Nobu and Endicia

Deus Name: Nobu Mori
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 5’8”
Appearance: REFERENCE
Nobu is a little on the tall side and not terribly athletic, though he can move when he has to. His hair has a purple-black sheen to it, and his eyes are a dark violet. He tries to keep his hair neat, but thus far only manages to get it to part mostly to one side – it’s thick and will inevitably hang down over his eyes. Luckily, his one extravagance is contact lenses, so it doesn’t interfere with his vision much. He will wear glasses when at home in his one-room bachelor pad or whenever he’s not feeling well. He also has a small goatee which he keeps neatly trimmed.

Bio: Nobu is the Clerk for the Shinjuku Piffle Princess, and ‘frustrated librarian’ is probably the best way to sum him up. He comes from a large family, and worked hard to put himself through university – he still sends money home to help out his parents and younger siblings when he can. As such he has sympathy for those Angelic Layer players who can’t always afford what they need and has set up a small sort of lending library in his store. There, people can borrow AL manuals and other related reading and research material. Nobu tries to keep the books in good repair, but sometimes has to leave the finer details of rebinding to his Angel, Endicia. He also sees to it that the available setup and diagnostic PCs and other AL equipment are kept clean and functioning. Nowhere near as hard on his employees as the infamous Clerk in Odaiba, Nobu nonetheless runs a tight, clean, and efficient ship. He doesn’t tolerate horseplay, roughhousing, fights, public drunkenness, or any breaches of Angelic Layer rules, but he’s generally understanding and kind to the people who come to his Piffle Princess, and knows most of the locals and regulars by name.

Rumor has it he has a childhood sweetheart back home in Sapporo, who actually is a librarian. He doesn’t mention his private life much, but will sometimes ambush Endicia (who was a gift from said sweetheart when he moved away, to keep him company in the big city) to put her into Sleep Mode and take her home with him for holidays or long weekends. His family and friends send him care packages of food and snacks if he can’t get time away to visit. He secretly loathes the bilious pink color Piffle Princess mandates for its employee uniforms….and almost everything else in their stores. He claims the overabundance of the color gives him a headache.

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Angel Name: Endicia
Gender: Female
Appearance: REFERENCE
Endicia looks plump, though she isn’t really – just solid. Most of her perceived bulk is the heavy, chocolate-brown long-sleeved coat and matching skirt she wears. The cuffs, hem, and pockets are trimmed in honey-colored bands with black runic designs. Hidden underneath this (except for the pleated scarf visible at her collar) is a plain cream-colored gown, black vest, and black soft-soled boots. On her head is an amber-colored scholar’s cap, with her Angel Cords hanging to either side to frame her face. At the ends of the Cords is a pair of magnifying lenses. Her hair is pulled into two thick, knee-length braids with brass rings at the ends.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Amber

Bio: Endicia is a strictly utilitarian Angel, designed not to enter the Layers, though she is capable of ‘heavy lifting’ and so presumably could hit hard if forced to do so. She spends most of her time either in the Store’s stock room or in the lending library the Clerk runs, preferring the inanimate objects there to the much less predictable humans and Angels running amok everywhere else. That’s not to say she won’t deal with those who approach her – she actually suffers from a touch of agoraphobia. Early on in her life she got lost in Shinjuku Station at Christmastime, separated from her Deus, and nearly got taken home by an acquisitive child before she managed to get away and hide. She hasn’t left the Piffle Princess since, or at least not willingly or while awake. She has a good head for figures, sums, and inventories, but is easily flustered when things don’t go the way she thinks they should and will lose her train of thought and go a little vague if people chatter at her too much. When she wants to be extra-sure of remembering something, she writes it on a strip of paper and ties it to one of the rings in her hair.

Angels don’t really feel temperature extremes, which makes Endicia’s year-round winter attire a little confusing, though it probably has to do with her feeling safe rather than her bring chilly. She tends to be careful in her actions, thinking long before speaking, and will not speak unless spoken to. When she does, it’s usually short and to the point, efficient and without any digressions. While she is attached to her Deus, Endicia loves books somewhat moreso, and sleeps in a pile of lost pages from books too far gone to be repaired.

Entry Line: N/A
Type: Power
Height: 6
Weight: 7 (mostly clothes)