten him a lot of grief. I apologize that I don't know a terrible amount of these issues. I do try to give some thought into my characters and apparently had not researched enough this time. However, I still think it he may not be an impossibility and hopefully still conveys the "displaced vagrant" feel I intended, even if you may not agree.

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Incross [2012-06-06 16:18:51 +0000 UTC]

I- I- I-- <333333 hngghhhhh

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zetallis In reply to Incross [2012-06-07 01:20:42 +0000 UTC]





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Incross In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 03:52:22 +0000 UTC]

HOMGG-------- kjhkwjhjehgwkjeljhwgjeg


h, hai Ark

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GUNOUFLAGE [2012-06-06 14:17:19 +0000 UTC]

He is just so

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zetallis In reply to GUNOUFLAGE [2012-06-06 15:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Don't let me hear you, it'll go to his head!
Da, I am.

oops, too late--

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GUNOUFLAGE In reply to zetallis [2012-06-06 16:11:34 +0000 UTC]

amg I love him already

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zetallis In reply to GUNOUFLAGE [2012-06-06 16:52:08 +0000 UTC]

shdlsal *///* thank youuuu!

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sandlinna [2012-06-06 07:35:23 +0000 UTC]

ITS YOU. I remember stalking seeing him before and thinking he was cool. And now he's just awesome.
Hope to rp in Artillery with you in the future~
cause I can see him being friends with my character //slapped

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zetallis In reply to sandlinna [2012-06-06 15:17:40 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thank you! XD
Will you be applying when student enrollments open then?

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sandlinna In reply to zetallis [2012-06-06 20:10:40 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I will! And going for Artillery as well. At least that's the plan at the moment.... XD

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zetallis In reply to sandlinna [2012-06-06 21:01:08 +0000 UTC]

Yesss join Artillery, we have guns and bacon!

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sandlinna In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 20:12:19 +0000 UTC]

And big machines to make stuff that goes boom I assume

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zetallis In reply to sandlinna [2012-06-07 22:06:36 +0000 UTC]

Of course of course

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nuttyjigs [2012-06-06 06:44:32 +0000 UTC]

Why does he remind me of Sho Minamimoto from The World Ends With You? :U /shot

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zetallis In reply to nuttyjigs [2012-06-06 15:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Sorry you'll have to answer that question yourself, I have no idea who that is.

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nuttyjigs In reply to zetallis [2012-06-07 05:40:23 +0000 UTC]

Heehee, it's this dude: [link]

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sirblckbrd [2012-06-06 04:28:24 +0000 UTC]

HE GOT SMANGIFIED

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zetallis In reply to sirblckbrd [2012-06-06 04:44:04 +0000 UTC]

THAT HE DID

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sirblckbrd In reply to zetallis [2012-06-06 05:32:08 +0000 UTC]

AWWWYEEEEEAAA

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hammertheshark [2012-06-06 04:22:03 +0000 UTC]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet~ *touches*

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zetallis In reply to hammertheshark [2012-06-06 04:44:16 +0000 UTC]

Careful, he has rabies!

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hammertheshark In reply to zetallis [2012-06-06 05:22:35 +0000 UTC]

...*puts on hazmat suit and 3 layers of Kevlar and continues to touch*

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Onsta [2012-06-06 03:40:36 +0000 UTC]

C'MERE OFFICER~

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zetallis In reply to Onsta [2012-06-06 04:06:47 +0000 UTC]

DA OFFICERRRRRR~

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chiyoppoi [2012-06-06 03:40:05 +0000 UTC]

AWSHIT DAT POSE

.. I just Realized he has 3 names for Mercy, how kind.

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zetallis In reply to chiyoppoi [2012-06-06 04:00:50 +0000 UTC]

Mercy has a special place in his heart--

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