Post by rodrigo on Aug 11, 2010 18:16:05 GMT -7
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"Hurry up, you're wasting my time."
The Basics
Name: Rodrigo del Mato
Nicknames/Aliases: He also goes by Rod for short
Age: 16
Grade: Junior
Occupation: Student
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Titan Parent: Rhea
Mortal Relative: Luciano del Mato
Physical Statistics
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 155 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Lets Get More Personal
Likes:
*Nature
*People quick to the point
*Animals
*Biology- he hates to admit he likes it because he doesn't like to be anything like his dad.
*His Mom
*Loyalty
*Truthfulness
*Calm environments
*Fast people
*sensibility
Dislikes:
*His Dad
*Waiting
*Whinny people
*Liars
*Back stabbers
*Cruelty to animals
*Fire
*Extreme arrogance
*Flirts
*Noisy people
*Irrational people
*Busybodies
*People asking him to speak a different language
*Slow people
*Pranksters
Personality: Rodrigo has little to no sense of humor. He can tolerate only so much. One of the things that annoy him are people who joke around too much. He is easily annoyed due to his impatience. He likes to be straightforward and tell people how things are with sugar coating it. Mean may be a word chosen by some to describe him, but he just doesn't like being subtle or lying.
Usually he is stoic and could care less about people around him. He is cool tries to keep a level head. He rarely cares what people think of him. There are actually only a few people he genuinely cares for.
When he gets anger his first course of action is to say a few insults or cuss words. He tries to avoid fighting for senseless reasons, but if you tick him off enough then he will resort to violence. The only times he gets mad enough to fight is when he is pissed beyond all belief. Betraying his trust in a huge way is an instance where he'll get angry enough to fight. Because he scarcely finds people he develops to trust and care for, a person who he trust who does something treacherous, he will hold a long grudge.
There are also two things that also annoy him: beating around the bush and flirting. He is impatient and can't stand people being subtle. Flirting is something he hates. He will not flirt with a girl if he finds one he like, he'll act no different. His logic is, that if two people like each other then there's no point in acting different. Public displays of affections are something he'll tolerate but will never do. If he shows affection then it's in private. Also, he'll never says he loves someone. He finds it unnecessary since actions speak louder than words.
History: Luciano del mato was a young Brazilian biologist that specialized in the study of the rain forest and life along the Amazon. Even though he had great potential and skill, his career had platformed. he wasn't going anywhere in his position. Luckily for him, a college director called him up and asked if he'd be interested on giving a presentation at the school in town. Luciano jumped at the chance and set out for the city in a few days. During his presentation he talked with enthusiasm and vigor about his research. This caught the attention of Rhea who was sitting in on the lecture. She was interested in his understanding of nature and wanted to see what more he knew. She approached him after he was done and struck up a conversation about biology and things. As they talked they started to take a liking to each other. Soon the talk grew more casual and it ended with Luciano inviting Rhea to his hotel room. There they ordered some drink and talked some more. One thing lead to another and they had sex. The morning after Rhea left the room, Luciano woke up to see she had left. He was a bit sadden by this, yet he had no choice but to move on.
Over a small amount of time since, his career had started to look up. His experiments were doing better and he was actually advancing in his career. Months had past and his night with Rhea was a thing of the past, but he was surprised when she reappeared with a baby. Rhea explained everything to him and told him it was his responsibility to take care of the baby. Luciano didn't want kids, he told Rhea that he wasn't ready. Rhea may of been a calm titaness, but she was mad. She asked him once more in a more threatening way. Luciano reluctantly accepted. He named the baby Rodrigo.
Luciano treated the baby well, he just considered it all a big boring chore. Rod's dad was more focused on his career and science than the baby. Rod grew up in a small town that was surrounded by the rain forest. His dad research lab was also doubled as his house. His dad grew more weary of raising the child when monsters started to attack. There was a time when he was two that a cyclops attacked them. It had destroyed a lot of his lab equipment and chased them to the forest. When they were cornered, two mother jaguars had jumped from the forest and hissed threateningly at the cyclops until it fled. At that point, his dad considered the child more trouble than he's worth. Monsters attacks were rare as he grew up, but still an annoyance. He never told his son who his mother was, he thought it was to protect him.
Luciano never really liked to pay attention to Rod as he grew up. He believed that all he had to do was feed him, give him a house and an education then everything will work out. Rod started to resent his dad for his neglect. They even started to talk less than they did before. At the age of eight there was another attack, but it wasn't anything serious. By that time, Rod had some sort of grasp on his power. At that time though, Luciano was feed up and wasn't sure what to do. The timely appearance of a satyr was convenient. He offered him refuge at Camp Half Blood. Luciano knew that Rod wasn't a demigod, but wanted to get rid of him. So he feigned like he had no idea who his mother was and the satyr took him to Camp Half Blood.
He was surprised at what he found at camp, there was a variety of kids that was like him. Since he was young and didn't know who his mother was he was put in the Hermes cabin. Most assumed that he was son of Demeter or Flora because of his nature abilities. He really hated that cabin with a passion. They were always laid back and slow, they hardly ever took anything seriously. He didn't make many friends in the Hermes cabin or the Aphrodite cabin for that matter. His attitude made it hard for him to keep friends, but he was able to actually make a few good friends. On his 11th birthday a pair of knives appeared in his cabin. They were shaped liked leaves. This reinforced everyone's assumption that he was son of Demeter or some fertility goddess.
Everything change two weeks before his 13th birthday. He and two others were trying to convince Chiron to let them go on a quest. Chiron was not sure seeing how Rod wasn't claimed. They talked for a while and just before Chiron was going to buckle, Rod was claimed. The symbol of Rhea hovered over his head. The other campers and Rod were confused which goddess it was. Chiron told him that he wasn't a demigod, but a demititan. Chiron then informed him that he'd have to transfer to a different camp. Rod was pissed off, called his dad and told him what happened. They argued until Luciano slipped and said he already knew Rhea was his mom. Rod threw the phone out the window after some yelling. He was mad at both his mom and dad.
He made his way to Half-Blood Academy, there at the gates of the school was his mother. Rhea talked to him and explained how he was born and why she was attracted to his father. They talked between themselves and he continued to explain how the life of a demititan was going to be challenging. Rod saw that he shouldn't be mad at Rhea and he should respect her. He enrolled at the academy not know what to expect.
Abilities:
Twin Daggers: He was given a pair of daggers by his mother and he is excellent with them.
Bilingual: Being born answer raised in Brazil for 8 years of his life, he can speak English and Portuguese fluently. Some Spanish, it's similar to Portuguese.
Fertility: He can make land more or less fertile
Plants: He can control and grow plants on a whim
Empathy: He can sense what animals feel. And kind of influence them.
Nature: Whenever he around alot of nature, he feels more energized. Like in a forest. Plant-based medicine is more potent on him.
Weaknesses:
Impatience: Probably his biggest flaw. He hates waiting on anything. Slow people make him mad. His Impatience can lead to him doing reckless things or charging in without thinking.
Arrogance: He's not real full of himself, but enough for it to affect the way he fights. He will make miscalculations either overestimating himself or underestimating the opponent.
Trust: It is hard for him to fully trust people. He is always suspicious of treachery. Also, he takes betrayal seriously and will try to attack the betrayer.
Pyrophobia: He has a huge fear of fire. A huge blaze will usually make him panic and lose his barrings. He tries to avoid fire at all cost. The only reason he hates smoking really.
Empathy: He can only influence not totally control animals. If their natural instincts are stronger then it fails. Like if he take a bear cub, no matter how much he tries the she-bear will still try to maul him.
Plants: If he over does himself with growing and controlling plants he can get really weak. He may even pass out.
Other Information: On his 11th birtheday he was given a pair of celestial Bronze daggers. The blades resemble leaves.
Sample Post:
Rod was excited usually when there is a problem with he gods it was a bad thing, but this was an opportunity for him to go one a quest. It would of seemed that Aphrodite lost one of pieces of jewlery in Hades. It was odd for the goddess to be there, but she did like to get around. Rod and his friends had talked about this earlier and planned to present this to Chiron as a possible quest. It was a trival matter, but Rod was tired of being cooped up in camp. He was getting ready already, packing some things and grabbing ambrosia and some nectar. He knew Chiron was an old softie and after talking to him for a while, he would be able to wear him down. He looked around his cabin. They actual children of Hermes were acting like idiots yet again. "I can't get out of her quicker." He had no idea why the Hermes kids felts a need to pull pranks or just be annoying in general. There were rare occasions where he'd find a quiet Hermes kid, but that finding water in the desert. He left the cabin without saying bye to anyone in it. Most of them barely talked to him anyways.
The afternoon sun was almost at it's peak. He had to squint his eyes. "I hope everyones else is ready. I certainly am." The other two campers going on this trip were a son of Athena and a daughter of Poseidon. He made his way to the Athena cabin. He knocked on the door of the cabin and it immediately opened. The inside looked as if it was riddled with a mess of plans and designs. He always thought Athena kids were more like crazed scientist. "Well, are you ready?" He looked backed and grabbed something off his nightstand and then placerd in his draws. "Yeah, I'm ready I just finished a new music sheet. Anyway did you go to the Poseidon cabin yet?"
Rod shook his head, " I expected you to be ready first so let's go."
They preceeded to walk over to the Poseidon cabin. He kncoked on the door. "I'm still getting ready, I over slept." Rod's major pet peeve was slow people. "That sounds like a personal problem so hurry up." He shook his head. It was unbelievable that some people couldn't manage their time prorperly. She finally emerged from the cabin and Rod just gave her a dissapproving look. "Whatever let's just get going." He marched off and lead them. neither of them said anything, because they knew how he was.
He lead them to the Big House where Chiron was at. he looked a bit surprised at the arrival of the three. "And to what do I owe this unexpected vist?"
They looked at each other not sure who should speak first. After a minute of silence Rod finally spoke up. Well, word is that Aphrodite left one of her trinkets in the underworld, so plain and simple we want a quest to retrieve it." he looked Chiron in the eyes and wondered if this was going to be as easy as he thought it would. Chiron shifted uncomfortably. "Well you see the thing is....you don't seem like you are properly trained or prepared for this quest. Getting to the Underworld is a challenge all it's own and yoou don't even have a child of Hades with you. You need more training for something like this."
"Actually on the contrary Chiron." He point to the son of Athena. "He knows the location of Orpheus's passage. We could easily get into Hades." His eyes didn't go off of Chiron and he didn't smirk nor show a sign of smugness. He just knew he could talk Chiron into the idea.
"Well, be that as it may, there is still the fact that you are unclaimed so... Rod cut him off immdeatily as he said that. Rod was tired of people looking down on him just because he's unclaimed. He was stronger than most of the campers anyway. "You've seen me, I can hold my own in a fight thatnk you very much. Also My birthday is in two weeks so I'm going to be claimed real soon."
Chiron looked at Rod for a moment and let out a sigh. "Very well, I will arrange for you to meet with the oracle and you three must take this with the utmost seriousness." Rod nodded and was about to leave until a flash of light filled the room. A holographic image of an object that looked like a chariot was attached to a lion. Rod smiled knowing that he was claimed, but he looked at chiron to know which goddess it was. "Well I'm claimed now at last. Chiron whose symbol was that.?" Chiron had a look of disbelief for a moment, he mumbled something then looked at Rod. "There has been a change in plans. You will not be able to go on the quest. You two leave us, I need to talk to him alone." he motioned his hand for them to leave. Rod looked very pissed as they both left. Why is it.. Chiron held his hand up for him to be silent.
"I am terrible sorry, but you are not ademigod. You are what is known as a demititan. That symbol that just appeared over your head was the one symbol of Rhea." that was very hard to belive that his mom was a titaness instead of a goddess. He was in shock, that would explain why he liked nature so much, but there were still so many questions in his mind. "I know this is a shock, but I must transfer you to the Half-Blood Acdemy. They help demititans like yourself. Go pack your things."
He trudged off to his cabin. he was extremly pissed at just about everyone. The one person he needed to talk to was his dad, s0meone who he had grown to despise. He had written him a few times. So few that he could count on his hands the nimber of letter he fecieved from him. He picked up his cell phone and hurrily dialed his number. He tapped his foot impatiently as it rang.
Famialr voice answered the phone, "Hello?"
Rod cringed out of anger at his voice. "Hello dad it's been a while since we actually talked like a year."
There was hesitation on the other end of the phone. Rod took it as if he was trying to decide wheather or not to hang up on him. "Well sorry, I've been busy. What's so urgent that you'd have to disturb me?"
He couldn't believe he was still the same selfish man he remembered. "There's no law against a son calling his dad is there? Anyway straight to the 'emergency.'
They say my mom is a titaness, you know a female titan."
"Well that is possible. I don't think there is a difference between a titan and a god persoanlly. How did they find out?"
"I was claimed is how she put he symbol so all could see." He said in a condescending tone. Everyone at camp knew what it meant.
"Well excuse me for asking, I took Rhea long enough to claim you. She should of did it a few years back."
Rod was qiet for a moment. "I don't recall telling you it was Rhea...." He heard no response from the other end of the phone. " You selfish bastard! How long have you known?"
"SInce you were given to me as a baby and don't cuss at me I'm your father! The reason I didn't tell was to protect you, the same reason I let you go to that camp."
Only a few people could get him this mad. His dad somehow always knew how to. "There are so many messed up things that you just said! You've never been a real father all you'd rather do is sit on your ass and watch plants grow. How one earth is not telling me my mom going to protect me? You're logic is off. Also you didn't 'let' me go. You basically opushed me out the door!" he was red in the face. he so wanted to punch him right now. He wish he wasn't thousands of miles away.
"I've given you all the neccesities you ungratful brat! You even got this phone. You should show me more repect."
His dad had just went too far he said that he should actually respect him. He just stood there for a moment in awe at his audacusity. He heard his dad saylick my nostril once and he finally said. "Well f*ck you and you phone." he threw the phone out the window. It shattered the glass as it sailed outside. He turned to see the wole cabin watching him. He just grabbed up his things and left. he was glad he'd never see most of them again. The satyr was waiting outside with a taxi. He threw his things in the back and sat there. He didn't want to have any sort of conversation.
The cab drove going south from camp. The satyr tried to start small talk with him, but it was met with silence. Whenever he got this mad he was either mute or cussing. Luckily for the satyr he was going mute. The drive took a while and the satyr had fallen asleep.
OOC Information
Web Name: kj
Contact: Pm, email if you know it
Play By: Mario Lopez
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