Pilot 02: Information Set 1
[Character] Duo Maxwell
[Age] 15
[Canon] Gundam Wing
[Point of time in canon from which the character is taken] Shortly after ep. 26 The Eternal Flame of the Shooting Stars (the next two episodes are recap and some time passes without information on Duo’s whereabouts, so I’m taking him from right in there).
[Background info] Duo grew up on the street of colony L2, the most run down of the five colonies. His very early childhood is a mystery, but he was adopted into a gang of orphans at a young age and took on the name Duo after Solo, their leader and his older brother figure. Illness swept through the colony and many, including Solo, perished. By AC 187 at the tender age of seven, Duo was the de facto leader of the orphaned children. They were taken in by a nearby Catholic Church after their hideout was demolished and while the other children were adopted, Duo stayed with the Father Maxwell and Sister Helen. L2 was politically unstable and it wasn’t long until guerrilla fighting spilled over into his new home and the Father and Sister were killed. It was from the church that Duo got his last name and his signature braid and priest’s outfit.
He was imprisoned for a time after that and overheard his guards joking that, as the sole survivor of the event, he must have a demon on his side. Having grown up among so much death he had shortly after coming to the church voiced his opinion that the only god was Shinigami, the God of Death. These two ideas combined and formed his fighting persona and the name he would later give to his Gundam.
In AC 192, Duo was caught sneaking aboard Doctor G’s shuttle and so impressed the scientist that he was offered a position working on Operation Meteor with him. While the original operation was never carried out, Duo did take Deathscythe to Earth in AC 195 at the same time as the other Gundam pilots. His mission was to destroy OZ (and the quickly “c’oup-d’etat”ed Alliance), the military and political force on Earth that many in the colonies wanted to break away from. He soon met up and worked with the other pilots and eventually returned to space with Deathscythe after the colonies rejected the actions of the Gundams. There he was captured and, unable to self-destruct, was thrown in an OZ jail cell along with WuFei and, for a time, Heero. They soon made their escape (with new! but incomplete MS) and Duo spent some time drifting without any clear goals about his still incomplete mission to overthrow OZ.
[Personality] Duo has many personas. The face he normally turns to the public is talkative and cheerful, almost carefree. He often falls back behind it, using his bright smile as a barrier against the world. He can be very smooth and personable and is often the one moving the conversation along. While he’s not as much of a “loud American” as the fanbase often portrays him, he does get told to be quiet in so many words several times throughout the series and full-length movie.
On the flip side, Duo is dark and deadly in battle, referring to himself as “the God of Death”. Some of his fears about loss surface occasionally under this mask, but for the most part he is wholly focused on the battle at hand and merciless.
When alone or with minimal company, Duo is often serious and brooding, contemplating the war and his part in it. He often jokes about this part of his personality, claiming to have been acting out of character or makes excuses to lighten the mood.
[Abilities] Duo is an expert fighter, specializing in stealth and subterfuge. He is highly skilled with explosives, picking locks, masking his identity, and other related tasks. He received training in mechanics, especially anything relating to Mobile Suits, and evasive piloting techniques.
Duo can also play a mean game of basketball. :D
[Other important facts] Ass-length braid. He has it.
[Sample post]
All right, end of the line. Gotta love these automated shuttles, once you take out the cameras there’s nobody to witness what you unload from the train.
I’ve just got to get into the truck and Deathscythe and I will be free… to…
…Wait a minute, this isn’t the recon spot! What happened? Did I miss it? Hey, you stupid train, what’s the big idea--!
Where the heck did it go?! Hey!
Oh, well, Deathscythe, I guess it’s just you and me, old buddy. No problem, I’ll just turn on the GPS and we can figure out how to get back… No signal?! How can I not have a signal?! This thing picked up transmissions when I was floating around in freaking space! No signal my-hey! Hey, let go of that! I’m warning you, bird, if you don’t get your beak out of my braid, I’m gonna have parrot for dinner!
Jeeze.
…
…Guess I’ll take a pamphlet…
…Welcome to Hell? Listen, bird, I’m the freakin’ God of Death. You can’t just come flying up and tell me to--Huh? What’s this? An application?
Oh, so this is some sort of school. Yeah, I guess I can hang out here for a while. Schools are always good places to go undercover at, anyway.
Human or freak: Weird question. I’m human and I resent the implication.
Meat or vegetarian:I’ll take both. I’m not picky.
Screaming or crying: Real men don’t cry.
Homicidal or boring: Heh, you gotta be a little homicidal in my line of work. Buuut I’ll just write down “boring”. No point in blowing my cover~
You're accepted! Please ask the parrot for further information! That’s it? Man, the screening process just gets easier and easier, doesn’t it? Not that I’m complaining, mind you.
[Read the rules much?] Yes ♥
[Further questions] Nope. ohgodI’vewantedtoapphimsomewhereforages >w<