Samuel Ainsworth

Samuel ainsworth,

this is gospel for the fallen ones

Samuel's odd.  He can be very distant when he's focusing on work, but he can be one of the kindest people you might meet.  His distance can make him seem unfeeling to some people though.  Really though, he's just unsure of social cues.  He's loyal, almost to a fault, if he respects the person.  But once they lose his respect, it's very very difficult to earn it back.  He's trusting, but if you've lost his respect or trust, he will likely be much harsher with you from that day forward.  He enjoys the occasional drink, but he can't say he's ever been drunk in his life.  In his mind, that would be losing control of a situation.  He'll take orders from people to save his job, but that doesn't mean he'll like it.  Speaking of his job, he's a cross between police and intelligence.  Both departments find him useful at times, and considering he is lower on the hierarchy they will give him all the work they feel fits his skillset.  Samuel doesn't like to go into a situation without a plan, but that doesn't mean he can't think on his feet.  Most of all, he enjoys relaxing.  Yes, he enjoys focusing and accomplishing something, but he firmly believes in 'all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'.  If someone is ignorant of something, Samuel will probably be most inclined to try to teach them.  If they refuse to learn though, he has a tendency to grow irate.  Ignorance is one of his largest pet peeves.

He believes magi should be afforded the same rights as humans, and that they deserve protection under the law.  Slavery is wrong (unless you've sold others into slavery then his mind is eager to make an exception in the idea of 'fairness and equality).  As a cyborg himself, Samuel can't figure out why people see cyborgs and humans as different.  Androids on the other hand, boggle his mind.  He currently believes that those are simply machines, and therefore tools.  You might say he acts like a bit of a tool sometimes when he gets involved with them.

Samuel is a six foot guy who prefers to have his hair longer than average.  He prefers a ponytail, although he has been known to get a shorter cut.  His hair isn't thick, it's light really.  In thickness, not colour.  His hair's colour is black, although it may look bluish in some lights.  Also depending on the light is his eyes, which may look anywhere from blue to nearly black.  Navy blue if you prefer that term.  He's athletic, and has some well toned muscles.  He isn't a bulky sort of man by any stretch, but he's still strong.  Samuel has finely crafted features, and a mouth that is often in a serious expression.  He does smile sometimes though, I promise.  His left arm is bionics up to basically his shoulder socket.  He still has human shoulders, but just below that is bionics.  For example, if he were to wear a t-shirt, what would be visible out of the sleeve would be bionics. That said, he has advanced synthskin that makes it almost indistinguishable.

The way he carries himself depends on the people he is around.  If he considers someone his superior, his head would be tilted slightly downward as a sign of respect.  If he were to meet a child or someone short, he'd be likely to kneel so he was on their level.  Unless they were disrespectful little brats.  Then he would not bother.  He fights fairly confidently, but at the same time his movements are all tempered with cautiousness.  Whether he is fighting, or just walking around, that cautiousness generally remains.


The way Samuel dresses differs according to the day.  When he goes to work, he wears robes or suits.  Sometimes he even wears those when he's not at work.  He claims they give him a better look, and better range of movement.  That said, he's also been spotted chilling in a hoodie and jeans.  Despite the official way he carries himself, generally he wears sneakers with whatever he's wearing.  His excuse is that he never knows when he will need to fight, but truly he just finds them much more comfortable and sees no point in being uncomfortable.  Besides, black sneakers even go with a suit and robe, right? 

Parents
Mother: Angelica Ainsworth (nee LaFayette)
Father: Jackson Ainsworth

Siblings
Brother/Sister: Elliot Ainsworth (older brother)
Olivia Ainsworth (younger sister)

Extended Family
Grandfather: Walter Ainsworth
Grandmother: Faye Ainsworth (nee Quincy)


Samuel Nicholas Matthew Ainsworth was born January 5, 2569 in Camlorn, Ethea.  His family was human, but they had a magi...well sort of a butler.  A trusted, paid family servant.  Although probably paid less than a human would have been in the same position, Samuel has realized.  Originally, the magi was sold as a slave.  However, slavery was abhorred in the Ainsworth family.  They bought him so they could then free him.  The magi decided himself to stay on serving the family.  And while some might have thought of that as demeaning, Samuel will always remember how that magi had served the family proudly.  He was treated well.  He was trusted almost as one of the family, and considering the Ainsworth family saw trustworthy allies and blood as close-knit, the man had a place in their home as long as he wished.

The first thing that's important to note about the Ainsworth family is that they are well versed in swordsmanship and have been for a few generations.  Samuel's great grandfather took up the trade of crafting katanas, and that's how he met Samuel's great grandmother.  She was a swordswoman at the time, and over the years they came to know each other better.  Eventually they married, and the rest is literally history.  Since that time, Ainsworth kids have either been trained in blacksmithing, or in swordsmanship.  They are classically taught both as children, but when they get older they usually are employed by either the police, or weapons manufacturers in Felici City.  Some have taken on both, but they are not of this generation of Ainsworths to be sure.  In Samuel's case, he learned swordsmanship.  His older brother, Elliot, learned blacksmithing.  Samuel was simply taught how to maintain his weapon.   All children had a choice in what they undertook.  They are never forced to undertake their trades.  Olivia, Samuel's sister, is learning unarmed combat to be able to defend herself.

In fact, the reason she undertook self defense swordsmanship is intrinsically connected to Samuel in a way.  She undertook it after she was kidnapped.  Olivia was thirteen years old.  Samuel was nineteen.  He had been studying his swordsmanship for ten years.  Well, when Olivia was kidnapped the Ainsworth family sprang into action.  The matter was reported to the police, but the task force was assembled mostly of the Ainsworths in the police.  Samuel took an extra interest because, of course, she was his sister and so he was part of the task force.  This mission was one of the turning points for Samuel as he realized he wanted to help people as his job.  When it was discovered she was being kept in a bandit hideout about twenty miles outside of Dagos, they took action.  A group of swordsmen were assembled from the family's ranks to go in and get her back.  When they went in there however, there were more bandits than they had anticipated.  They managed to go in and get Olivia out of there.  But it wasn't without trouble.  One of Samuel's cousins lost a hand, and Samuel lost his arm when a bandit successfully disarmed him (pun intended, but also the situation was true).  He was fortunate that that was all he lost, and he thinks of it that way.  One of his uncles is minus a son.

When they arrived back in Camlorn, he was fitted with his bionic arm.  The Ainsworths are, well, rich.  Their generations in forging weapons and working within the Ethean government have meant they have a politician and a weapons manufacturer CEO among their ranks.  Generations of dedicated work in the professions have meant they're also a well respected family.  They also sprang for the advanced synth skin once Samuel was used to the previous model of arm.  They didn't want it to be too much of a shock.  After the kidnapping, Olivia took up self defense, and Samuel began the process of applying his swordsmanship to work with his arm and the skills it gave him.  It was also at this point that the family brought in an outside instructor to teach Samuel a skill he himself elected to learn: unarmed combat.  He made plenty of jokes about his bionic arm while learning (his instructor groaned everytime Sam said something about being 'unarmed').  The particular martial art he learned was Judo, because he thought using the opponent's body weight against him was probably a better method for himself.  He wanted to learn unarmed combat so that he had a chance in hell of not losing another limb because of being disarmed.  For those wondering how old he was while learning, he was twenty at this point.

When he turned twenty one, he moved to the bigger cities.  His Judo instructor had painted a picture of the cities that had attracted him.  That and there just wasn't enough work in Camlorn.  Samuel lives in Dagos City, although he does go to Felici City fairly often as well.  Besides, his work means he can be needed in either place sometimes.  It took a year for him to be hired by the Ethean government as part of the police force, and a couple years more to be trusted enough to be employed on intelligence missions.  At first he was basically a gofer, but he slowly worked his way up the totem pole.  Now he's a detective, even if he's just at entrance level detective work.  He's happy with the jobs.  He's also been continuing his training in Judo all this time, on his own time.

Although the people around him can be anti-magi, Samuel's view on the matter is that everyone deserves equal rights, including the magi.  It's worth noting that his cousins in the police force, manufacturing and most notably the politician, do not share his views on magi equality.  By 'the Ainsworth family abhors slavery' I mean that Samuel's closest family does not believe in the practice.  Extended family is another matter entirely.  Samuel personally believes that for change to happen, humans, cyborgs and magi must be able to band together.  When he's feeling pessimistic he doesn't think that will ever happen.   Samuel values fairness as a top quality, with respect as a close second.  

Despite those views though, he has already had times when he has had to swallow his values to carry out Ethean 'justice'.  He may value fairness and respect, but he also values his job!

Convenient Shield: One of your arms can shift itself into a bullet proof shield that is just large enough to protect all of you if you crouch down into the tightest ball you can.

UNARMED COMBAT I (STARTER): You know the basics and can hold your own in a street fight. The type of martial art or fighting style is up to you. We trust you to be realistic for what you can accomplish and not accomplish at being a general level one in unarmed combat.

MELEE I (STARTER): Can accomplish fundamental and basic feats with melee weapons. Examples: Knife, Sword, Sai, Hammer, Axe, Whip, Lance, Chainsaw, etc


Advanced Synthskin: Your synthetic skin, hair, etc. is extremely convincing. You look like a human to even a trained eye, or fellow androids. This advanced skin will even bruise, scar, and up to a degree, bleed (fake blood). Only advanced detection, like x-rays, could discover the difference.



MELEE II: You are now better able to dual wield if you wish to. You are more likely to better a melee level I.

[b]Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan, Hajime Saito[/b] as [i]Samuel Ainsworth[/i]