"Rai cha!" Watch your head mister! Cause there's a red ball hurtling right towards you at a pretty high speed. Raichu had been keeping himself busy by whacking the bouncy object around off various surfaces while Kai was off doing his usual Kai thing. He miscalculated the strength of his last spike however and the ball was sent shooting off in the distance, leading the chu to quickly chase after it and hope he didn't almost accidentally hit someone. However, it might be a little late for that.
He hears the ball before he sees it, and with a lightning speed calculation in his mind, he ducks at the last minute, watching the ball sail past him until it runs out of momentum and bounces harmlessly until stopping. “——The hell?”
an eyebrow canting upward, piqued beyond what she originally assumed prior this conversation. out of everyone, kai will always be the one who’d be the most difficult to figure out ; she’s aware of that. what connection does this boy have with him when she couldn’t have one with him as the COACH ?❛ as a person on the team as well, i keep tabs on them from time to time. not sure about you, though. ❜
He smiles, but it isn’t the least bit kind. “He’s not on your team anymore. From the looks of it, I think you’ve lost him for good, this time.” Of course, he cannot say that for sure. Kai is, and has always been, notoriously flightly, and more of a think-for-himselfer than anyone he’s ever encountered other than Balkov. “He’s back home where he belongs. You don’t need to keep tabs on him anymore. If he wants you to know something, he’ll let you know. Otherwise, mind your own fucking business.”
That didn’t take long AT ALL. Their defense mechanisms were going to be their downfall. In truth, Kai was WAITING for Tala to get the message & GET OUT when he can. He knew he was TOXIC & he knew there was no FIXING HIM. Kai sidestepped easily; arms folded & eyes closed. The CRASH all too familiar. ❛ You’re getting SLOW, Ivanov ❜
Pale fingers twitch at the challenge and his eyes narrow. They reach for something else, and yet again he aims for Kai’s head. “And you’re still a raging dickhead. But what else is new?” He hisses out through clenched teeth. “I hope Takao wipes the floor with your sorry arrogant ass.” Damn him, damn the championships. Damn it all. He moves to storm past Kai, heading for the door.
❛ Why trade in the INSULT when I can just trade in the GLITCHY PRODUCT itself? ❜ There was a SNORT to be heard; play with fire & you’re BOUND to be burned whether you want to or not. ❛ A MOUTH IS A MOUTH. Just like A HOLE IS A HOLE & neither of the two are in short supply. But, you wanna know what is? MY PATIENCE. ❜
Ah, there it is. The icy chill he’s grown so used to. Sneering he picks up the nearest thing he can get his hands on and launches it full force at Kai. “Fuck you, Hiwatari. Go find yourself another hole then, since you think the world bows down at your feet.”
❛ what’ll he DO if he does hear me ? ❜ of course, the obvious snarky remarks she’d get will be given to her ; it’s almost like a routine, this makes her accustomed to it. the ‘perfect’ life she visualized for herself is nonexistent because of this. ❛ he might want to kill me for it, but what else is new ? ❜
“I don’t really think you want to find out.” If anyone knows the depths of Kai’s cruelty, it’s him. Kai’s words can cut like a knife on the best of days and go bone deep on the worst. His words are worse than his fists. “It’s cute how you think you know him so well.”
❛ Maybe its a GLITCH; might wanna get that checked out by the next MECHANIC we run into. Maybe, if I pay them enough, they’re program YOUR MOUTH SHUT. ❜
“You know, the whole ‘glitch’ insult’s getting a little rusty, Kai. Might wanna trade it in for a newer model.” A smile that’s a little too sweet is given, before, “You’d regret having my mouth programmed shut, considering how much you like it.”
❛ gee, with a SCOWL that deep, i would’ve thought you & kai were brothers. ❜ he’s from that other team ——— the blitzkrieg boys, right ? never having known the guys on that team personally before, the first impression she gets is that everyone doesn’t know how to SMILE.
“Brothers? Is that meant to insult me?” His grin is positively predatory and he takes a small step towards her, looking down at her with those piercing icey blues. “Listen, little girl. We’re far from brothers. Be careful he doesn’t hear you say that.”
ARC I.
From little Yuriy's adventures on the streets of Moscow up until Neoborg's defeat at the hands of the BBA in the last round of the World Championships in Russia, spanning from age 6 to 15 and covering his time growing up at the abbey with Boris, Sergei, and Ivan.
ARC II.
Covers post World Championships, his reconditioning, and introduction back into society. Takes place during Vforce, where he is not present at all. Goes through how difficult it is for himself and his team to go back into society and try to function as normal teens.
ARC III.
Follows along the G Revolution storyline, from Kai's introduction back onto Neoborg and subsequent training with them, to the Championships themselves and then onto the fiasco that was the BEGA incident.
ARC IV.
Post G Revolution. Tala's recovery from his injuries from his match with Garland. His decision to watch and wait while the BBA builds itself back up. His decision to go to college and double major in business and finance and minor in engineering, along with smatterings of computer science classes here and there. Nothing a walking super computer canβt handle. Hoping to gain one more World Championship before retiring.
Niquis was conceived not long after his mother and father met. She was a noblewoman with distant family ties to Mahtan and he was an Avar. Niquis’ relationship with his parents was doomed from the beginning. His mother believed him being born with such vibrant red hair was a bad omen and that no good would come of it.
When Turgon decided to move his company south into Nevrast, his parents made the decision to leave him behind with the chief of the tribe and to return for him when he was older and easier to travel with. They never returned. Instead, he was raised as the chief’s son, though he was more of a pawn than anything. His blood and his mother’s ( though small ) nobility was used for trading with the Noldor.
Then she came to Niquis, from the winter winds and blinding snow. A wolf larger than any of the white bears that roamed the region, one large enough for a mount. Nixiê, he called her. And when he was of age, she ripped out the chief’s throat and he became a prince of the northern wastelands, and he is as cold and ruthless as his domain.
Anyone who ventures near the lands of the Qualmê Helcê tribe will likely never see them. They dress in all white as camouflage. They are not entirely isolated, however. They are a curious sort, and often send scouts to go out into the world and report back findings to keep the clan safe. They may have little interaction with others because of their domain, but they are not ignorant. They are fishermen and hunters, practice strange magicks, sometimes scholars when the mood suits them, and they are deadly and do not hesitate to eliminate threats.
Name: Yulia Ivanov. Yuriy Ivanov. Alias: Tala Balkov
Codename: Winter’s Bite, White Wolf Age: 18 Location: Moscow, Russia
Position: Boss' Pet. Hitman. Righthand Man.
Background: AYulia ( Yuriy ) Ivanov was born in St. Petersburg Russia. He was the only child of Nataliya and Evgeny Ivanov, a young couple that had fallen on hard times. Evgeny was fond of the drink and couldnβt keep a job, and often used what little money Nataliya brought home to buy more alcohol rather than paying bills. He was a mean drunk and often beat his wife and child. When given the opportunity to bring in more money for his habit by being a patsy for a Russian mob boss, Evgeny jumped at the chance. Nataliya, however, had had enough. She left when Yuriy was eleven, and left him behind with his father with no promise of returning. With his mother gone and his father usually drunk or mixed up in some sort of trouble, Yuriy was left to his own devices, often simply wandering the streets and stealing food to keep himself fed.
That little routine didnβt last long, however. Evgeny slipped up because of his love for alcohol. He took money where he wasnβt supposed to, and the boss noticed. Yuriy watched as his father was executed in their rundown little apartment. But Yuriy also slipped up. He gasped in fear, and they found him, hiding behind some empty boxes. Instead of killing him too, they turned him this way and that, studying him, and laughing as he bit one hard enough to draw blood. Under all the dirt and the grime, under the greasy hair and rags, he was BEAUTIFUL, a SURVIVOR, and the boss liked that sort of thing.
All traces of Yulia Ivanov, of Yuriy Ivanov ( the name he gave himself ), disappeared as soon as Balkov got ahold of him. It was as if he never existed. Pulled from one hell and thrust into another; one darker, deeper and more ugly. He became Tala Balkov ( not in the way Balkov wished but it would have to do ), the bossβ pretty little pet and utterly ruthless right hand hitman.
Beware of the White Wolf who will gladly stain his coat red, beware of the icy chill of Winterβs Bite.
Name: Yuriy Ivanov Alias: Tala Valkov
Codename: Winter’s Bite, Winter Wolf Age: 16 Location: unknown
Abilities: accelerated healing, advanced genetics, super computer-like brain, advanced senses.
Specialties: hacking, assassination, intel gathering and storing.
Affiliates: formerly Hydra. gone rogue.
Background: After his mother abandoned the family, Tala turned to the streets in order to survive, until his father gave him up ( after being bribed ) to an abbey which was a front for a Hydra base. Tala was trained as a child solider, then later genetically advanced and cybertized. Once the abbey base was destroyed, Tala slipped away from the rubble and has been at large ever since.
Name: Yuriy Ivanov Alias: Tala Valkov Age: 16 Location: unknown
Abilities: Water Bender
Specialties: Ice. Similar to bloodbending, Tala can make things freeze by using the water molecules around them.
Background: Tala was born in the Northern Water Tribe, in a village outside of the main city. His parents were young and unprepared for a child. His father struggled to find work in the main city and often took his frustrations out on Tala and his mother. His mother went to fish one day and never returned home, either lost to the ice and sea or having abandoned her husband and child to seek a better life for herself elsewhere. This left Tala alone with a man whom cared little for his well being, and saw him and his abilities as something he could use to better himself and his standing. Evgeny believed that in a world ruled by the fire nation, he would have a better standing, that the old elite would be torn down to give rise to a new elite, and that if he played his cards right, he would be a part of it. When Tala was six, for money and for standing, Evgeny sold him off to a man by the name of Balkov and left him in the Fire Nation. Balkov, however, had no intentions of paying Evgeny and had him assassinated.
Tala is a calculating bender, and agressive when he sees the oppertunity to strike. He relies on strategy when fighting, and endurance. Tala's personality is much like his element; cold, harsh and ruthless. Many have learned that nothing burns like the cold.
He lives in a gilded cage, surrounded by black red and gold, when he longs for the white, blue and silver of his childhood.
basic information
FULL NAME: Yuriy Alexi Ivanov (Balkov)
ALIAS: Tala Valkov
AGE:15-17
BIRTH DATE: December 22nd
NATIONALITY: Russian
GENDER: Male identifying
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Demiromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Demisexual
RELIGION: Eastern Orthodox
SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Russian, English. A bit of German and Japanese
CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS: Living in a mansion with his four teammates.
OCCUPATION: World Class Blader
relationships
PARENTS: Not in the picture
SIBLINGS: None
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Verse Dependent. Kai Hiwatari in mainverse.
CHILDREN: None
physical traits
EYE COLOUR: ice blue
HAIR COLOUR: vibrant red
HEIGHT: 5'9"
BODY BUILD: slender, lean muscled
TATTOOS + PIERCINGS: has 201121 tattooed on his ribcage, not by choice.
NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: long lashes. soft, delicate looks that are almost feminine. those icy blue eyes that are beautiful, but almost unnatural.
phobias and disorders
PHOBIAS: being left alone, closed in spaces
MENTAL DISORDERS: PTSD, once had Stockhom Syndrom
WHEN WAS THIS DIAGNOSED?: During his reconditioning
personality
INTELLIGENCE: extremely intelligent, even before cybertization. Is a genius with numbers, espcially accounting wise
LIKES: Wolborg, dogs, blading, snow, math
DISLIKES: The human race, needles, Balkov, cramped spaces, being touched by people without his permission.
DISPOSITION: Temperamental
EXTRAS: By all appearances Yuriy gives off a cold and aloof vibe. He can be both of those things, but he can also have a fiery temper. Many times he feels like he's the worst so he always acts like he's the best. Despite being beautiful, he isn't vain, and he is far stronger than he looks, both physically and mentally. He is deadly, and when pushed he's not afraid to show it. Yuriy is incredibly smart and calculating, even so, he sometimes fails to add emotions into those calculations. He can be a bit obnoxious when he wants to be, and have a 'holier than thou' air about him. Deep, deep inside his icy heart, he does care about certain things and certain people, even begrudgingly.
biography
Yuriy came to the abbey at a young age. His father was an abusive drunk, which led to his mother abandoning the family. He never saw her again, nor tried to look for her once freed from Balkov's grasp. With his mother gone, he was forced to go out and find food for himself and his father. On the streets is where he met Boris ( Bryan ) Kuznetsov. Together they were a force to be reckoned with. One would play as the distraction while the other would snatch the food and run. They were inseperable, even on the day they were caught by the police. Neither would give up the other. Luckily, or unluckily as it soon came to be, Balkov offered them a way out. Come to the abbey and train and all of this would be forgotten.
Too trusting for his own good, and too eager to get out of his current situation, Yuriy accepted readily. His father was paid off to never speak of him again and to sign him over to Balkov. The horrors that Yuriy faced at the abbey were far greater than any he had faced at home or on the streets. He was trained as a child soldier, experimented on and put through emotional and psychological trauma. Nevertheless he kept close to Boris, Sergei and Ian, and even Kai. They were as close of a thing to family as any of them had, and their bond, despite their differences and occasional in-fighting, was unshakeable. The experiments only grew worse as Yuriy grew older, culminating in his cybertization during the World Championships against the Bladebreakers.
After those championships, the Demolition Boys were free, and laid low for a year as they were reconditioned to rejoin normal society. It was difficult for Yuriy, knowing he was different because of the cybertization and having to try and be 'normal'. He began to rely less on his chip, fiddling and fixing things Balkov had implemented until he was more like he once was and less like a program. Always cybertized, but never again Cyber-Tala.
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