(WIP) Ria

..I need answers.

-- Ria Banaag Santos

Ria Banaag Santos, also known as The Idealist, is a former crime syndicate member who resided in Japan. After a series of vengeful actions taken against other crime syndicate members, Ria woke up with recurring lucid dreams. The lucid dreams are violent and aggressive in nature, causing her to fear sleep. Her dreams eventually manifests into her own reality and allows her to interact with it physically to some degree.

She participates in the upcoming Crossroads tournament in pursuit of the prize; a wish. Ria wants to have her recurring lucid dreams to be removed permanently, so that she may sleep peacefully for once.

Personality

Stern and often dismissive, Ria is described as a stoic woman with a hardened exterior. Her facial expression hardly changes, sitting at a constant position with furrowed eyebrows. If not standing in silence, she's easily annoyed over trivial instances. Although not a talkative person outwardly, Ria has internal thoughts that loom her mind everyday; albeit, highly critical thoughts. With certain traditions brought down from her way of life, she always shows a lot of respect towards her adversary.

Ria's cold exterior is cut by her extreme motherly instinct. She has a particular soft spot for individuals much younger than her and bears a strong urge to care for them. In reality, Ria is a very temperamental individual and given the right circumstance, will allow herself to express in front of others.

Backstory

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While throwing away garbage for her one of jobs, Ria encounters a child abandoned nearby. She quickly shelters the child, much to the dismay of her family. Her comprehension grew over time as she realizes that the child was foreign and no adult would pick him up despite her several attempts of contacting the parents. Ria would eventually take in the child as her own, though often kept him away from family due to their disapproval. When asked for a name, the child revealed his name to be Ryu. Ryu was initially not able to communicate well with Ria due to language barriers, however, he would learn to speak her language overtime. 

Eventually, Ria would move out of her household to live in her own separate apartment with Ryu. The two would grow to be extremely close, developing a familial bond over the course of many years. He even refers to her as "Mother" (as "Okaasan" or "お母さん"). Ryu warms up to Ria and grows more accustomed to speaking in her native tongue. However, Ria's comprehension returns once more as she's able to eventually figure out the origin of the boy's parents. He explains that his parents are "criminals," supposedly dumping him in Manila while they were conducting an operation there. Although upset with the truth of what had happened, Ria would be content to simply continue living on normally. She did not want anything to do eiusmodwith temporcriminals.

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