by debonairbear@tumbla

Due to an unfortunate past, Leica is the product of countless failures and loneliness. Though he appears cool and offstandish, it all belies a person who desperately wants to be of use to someone at least ONCE in his life! 

He meets and becomes Canon's companion in her fight to save Minox, thinking that he can help her and gain value in this way. Unfortunately, he sees her as a cute little girl... while she sees him as an untrustworthy means to an end.  

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Leica

"...I don't have much but.... Thank you. I'm glad I met you."

-- LSDKGHlwkjgl Leica.

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Name: Leica
Age:  23
Eye colour:  Pale olive!
Hair:  BLACK
Body type: Skinny~bony~ sinewy. Strong and tall, but unhealthy habits (SUCH AS LACK OF SLEEP AND TENDENCY TOWARDS LOAFING) curb the full potential of his physical prowess! 
Short personality: COMES OFF AS TOUGH-LOOKING AND SERIOUS, is really an off-handed, very relaxed homebody kind of person. Nonchalant and easy-going;; ...retired badass basically! 
Distinguishing features: MOLE ON HIS FOREHEAD. LONG HAIR HE USUALLY TIES UP. NONDESCRIPT ASIAN-DESCENT.
Outfits: HIE TENDS TO WEAR WHATEVER HE THINKS LOOKS COOL FROM THE BARGAIN RACK/SALVATION ARMy. he has an unusually good eye for 'what looks cool'. what. 

overall he likes loose clothing that doesn't snag, in non-shiny, non-itchy fabrics that don't show dirt.

Themesong:  Last Song - - No. 9
Universe: WRECK!

ABILITIES.

• Leica is a dark-affinity witch, rank A! AS A DARK AFFINITY-WITCH, he has the ability to create status changes! He primarily uses his skills to debuff speed and AT HIS MAXIMUM STRENGTH paralyze his opponents.
• ...If he bothers using his magic at all. Most of the time, Leica prefers to depend on his actual physical strength and skill, believing his body and marksmanship more reliable than his magic! Also, he thinks it's much more fair! He'll only use his magic if he is actually commanded, or if he thinks that it'll even the playing field.
• HE'S A PRETTY HONOURABLE FIGHTER OVERALL.

DETAILED PERSONALITY

• Though he appears tough and introverted (which he is), Leica is first and foremost a very easy-going, low-key and offhanded person. The introversion just stems from his disregard for SOCIETAL CONSTRAINTS, natural inclination towards laziness... AND CERTAIN KEY PAST EVENTS!
• SIMPLY PUT, Leica doesn't care for stuff he considers superficial or unimportant... he tends to act on his own working-set of morals, ignoring the power of laws and authority figures. He isn't one to judge, thinking that everyone's affairs is their own to solve unless they SPECIFICALLY seek his help! The life he leads is seemingly aimless/*~bohemian~*
• WITH THAT SAID, HE'S NOT A PUSHOVER. IT'S JUST THAT he makes decisions based on his GUT FEELING rather than WHAT ANYONE ELSE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE MANNER! IF YOU TRY TO IMPOSE ANYTHING ON HIM THAT HE DISAGREES WITH HE'LL VERY LIKELY TELL YOU OFF IN THAT offhanded manner of his.
• UNFORTUNATELY HE ALSO THINKS EATING RIGHT AND PROPER UPKEEP ON HIS CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ARE UNIMPORTANT TOO.... LOL.... Leica prefers staying at home, enjoying the comfort of the familiar (JUNK FOOD+TRASHY TV) instead of GOING OUT OF his way to stay outside! 
• BUT YEAH... LEICA HAS VERY POWERFUL MORALS AND WANTS TO BE A GOOD PERSON. His ideal self is a heroic knight who protects his friends and helps them find happiness... however Leica feels himself a failure on that front. CERTAIN KEY EVENTS FROM HIS PAST WHICH I MENTION have instilled within him a sense of fear/anxiety in creating relationships with others.
• HE DOESN'T LIKE ADMITTING THAT HIS EXISTENCE IS A LONELY ONE... ELECTING TO DROWN AWAY THAT LONELINESS WITH JUNK FOOD AND SMOKING AND SLEEP AND AIMLESS TV-WATCHING IN-BETWEEN HIS PART-TIME JOBS ACROSS THE CITY.
• HE... IS... PRETTY MUCH IS A...lost/broken person prior to the start of the story. He's trying to heal though! And his heart is in the right place and he REALLY DOES WANT to be a worthy friend to someone! It's just that he doesn't know how or where to find someone that might accept someone like him. He has since given up!
• AND THEN... CANON... FINDS HIM...

PAST

• LEICA was born to a young mother and her boyfriend out of wedlock. They were obviously unready to have the child, and their parents refused to support them, pressuring the both of them to either abort or put it through adoption!... but his mother thought they could handle it!
  
• THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT........THIS ISN'T JUNO.  Leica's mom is the kind of person who is overly-dramatic, indulgent and self-centered! She ends up using baby!Leica as a means to guilt Leica's biological dad into providing for the both of them as she stayed at home as a (not so great) homemaker!
•  Her boyfriend refused to take in any part of this and ONE DAY NEVER CAME HOME!
• From there on out Leica's mom had a string of boyfriends (to leech off of) until settling on one step-dad and marrying him.
• THEY HAVE A REALLY REALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP wherein he sometimes acts physically violent towards Leica's mother, apologizes, then continues to work to provide for the family. Leica's mother tells Leica each time that she'll stand up for herself and they'll leave together. BUT SHE KEEPS... WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE SHE is romantic... and thinks that ONE MORE CHANCE will do them all good!
• AT SCHOOL, Leica finds himself closer and closer to his friends than he ever was to his parents. This sense of belonging consolidates IN HIS MIND that authority figures aren't to be trusted. One friend he was particularly close to was a dude named Nim!
• THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIMES TOGETHER but Leica was afraid of showing his soft underbelly and being anything like his mother. THUS, they never really bonded on a deep and personal level; they just did delinquent type things together.
• BY THE TIME LEICA IS ROUGHLY 14~ HE DECIDES THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO STICK AROUND THE NONSENSE OF HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER AND NEVER COMES BACK HOME. He ends up bumming around Nim and anybody willing to take him in.
• IT SEEMS TO BE ALL-GOOD FROM THERE UNTIL NIM ends up in a car accident (pretty everyday/ordinary) because he tries to shove Leica out of a SPEEDING TRUCK'S WAY. IT'S REALLY ANIME BUT YEAH.
• THIS SHAKES LEICA UP A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE HE FEELS AS IF HE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW THE REAL NIM AND TELL HIM THAT HE WAS HIS BEST FRIEND. HE NEVER EVEN GETS A CHANCE TO THANK NIM FOR HELPING HIM PULL THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH IN HIS LIFE.
• All this also makes him think back on his life-- the way, for example, he ran away from his mother! He begins to believe that he himself is a horrible person who is unable to be of worth to anyone. 
• HE FALLS INTO DEPRESSION AND KNOWING NO REAL WAY TO COPE drops out of school (for reals) and takes on some pretty self-destructive behaviours! During this period of time, he falls into the witcheaters game.
• He meets a legendary… albeit retired witch hunter.
  
  This witch hunter gallivants across the landscape looking out for children to protect from the game *____* S/he USED to be much more vicious when s/he was young. Now s/he has seen and done too much and only fights when challenged.
  
  Confused as to why Leica is so obsessed with the past and… why he wants to fight /so badly/ and /serve him/ all the time, s/he still allows Leica to become his witch for now. S/he tries to get Leica to loosen up again (LOL UNDERAGED DRINKING OOPS) and to accept that life ends! But you still gotta buck up and smile! Don't let bitterness harden you kid! 
• S/he acts as the parental figure and friend Leica never had. 
• LATERRR this master dies in battle…
  
  Before s/he dies, s/he undoes the command seal on Leica and tells him to never look back to this life… to live! for himself! 
• LEICA FEELS REALLY GUILTY AND AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. BECAUSE YET AGAIN HE FAILED TO PROTECT SOMEONE... AND IN THE END SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO SAVE HIS HIDE.
• HE HE TRIES to straighten out his life... taking up several part times across the city and being a much more relaxed person. The fact that he has yet to do anything of worth for anyone still bugs him though!
  
  

RELATIONSHIPS

• CANON: CANON APPEARS AT HIS DOOR ONE DAY and demands that he become her witch! 
  
  He asks why... TO WHICH CANON BLURTS OUT "TO SAVE MY FRIEND."
  
  THIS!!! STRIKES A CHORD!! WITH LEICA. So, thinking this is his chance to be of use to someone else, he decides to accept the call back to his old life! HE ALSO HOPES TO PRESERVE CANON'S "INNOCENCE"! B/C HE THINKS and she won't be able to handle the game
  
  They have an older bro-little sis kind of dynamic in his point of view! He cooks for her and allows her to bum in his apartment because he secretly enjoys her energy.
  
  BUT HE HAS NO IDEA HOW VICIOUS CANON CAN GET. WHILE HE JUST SEES HER AS A CUTE NAIVE SIDEKICK. SHE SEES HIM AS A TOOL THAT CAN TURN ON HER AT ANY MOMENT OOPSx325131325131
• Janna: IN ALL AUs (universes not... his home uni...) HIS... OTHER HALF... will have more info later.
• Sonako: IN MANY AUs ONE OF HIS GIRLFRIENDS. Actually it's canon that he's Sonako's boyfriend in Lovemode HA HA HANDSOME BACKGROUND CHARACTER. Though his heart string is connected to someone else, they love each other very much... Sonako always bitterly wonders if... the person on the other side of his string will be worth it to HER MAN.
  
  They've got a really cool and spicy kind of relationship.

OTHER SHIT

• THERE'S A LOT OF REFS OF HIM BEING ALL COOL AND SASSY BUT REALLY... HIS FAVOURITE THING TO DO IS... SIT AROUND IN HIS BOXERS (wifebeater optional) AND BURN THE DAY AWAY................
  
• He takes a lot better care of himself when Canon starts stopping by regularly-- buying groceries and all that!
• HE CAN COOK ODDLY WELL... IT'S A TRAIT HE PICKED UP BECAUSE HIS MOM WAS USELESS LOL.
• HE LIKES FAST FOOD/FOOD HE CAN EAT WITH HIS HANDS. 
• WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER HE WAS A LOT MORE TSUN...DERE.... he was definitely humbled by his past, which is why he's so much more mature now! 
• HE DOESN'T WANT TO CUT HIS HAIR BECAUSE HIS MOM HAD HIM KEEP HIS HAIR SHORT WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID. ACT OF REBELLION YOU KNOW.
• KNOWS HOW TO APPLY MAKEUP BECAUSE SONAKO TAUGHT HIM HOW... SO HE COULD HELP HER GET READY IN THE MORNING.
• if you haven't already realized if canon is chaotic good and byx is lawful good, leica's pretty much neutral good!

Creator Insight:

• LEICA IS BEST BOYFRIEND but in his home uni he doesn't get a chance to really demonstrate it... he's got that air of "everything's going to be alright; i'll handle it i promise" to him!
• foam@mouth
• yes.
• do i even try on these anymore.