Miscellaneous UB Character Facts

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Just for fun, here's a list. All of these facts have been mentioned or alluded to in my story. There's a lot more. (I have a ton of characters. Heh.)
 
~Yuki is a really bad shot. She's aware of this fact, and had trouble qualifying when she was with the police.
~Yuki's first job was as a mechanic for the army. She built her custom pink motorcycle.
~Yuki has five older brothers. The two oldest are martial arts experts but not as good as their dad or Yuki.
~Yuki's dad was the police superintendent.
~Yuki's brothers have the following careers Trey = travel agent, Lee = basketball coach, Brandon = unemployed, Kin = elementary school teacher, Shin = restauranteur.
~Yuki's parents have several pets, some from her childhood and others added to combat empty nest.
~Yuki is afraid of heights, snakes, and tight spaces.
~Yuki is an expert at escaping from ropes and chains.
~Yuki's brothers call her Barbie to tease her.
~Yuki and Brad were born the same day. Their mothers are best friends.
~Yuki met Kaida when she was tracking down syndicate members, but viewed her as a victim and didn't arrest.
~Yuki cannot keep a job long because she's clumsy and absent-minded.
~Yuki left her fiance Luke standing at the alter at her first wedding. Luke was assassinated at their second attempt.
~Yuki regularly sees a psychiatrist for help with her severe fear of commitment.
~Yuki's father encourages his offspring to be aggressive and competitive. He challenges Yuki to karate matches whenever he sees her.
~Yuki's mother dotes on her as the only daughter and wants Yuki to move back into the family home.

~Kaida has a twin sister she has always been jealous of.
~Kaida dropped out of school at age 17 to run away with the circus -- or with a circus performer (but ended up in crime instead).
~Kaida's first sexual experience was at age 17 with her boss Raidon.
~Kaida got married on her 18th birthday and divorced five years later.
~Kaida loves antiques, influenced by her father's career as a globe-hopping anthropologist.
~Kaida is six and a half years older than her brother.
~Kaida is a notoriously heavy sleeper but prone to insomnia, nightmares, and talking in her sleep.
~Kaida likes victorian-style decor in her apartment and wears feminine nightgowns, but dresses androgynously in public to avoid unwanted attention.
~Kaida loves children but hides the fact like a dirty secret.
~Kaida is a good cook, but her ex-husband is better.
~Kaida was raised Catholic. She rejects the religion for being sexist and contrived but donates anonymously to the local Catholic church and gets along with the priest.
~Kaida hates hospitals with nearly a phobia and is especially critical and suspicious of psychologists.
~Kaida's deepest mortal fear is going to prison.
~Kaida loves chatting with local college kids. Her store is the favorite spot for textbook buying and selling.
~Kaida's store is located at the edge of a large park and is beside a bank and across from a 24-hour grocery.
 
~Seiko started college when she was 11.
~Seiko was 12 when her parents died. She was home, heard the shots, and found the bodies.
~Seiko remained in college pursuing different degrees and teaching for most of her life until she moved in with Kaida to start over. College was her sanctuary.
~Seiko's first boyfriend is Tristan. She was 24 when she met him. (He was robbing the bookstore.)
~Local celebrity and philanthropist Eric Mason confessed that he had a crush on Seiko when he was taking her chemistry class.
~Seiko is uncomfortable around children. She's scared to hold babies and talks to kids like they were adults.
~Seiko is a tennis and a chess champion.
~Seiko knows archery and is good with a bow.
~Seiko plays violin. Her mother played a cello taller than she was.
~Seiko knows several languages.
~Seiko used to live on a large estate in a neighboring town.
~Seiko acts overly polite around strangers as a defense mechanism. She tends to be more sarcastic and blunt with friends.
~Most of Seiko's clothes are hand-me-downs from Yuki's family or thrift store purchases.
~Seiko's glasses frames used to belong to her father.
~Seiko learned to ice skate from Tristan.
~Seiko lives in a small room in the back of the bookstore. She has a door that opens onto the park.
~Seiko doesn't like to talk about religion. She struggles with faith since her parents died and questions if not the existence, the nature of God.
~Seiko does not have a driver's license, but technically she has stolen (borrowed?) at least two cars.
 
~The skills Tristan learned to impress (various) women include guitar, motorcycling, ice skating, lockpicking, origami, and more (yet unmentioned).
~Tristan is a devout Catholic and friends with his priest.
~Tristan sings in the church choir.
~Tristan dropped out of school at 16 years old to search for his sister Kaida in the city. He ended up joining a gang (sort of).
~Tristan was one of a trio of bank robbers but kept clumsily botching their heists.
~Tristan is experienced at being rejected by girls since grade school. His first real girlfriend was a burglar named Kylie.
~Tristan lives in a dilapidated apartment building on Bridge Street. He is neighbors with Mike.
 
~Mike's mother died from an infection shortly after he was born.
~Mike's father was a visionary politician who ran for mayor but was killed shortly before elections.
~Mike entered the foster system at age two.
~Mike lived alone on the street starting when he was 15.
~At age 17, Mike, in a rage, pushed a man onto the Subway tracks and was tried for voluntary manslaughter.
~Mike regularly sees a psychiatrist for his anger issues. (Originally court-ordered but now voluntary.)
~Mike currently goes to Highlawn University and majors in pre-law. Kaida's sister Violet is his role model.
 
~Violet typically wears contact lenses. She wore glasses when she was younger or as part of disguises.
~Violet lives near her mother in the neighboring town. She is good friends with Seiko's adoptive parents/godparents.
~Alex is an eagle scout, honor student, and baseball player.
~Fudo and Toyo studied literature in college but dropped out to become performers.
~Toyo had to learn safe-cracking to cover up a lie Fudo told to save his life.
~Toyo is currently an author and pushing his luck by writing about experience in the crime syndicate.
~Toyo and Celes worked for a branch of the syndicate composed of robbers/burglars. Celes was a driver, and Toyo opened safes and locks.
~Raidon is a skilled fencer.
~Eric Mason owns a software company. Dozer works for him as his "day job."
~Eric is a huge fan of Violet and friends with the local TV reporter Elaine Devon.
~Meredith is a widow. Her husband died in a subway "accident" after an altercation with Mike.
~Valentine studied medicine and had hopes of becoming a surgeon.
~Alex's sister-in-law Brigit is a nurse. Ricky is still in college.
~Raidon employs Tim as a butler and dog sitter. Hecate tolerates him.
~Raidon used to have a white Doberman named Anubis. He lived 9 years. Hecate is 5 years old.
~Jiro is 11 years old. He was living in the bookstore when Kaida bought it.
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