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|Image=Kazuki.jpg
|Name=Kazuki Wakahisa
|Series=Macross
|Threat=Street Sweeper
|Class=Aidoru ~<3
|Alignment=Basically Good
|Gender=Male
|Species=Human
|Age=22
|Birthdate=
|Height=6'2"
|Weight=149
|Short=Tall, thin, androgynous person with dark brown hair that's short in the back and long before his ears, and violet eyes.
|Desc=        Pale, slim, and delicate of features. It might even be hard to tell at first what gender this person is at a single glance. But a second look at the face will reveal a squareness that one doesn't often see in a woman, and thinner lips than a woman's. Still, though...it's a safe bet he gets a lot of teasing over it.<br />        He has sable brown hair that's left down, and reaches about to mid-back. He's kept his bangs long; if he didn't have them tucked behind his ear on one side, they would hide his face. As it is, the tucked-back hair reveals a face that's delicate and feminine-looking. But there's enough masculinity there to at least tell he's male with not too much trouble unless one isn't paying attention.<br />        His eyes are a light lavender color, and seem somewhat narrowed. In fact, his features in general seem slim and angular, his fingers slightly too long, and slightly too thin. But perhaps good for fine detail work.<br />        He's wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt that fits him loosely, a pair of dark blue pants, and a pair of heavy black boots. Pretty simple attire, but its darkness makes him seem even paler.
|Skills='''Spiritia Manipulation:''' Spiritia is an energy force generated by living things (yes, just like the Force). In his world, manipulation of this energy source is the closest thing to magic that exists. Manipulation of others' spiritia is done via musical talent, either singing or playing an instrument. A musician needs to "play with soul" in order to do this. By doing this, he can sway the emotions of a crowd of people, evoking emotions in those who chose to give themselves over to it. He can "aim" this for a stronger effect on unwilling targets, however.

'''Anima Spiritia Generation:''' Beyond the normal spiritia produced by living things, some people produce the so-termed "Anima Spiritia", an even purer form of this energy. By generating and directing it similar to a magic spell (in the way as normal spiritia, by singing or playing music), he can accomplish a variety of effects within other living beings. Plants and nonsapient life will react based on the emotions he's singing with. Sapient life will either find their abilities and/or morale improving or deteriorating, again depending on the emotion in his music. Most devastating of all, he can act on an opponent's morale, in Kazuki's case ATTACK it, wearing down his or her will to continue to fight. Opponents defeated in this way physically suffer no damage, but appear emotionally spent. They will recover easily enough, however.

'''Agile:''' Given his light physique, and the fact that he's used the muscle mass he does have to become a dancer, it's no wonder that Kazuki's agility is pretty high. Dodging is generally how he keeps himself alive when things go pear-shaped around him, he's quite good at escaping from bindings and small spaces, and can fold himself up into extremely small hiding places.

'''Driving:''' Kazuki's good at driving land vehicles. If it has two or more tires, he's likely to be able to figure it out. Large vehicles don't seem to intimidate him like they do some people, and he maintains an awareness of where all parts of the vehicle are at all times.

'''Performer:''' Kazuki is a skilled performer, having been singing, dancing, and playing the keyboard for most of his life. In his early days he went to a voice coach that taught him to sing, as well as to pitch his voice how he needed it. His keyboard skills are mostly self-taught, and he had to learn stage presence through experience.

'''Disguise:''' He didn't just learn to manipulate his voice. Learning how to carry himself, both onstage and in real life, has taught him to change himself totally to fit a given situation. He creates a persona, crafts a personality, decides on mannerisms, etc. This isn't limited to gender, as he's been able to successfully pass himself off as a female on more than one occasion. Which naturally leads to...

'''"Nadine":''' "Nadine" is Kazuki's female persona, and he's really good at playing this character. He effectively ceases to be "Kazuki Wakahisa" in this guise and is, effectively "Nadine". It isn't quite a second personality, but it's close. Enough to fool all but the closest observers. The biggest thing that gives him away? His height. He's still 6'2", even as Nadine. Surrounded by female Zentradi (Meltrans), who could be over six feet easily, it wasn't a big deal. But in Twisted, that could trip him-- or rather, "her"-- up.
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==Background==
        Kazuki had a relatively normal family-- mother, father, middle-class income. Except for one thing. He was discovered shortly after birth to have a genetic disorder known as Klinefelter's syndrome. This is a condition in which, because the original embryonic cells did not divide correctly, a percentage of the child's cells contain an extra X chromosome in the 21st pair-- the pair that determines gender. While the presence of two X chromosomes normally indicates a female, the presence of a Y chromosome /always/ indicates a male. In his case it was not a pair of chromosomes, but a trio-- XXY.

        His parents raised him normally in spite of the condition. Really, it wasn't too hard; Klinefelters had once been a common condition, the doctors explained. Apparently, in the early part of the 21st century, 1 in 500-650 men had been born with it. They were capable of living normal lives, and it wasn't serious. They still couldn't fix it (genetic variations weren't reversible, and even if they were, this condition was not life-threatening, so there was no need to try). But symptoms likely wouldn't manifest until around puberty, and he would remain completely male-- this did not make him a hermaphrodite.

        Unfortunately, the doctors had neglected to tell Kazuki's parents how expensive the treatments were. And they wouldn't fix the problem, only change his look slightly. All it would really do is mitigate the teasing he had to endure in school as he grew up. But even then, he'd have to explain /why/ he suddenly started to look so different. And the treatments would only work as long as he was taking them. Meaning he would have to be taking expensive medications for pretty much the rest of his life. Thus they elected to allow him to go without the treatments.

        Kazuki ended up growing into puberty as a very slender, slim young man. His hands were too large. His shoulders were too narrow. His voice didn't deepen like his peers. And of course, teenagers being the cruel, malicious things they are, he was teased, bullied, and harassed over it. But he didn't let it get to him. At least, on some level. Inside? Yes, it did hurt. He had few friends in high school, more because of his own desire to push people away so they wouldn't hurt him.

        In an effort to at least /sound/ more masculine, he got a part-time job and shelled out enough to hire a voice coach once a week. It gave him the /ability/ to make his voice deeper. But it never made his voice deeper by itself. He did however discover that he had a reasonably good singing voice. And he'd seen some of the singers that he liked...some of them were also rather effeminate, and seemed to have quite the fan following.

        People genuinely liked them.

        So he turned his attention instead to improving his singing voice, rather than trying to change the way he spoke. Because of the voice coaching, he ended up with a pretty decent vocal range. By the time he was eighteen, he'd been placed as the front man of a band at a club that needed a lead singer. He and the band became fast friends; they seemed to not really care about his feminine looks. No one even mentioned it.

        While he was working at this club, a number of things occurred. He started to refine his stage look. The band's bassist was female, and so she guided him in the ways of makeup and hair styling. He couldn't play up a masculine appearance with a display of rippling pectorals, because he did not have them. So, she suggested, play up his beauty with just a touch of makeup. Since too much makeup looks bad on /anybody/, male or female. And also, he became friends with the keyboardist, who taught him to play a little.

        Kazuki realized something else. If he was going to be on stage, with no instrument to hide behind-- which was MURDER on the residual shyness from his school years!-- he would have to do /something/ to distract the audience. So he started studying dance (mainly what he could bring up during computer searches). He did a lot of self-study of various dance styles, and he started to put together his own style, incorporating many different kinds of dance. Things were starting to look up for him! His time performing there taught him to forget about what everyone else said about him, and to just do what he enjoyed.

        Unfortunately, things didn't last too long. After a couple years, the club was shut down for some legal reason, and the band was turned out. They tried to struggle along for another year or so...but just couldn't make it. None of them had any experience promoting, and no connections to anyone. So they finally made the hard decision to break up as a band. They needed to turn their attention to more mundane concerns, like making enough to survive.

        Also, Kazuki needed to figure something else out. His parents were kind of hinting that they'd like him to move out as well. Not because they didn't want him there, but because they thought it was time he started thinking about his future seriously, and stopped all the "playing around" with a doomed musical career. This is, historically, the part where the kid packs his bags and strikes off out into the world, determined to prove his parents wrong about a musical career being out of his reach. And so that's exactly what Kazuki did.

        But it wasn't "off into the wild blue yonder" he ended up going. As if some cosmic force knew that he was heading for disaster and wished to spare him the pain it knew would come, it parted the veil between his world and Twisted and pulled him inside. Perhaps being stranded on Twisted would be preferrable to whatever fate awaited him in his own world...
==Notes==
* Kazuki has Klinefelter's syndrome, a condition where there's an extra X chromosome, resulting in an XXY arrangement. He is physically male, but some of the body's systems act as they would in a female body. This causes a number of issues, but none severe enough to impact his life in an appreciable way.
* Due to the former, his voice never actually deepened when he went through puberty. The baritone voice that he speaks with is him pitching his voice down.
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 |Skills=<ul><li>'''Spiritia Manipulation:'''  Spiritia is an energy force generated by living things (yes, just like the Force).  In his world, manipulation of this energy source is the closest thing to magic that exists.  Manipulation of others' spiritia is done via musical talent, either singing or playing an instrument.  A musician needs to "play with soul" in order to do this.  By doing this, he can sway the emotions of a crowd of people, evoking emotions in those who chose to give themselves over to it.  He can "aim" this for a stronger effect on unwilling targets, however.</li><li>'''Anima Spiritia Generation:'''  Beyond the normal spiritia produced by living things, some people produce the so-termed "Anima Spiritia", an even purer form of this energy.  By generating and directing it similar to a magic spell (in the way as normal spiritia, by singing or playing music), he can accomplish a variety of effects within other living beings.  Plants and nonsapient life will react based on the emotions he's singing with.  Sapient life will either find their abilities and/or morale improving or deteriorating, again depending on the emotion in his music.  Most devastating of all, he can act on an opponent's morale, in Kazuki's case ATTACK it, wearing down his or her will to continue to fight.  Opponents defeated in this way physically suffer no damage, but appear emotionally spent.  They will recover easily enough, however.</li><li>'''Agile:'''  Given his light physique, and the fact that he's used the muscle mass he does have to become a dancer, it's no wonder that Kazuki's agility is pretty high.  Dodging is generally how he keeps himself alive when things go pear-shaped around him, he's quite good at escaping from bindings and small spaces, and can fold himself up into extremely small hiding places.</li><li>'''Driving:'''  Kazuki's good at driving land vehicles.  If it has two or more tires, he's likely to be able to figure it out.  Large vehicles don't seem to intimidate him like they do some people, and he maintains an awareness of where all parts of the vehicle are at all times.</li><li>'''Various Bits of Military Training:''' Throughout his journey, Kazuki was in both the UN Spacy and the Anti-UN, both military-class forces, though on opposite sides of a conflict.  While he hasn't been meticulously trained like the rest, he can use a gun with some competence, and he knows a decent amount of barehanded fighting techniques.  He really shines with a single dagger, though -- his slender frame is perfect for the quick movements that are needed to attack quickly with a dagger.</li><li>'''Performer:'''  Kazuki is a skilled performer, having been singing, dancing, and playing the keyboard for most of his life.  In his early days he went to a voice coach that taught him to sing, as well as to pitch his voice how he needed it.  His keyboard skills are mostly self-taught, and he had to learn stage presence through experience.</li><li>'''Disguise:'''  He didn't just learn to manipulate his voice.  Learning how to carry himself, both onstage and in real life, has taught him to change himself totally to fit a given situation.  He creates a persona, crafts a personality, decides on mannerisms, etc.  This isn't limited to gender, as he's been able to successfully pass himself off as a female on more than one occasion.  Which naturally leads to...</li><li>'''"Nadine":'''  "Nadine" is Kazuki's female persona, and he's really good at playing this character.  He effectively ceases to be "Kazuki Wakahisa" in this guise and is, effectively "Nadine".  It isn't quite a second personality, but it's close.  Enough to fool all but the closest observers.  The biggest thing that gives him away?  His height.  He's still 6'2", even as Nadine.  Surrounded by female Zentradi (Meltrans), who could be over six feet easily, it wasn't a big deal.  But in Twisted, that could trip him -- or rather, "her" -- up.</li></ul>
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 |Desc=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pale, slim, and delicate of features. It might even be hard to tell at first what gender this person is at a single glance. But a second look at the face will reveal a squareness that one doesn't often see in a woman, and thinner lips than a woman's. Still, though...it's a safe bet he gets a lot of teasing over it.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He has platinum blond hair that's left down, and reaches about to mid-back. He's kept his bangs long; if he didn't have them tucked behind his ear on one side, they would hide his face. As it is, the tucked-back hair reveals a face that's delicate and feminine-looking. But there's enough masculinity there to at least tell he's male with not too much trouble unless one isn't paying attention.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He has auburn hair that's been cut short in the back, but he's kept his bangs long around his face.  These "tails" of hair reach to about his chest.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His eyes are a light lavender color, and seem somewhat narrowed. In fact, his features in general seem slim and angular, his fingers slightly too long, and slightly too thin. But perhaps good for fine detail work.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His face is delicate and feminine-looking, but there's enough masculinity there to at least tell he's male with not too much trouble unless one isn't paying attention.  His eyes are a lavender color, and seem somewhat narrowed. In fact, his features in general seem slim and angular, his fingers slightly too long, and slightly too thin. But perhaps good for fine detail work.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He's wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt that fits him loosely, a pair of dark blue pants, and a pair of heavy black boots. Pretty simple attire, but its darkness makes him seem even paler.<br /><br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He's wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt that fits him loosely, a pair of dark blue pants, and a pair of heavy black boots. Pretty simple attire, but its darkness makes him seem even paler.  Under normal circumstances he walks in a slouch, his back bent and his hands in his pockets.  There will, of course, be situatons where that is not possible.<br /><br />
 |Extra2='''Flaws:'''<br /><ul><li>Kazuki's light build makes him vulnerable to strong attacks.  Thus he relies on just not being where an enemy's attack lands.  Mobility-arresting measures are thus pretty devastating during battle.</li><li>The story of what he's been through in his home world really does read like a bad soap opera plot.  However, it's also responsible for a lot of his emotional problems at current.  Besides that, it's often said that the creative mind is already plagued with ills.  Whether natural or from what he's been through, Kazuki's anxiety and depression remains untreated.</ul><br /><br />
 |Background=<h3>'''Background'''</h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki was a regular kid in a world with space travel.  At least, he thought he was normal.  As it turned out, he had Klinefelter's syndrome, a condition where a male is born with an extra X chromosome.  Treatments wre costly, and it wasn't a life-threatening disease, so his parents opted not to have it dealt with when he hit his teens.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That was fine, since Kazuki had another plan for his life -- he was going to go into space aboard the colony ship ''Horizon'' -- they would need civilians and entertainers too, particularly as favorably as the military saw singers.  Kazuki himself had a decent singing voice.  And one bit of splurging that he allowed himself was a voice coach, so that, as he grew into his teen years, he could at least '''pretend''' to be a normal male.  Once he'd hit his adult years, he had both a good understanding of how to change his voice -- both up AND down -- and the opportunity to apply for citizenship on the Horizon.  And he made it!  It was the chance of his dreams...!<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One that turned into a nightmare...<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It didn't take long before Sound Force picked him up, since he was determined to be in possession of the talent for manipulating Spiritia, a unique spiritual energy that's attached to both music and the soul.  Now, this Sound Force had learned from the mistakes of the former, and put everyone in it through basic training.  Unfortunately, the rest of the force wasn't aware of this.  Even more unfortunate, Kazuki was the only member of Sound Force that had no family in the military.  So, while Kazuki was taking verbal abuse from the UN Spacy '''outside''' Sound Force for, well... being in Sound Force, he was also taking verbal abuse from '''inside''' Sound Force because he had no military connections.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soon this did enough damage to his mental state that the UN Spacy forcibly retired him.  With no benefits, of course.  So he went back to singing for his supper.  And for a while that was working out.  But then an Anti-UN attack on the Horizon colony ship that saw the ship being temporarily taken over by the AUN had him retreating into a network of large pipes.  Two weeks later, he was discovered by Anti-UN member Zhorein Raynes, on a mission to deal with a rogue Sound Force member hiding on the ship.  He was too weak to fight back, and was only saved by the timely interference of Ayame Bright, the then-leader of the UN.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather than kill him, she decided to make the recruitment pitch.  Feeling that he had no choice, Kazuki agreed to join them.  But something surprising happened... he started to make friends with the AUN forces.  Soon he was a dedicated member of the AUN himself, learning how to fly a Valkyrie and using his unque vocal talents for their cause.  It was the happiest he had ever been -- he wasn't expected to be anything he wasn't capable of, only to do what he could.  They respected his need to learn slowly, under their tutelage and care, he blossomed into a confident and happy individual.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But this is where the bad soap opera plot starts.  A battle with the UN turned into a high-ranking member of General Galaxy killing most of the AUN members and threatening to destroy an entire planet.  The AUN had no choice but to join forces with the UN to defeat General Galaxy and end the bomb threat, and then then remnants of the AUN fled before they could be captured.  However, one of the surviving AUN members -- someone that Kazuki had romantic feelings for (they were of course, unrequited; this fellow was straight) -- told them that Ayame Bright had been captured and needed to be rescued.  They set up the jailbreak, made the plans, and set off to rescue their leader.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately, it turned out that this AUN member that Kazuki loved so much... was really a double-agent for the UN.  And so, when the group was too far into the facility to easily escape, he turned them all over to the UN.  Kazuki spent a little time in jail -- not much, between the AUN's assistance with the planet bomb threat and the fact that the double-agent led them into the commission of the crime of breaking and entering a government facility (entrapment, which is illegal), plea bargains and negotiations happened.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki came out of jail bitter and jaded, and a change in his music reflected that.  He turned to darker genres -- like metal and screamo -- leaving behind the happy, upbeat songs of his youth.  And his Spiritia abilities moved fully from healing to damaging the psyche of others.  For five years after he was let out of jail, he just lingered, withdrawing more and more from the public eye.  Then one day, he just... disappeared, without a trace.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He didn't kill himself, no.  He'd been pulled into Twisted!  At first he didn't care, and only did what he needed to in order to survive, only because he couldn't '''not''' do that.  They say time heals all wounds, and gradually Kazuki started to come out of his shell.  He's never going to be the man he was before that bad soap opera story of a past happened, but he's at least gotten through it enough to get by.  Currently he lives as well as he can in Twisted, doing the occasional concert and/or album for an influx of cash.

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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He's wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt that fits him loosely, a pair of dark blue pants, and a pair of heavy black boots. Pretty simple attire, but its darkness makes him seem even paler.<br /><br />
-|Extra2='''Flaws:'''<br /><ul><li>Kazuki's light build makes him vulnerable to strong attacks.  Thus he relies on just not being where an enemy's attack lands.  Mobility-arresting measures are thus pretty devastating during battle.</li><li>The story of what he's been through in his home world really does read like a bad soap opera plot.  However, it's also responsible for a lot of his emotional problems at current.  Besides that, it's often said that the creative mind is already plagued with ills.  Whether natural or from what he's been through, Kazuki's anxiety and depression remains intreated.</ul><br /><br />
+|Extra2='''Flaws:'''<br /><ul><li>Kazuki's light build makes him vulnerable to strong attacks.  Thus he relies on just not being where an enemy's attack lands.  Mobility-arresting measures are thus pretty devastating during battle.</li><li>The story of what he's been through in his home world really does read like a bad soap opera plot.  However, it's also responsible for a lot of his emotional problems at current.  Besides that, it's often said that the creative mind is already plagued with ills.  Whether natural or from what he's been through, Kazuki's anxiety and depression remains untreated.</ul><br /><br />
 |Background=<h3>'''Background'''</h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki was a regular kid in a world with space travel.  At least, he thought he was normal.  As it turned out, he had Klinefelter's syndrome, a condition where a male is born with an extra X chromosome.  Treatments wre costly, and it wasn't a life-threatening disease, so his parents opted not to have it dealt with when he hit his teens.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That was fine, since Kazuki had another plan for his life -- he was going to go into space aboard the colony ship ''Horizon'' -- they would need civilians and entertainers too, particularly as favorably as the military saw singers.  Kazuki himself had a decent singing voice.  And one bit of splurging that he allowed himself was a voice coach, so that, as he grew into his teen years, he could at least '''pretend''' to be a normal male.  Once he'd hit his adult years, he had both a good understanding of how to change his voice -- both up AND down -- and the opportunity to apply for citizenship on the Horizon.  And he made it!  It was the chance of his dreams...!<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One that turned into a nightmare...<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It didn't take long before Sound Force picked him up, since he was determined to be in possession of the talent for manipulating Spiritia, a unique spiritual energy that's attached to both music and the soul.  Now, this Sound Force had learned from the mistakes of the former, and put everyone in it through basic training.  Unfortunately, the rest of the force wasn't aware of this.  Even more unfortunate, Kazuki was the only member of Sound Force that had no family in the military.  So, while Kazuki was taking verbal abuse from the UN Spacy '''outside''' Sound Force for, well... being in Sound Force, he was also taking verbal abuse from '''inside''' Sound Force because he had no military connections.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soon this did enough damage to his mental state that the UN Spacy forcibly retired him.  With no benefits, of course.  So he went back to singing for his supper.  And for a while that was working out.  But then an Anti-UN attack on the Horizon colony ship that saw the ship being temporarily taken over by the AUN had him retreating into a network of large pipes.  Two weeks later, he was discovered by Anti-UN member Zhorein Raynes, on a mission to deal with a rogue Sound Force member hiding on the ship.  He was too weak to fight back, and was only saved by the timely interference of Ayame Bright, the then-leader of the UN.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather than kill him, she decided to make the recruitment pitch.  Feeling that he had no choice, Kazuki agreed to join them.  But something surprising happened... he started to make friends with the AUN forces.  Soon he was a dedicated member of the AUN himself, learning how to fly a Valkyrie and using his unque vocal talents for their cause.  It was the happiest he had ever been -- he wasn't expected to be anything he wasn't capable of, only to do what he could.  They respected his need to learn slowly, under their tutelage and care, he blossomed into a confident and happy individual.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But this is where the bad soap opera plot starts.  A battle with the UN turned into a high-ranking member of General Galaxy killing most of the AUN members and threatening to destroy an entire planet.  The AUN had no choice but to join forces with the UN to defeat General Galaxy and end the bomb threat, and then then remnants of the AUN fled before they could be captured.  However, one of the surviving AUN members -- someone that Kazuki had romantic feelings for (they were of course, unrequited; this fellow was straight) -- told them that Ayame Bright had been captured and needed to be rescued.  They set up the jailbreak, made the plans, and set off to rescue their leader.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately, it turned out that this AUN member that Kazuki loved so much... was really a double-agent for the UN.  And so, when the group was too far into the facility to easily escape, he turned them all over to the UN.  Kazuki spent a little time in jail -- not much, between the AUN's assistance with the planet bomb threat and the fact that the double-agent led them into the commission of the crime of breaking and entering a government facility (entrapment, which is illegal), plea bargains and negotiations happened.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki came out of jail bitter and jaded, and a change in his music reflected that.  He turned to darker genres -- like metal and screamo -- leaving behind the happy, upbeat songs of his youth.  And his Spiritia abilities moved fully from healing to damaging the psyche of others.  For five years after he was let out of jail, he just lingered, withdrawing more and more from the public eye.  Then one day, he just... disappeared, without a trace.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He didn't kill himself, no.  He'd been pulled into Twisted!  At first he didn't care, and only did what he needed to in order to survive, only because he couldn't '''not''' do that.  They say time heals all wounds, and gradually Kazuki started to come out of his shell.  He's never going to be the man he was before that bad soap opera story of a past happened, but he's at least gotten through it enough to get by.  Currently he lives as well as he can in Twisted, doing the occasional concert and/or album for an influx of cash.
 <h3>'''Personality'''</h3>

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 '''"Nadine":'''  "Nadine" is Kazuki's female persona, and he's really good at playing this character.  He effectively ceases to be "Kazuki Wakahisa" in this guise and is, effectively "Nadine".  It isn't quite a second personality, but it's close.  Enough to fool all but the closest observers.  The biggest thing that gives him away?  His height.  He's still 6'2", even as Nadine.  Surrounded by female Zentradi (Meltrans), who could be over six feet easily, it wasn't a big deal.  But in Twisted, that could trip him-- or rather, "her"-- up.
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 ==Background==
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki had a relatively normal family-- mother, father, middle-class income.  Except for one thing.  He was discovered shortly after birth to have a genetic disorder known as Klinefelter's syndrome.  This is a condition in which, because the original embryonic cells did not divide correctly, a percentage of the child's cells contain an extra X chromosome in the 21st pair-- the pair that determines gender.  While the presence of two X chromosomes normally indicates a female, the presence of a Y chromosome /always/ indicates a male.  In his case it was not a pair of chromosomes, but a trio-- XXY.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki had a relatively normal family-- mother, father, middle-class income.  Except for one thing.  He was discovered shortly after birth to have a genetic disorder known as Klinefelter's syndrome.  This is a condition in which, because the original embryonic cells did not divide correctly, a percentage of the child's cells contain an extra X chromosome in the 21st pair-- the pair that determines gender.  While the presence of two X chromosomes normally indicates a female, the presence of a Y chromosome '''always''' indicates a male.  In his case it was not a pair of chromosomes, but a trio-- XXY.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His parents raised him normally in spite of the condition.  Really, it wasn't too hard; Klinefelters had once been a common condition, the doctors explained.  Apparently, in the early part of the 21st century, 1 in 500-650 men had been born with it.  They were capable of living normal lives, and it wasn't serious.  They still couldn't fix it (genetic variations weren't reversible, and even if they were, this condition was not life-threatening, so there was no need to try).  But symptoms likely wouldn't manifest until around puberty, and he would remain completely male-- this did not make him a hermaphrodite.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately, the doctors had neglected to tell Kazuki's parents how expensive the treatments were.  And they wouldn't fix the problem, only change his look slightly.  All it would really do is mitigate the teasing he had to endure in school as he grew up.  But even then, he'd have to explain /why/ he suddenly started to look so different.  And the treatments would only work as long as he was taking them.  Meaning he would have to be taking expensive medications for pretty much the rest of his life.  Thus they elected to allow him to go without the treatments.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately, the doctors had neglected to tell Kazuki's parents how expensive the treatments were.  And they wouldn't fix the problem, only change his look slightly.  All it would really do is mitigate the teasing he had to endure in school as he grew up.  But even then, he'd have to explain '''why''' he suddenly started to look so different.  And the treatments would only work as long as he was taking them.  Meaning he would have to be taking expensive medications for pretty much the rest of his life.  Thus they elected to allow him to go without the treatments.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki ended up growing into puberty as a very slender, slim young man.  His hands were too large.  His shoulders were too narrow.  His voice didn't deepen like his peers.  And of course, teenagers being the cruel, malicious things they are, he was teased, bullied, and harassed over it.  But he didn't let it get to him.  At least, on some level.  Inside?  Yes, it did hurt.  He had few friends in high school, more because of his own desire to push people away so they wouldn't hurt him.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In an effort to at least /sound/ more masculine, he got a part-time job and shelled out enough to hire a voice coach once a week.  It gave him the /ability/ to make his voice deeper.  But it never made his voice deeper by itself.  He did however discover that he had a reasonably good singing voice.  And he'd seen some of the singers that he liked...some of them were also rather effeminate, and seemed to have quite the fan following.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In an effort to at least '''sound''' more masculine, he got a part-time job and shelled out enough to hire a voice coach once a week.  It gave him the '''ability''' to make his voice deeper.  But it never made his voice deeper by itself.  He did however discover that he had a reasonably good singing voice.  And he'd seen some of the singers that he liked...some of them were also rather effeminate, and seemed to have quite the fan following.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;People genuinely liked them.
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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So he turned his attention instead to improving his singing voice, rather than trying to change the way he spoke.  Because of the voice coaching, he ended up with a pretty decent vocal range.  By the time he was eighteen, he'd been placed as the front man of a band at a club that needed a lead singer.  He and the band became fast friends; they seemed to not really care about his feminine looks.  No one even mentioned it.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While he was working at this club, a number of things occurred.  He started to refine his stage look. The band's bassist was female, and so she guided him in the ways of makeup and hair styling.  He couldn't play up a masculine appearance with a display of rippling pectorals, because he did not have them.  So, she suggested, play up his beauty with just a touch of makeup.  Since too much makeup looks bad on /anybody/, male or female.  And also, he became friends with the keyboardist, who taught him to play a little.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While he was working at this club, a number of things occurred.  He started to refine his stage look. The band's bassist was female, and so she guided him in the ways of makeup and hair styling.  He couldn't play up a masculine appearance with a display of rippling pectorals, because he did not have them.  So, she suggested, play up his beauty with just a touch of makeup.  Since too much makeup looks bad on '''anybody''', male or female.  And also, he became friends with the keyboardist, who taught him to play a little.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki realized something else.  If he was going to be on stage, with no instrument to hide behind-- which was MURDER on the residual shyness from his school years!-- he would have to do /something/ to distract the audience.  So he started studying dance (mainly what he could bring up during computer searches).  He did a lot of self-study of various dance styles, and he started to put together his own style, incorporating many different kinds of dance.  Things were starting to look up for him!  His time performing there taught him to forget about what everyone else said about him, and to just do what he enjoyed.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazuki realized something else.  If he was going to be on stage, with no instrument to hide behind-- which was MURDER on the residual shyness from his school years!-- he would have to do '''something''' to distract the audience.  So he started studying dance (mainly what he could bring up during computer searches).  He did a lot of self-study of various dance styles, and he started to put together his own style, incorporating many different kinds of dance.  Things were starting to look up for him!  His time performing there taught him to forget about what everyone else said about him, and to just do what he enjoyed.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately, things didn't last too long.  After a couple years, the club was shut down for some legal reason, and the band was turned out.  They tried to struggle along for another year or so...but just couldn't make it.  None of them had any experience promoting, and no connections to anyone.  So they finally made the hard decision to break up as a band.  They needed to turn their attention to more mundane concerns, like making enough to survive.
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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But it wasn't "off into the wild blue yonder" he ended up going.  As if some cosmic force knew that he was heading for disaster and wished to spare him the pain it knew would come, it parted the veil between his world and Twisted and pulled him inside.  Perhaps being stranded on Twisted would be preferrable to whatever fate awaited him in his own world...
 ==Notes==
-* Kazuki has Klinefelter's syndrome, a condition where there's an extra X chromosome, resulting in an XXY arrangement.  He is physically male, but some of the body's systems act as they would in a female body.  This causes a number of issues, but none severe enough to impact his life in an appreciable way.
+* Kazuki has Klinefelter's syndrome, a condition where there's an extra X chromosome in some percentage of the body's cells, resulting in an XXY arrangement.  Severity tends to differ based on the percentage of cells that have this XXY arrangement.  Kazuki's percentage is low.  He is physically male, but some of his body's systems act as they would in a female body.  This causes a number of issues, but none severe enough to impact his life in an appreciable way.
-*  Due to the former, his voice never actually deepened when he went through puberty.  The baritone voice that he speaks with is him pitching his voice down.
+* Due to the former, his voice never actually deepened when he went through puberty.  The baritone voice that he speaks with is him pitching his voice down.
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