Ryusei Arctic

"I’m mysterious as the dark side of the moon."

- Ryusei Arctic

Ryusei Arctic is a 2016-introduced and all-around character. He is the artificial son of the Yuki-Onna, crafted out of snow with life breathed into him. Despite not being born naturally, he still functions as a normal teenage boy and gifted the power of frost from his mother. He has many things on his mind, which runs a hundred miles per hour -- which is why he does not prefer to live out a legacy where he is to look pretty in the snow while waiting for people to come near only be frozen. His stance of a Rebel is strong, but is a bit conflicted since he admires the ice powers he does have.

Personality
By his peers, the words “suspicious” and “Ryusei” go together like ice and frost. Ryusei is deemed untrustworthy and no one in Ever After High really knows all that much about him. He is always seen loitering near the Mirrornet rooms or near his sister, who’s name is Yukika Arctic. For most, Ryusei is seen as someone who is just “there”, which is startling whenever he randomly appears behind them due to his light footsteps. He likes to socialize, but even so, it’s difficult to get information about him. He seems to be hiding something and does it so well that for the first few years he’s been at Ever After High, no one knew if he was a Rebel or Royal.

Ryusei likes leaving his words up for interpretation, never giving a clear insight of what he’s actually saying. The only people who can figure out what he’s saying, though, are people who are fluent in Riddlish. When asked about, he would direct them into another topic or ask about them first, since everyone loves talking about themselves. Ryusei is not a cold or an antisocial person like many expect him to be due to his story. He enjoys people's’ presence, carefully observing others’ behaviors. He is analytic, noticing things most people would not otherwise. If you’re wearing a periwinkle eyeshadow instead of a lavendar, he is sure to point that out since he does have a detailed eye. Sometimes it can get a bit annoying since he tends to point out some things that should be kept hidden.

Because he does not speak his mind, he tends to bottle up his emotions to the point where it is difficult to read what he is feeling. He feels that expressing his emotions is not important, therefore avoids talking about himself. This can blow out of proportion since he still has trouble controlling his powers and they can go off at the most inconvenient time. He might be smiling on the outside, but the ice forming around his fingers say so otherwise.

Being hard to figure out, he takes pride in that, preferring to be a mystery to his peers rather than an open book. Many might not know much about him, but he knows a lot about everyone in the school. It may just be his artistic eye or his keen hearing, since he does keep gossiping in mind. Any type of drama that may happen in the school, he would be there in two seconds flat, absorbing the information for no reason in particular, other than that it is fun.

Hobbies and Interests
Like him, Ryusei has very strange interests. He is known to get his hands dirty, doing deals and taking jobs that seem too dangerous. He likes getting intel and dirt on other people in the school or other schools in that matter. Knowing him, he probably does have a profile on everyone in organized files on his laptop. It might sound creepy, but he is able to cover it up, by using his “It’s okay, I’m on the Associated Student Body” card, which works everytime. Being so fishy, there is a rumor that Ryusei takes bribes in exchange for something you wouldn’t do yourself. In one year, someone had talked to Ryusei in a suspicious looking corner of the school, and the next day, their rival suspended for a few days for a ridiculous reason. Many believed that it was Ryusei’s doing, and he still hasn’t confirmed or denied it.

Ryusei’s grandfather, Father Frost, had given Ryusei the ability to control frost and ice. Ryusei still has trouble trying to make it snow gently instead of rock hard malts of ice dropping harshly from the sky. He is not very patient, therefore, cannot control snow as well, but is able to step on them since he is a bit of a twinkle toes. He finds creating frost ferns is much easier than rigid ice,and some of his powers lie within creating these artistic swirls. Still, he is able to create things ranging from ice walls to ice glaciers. Despite knowing how to create these rigid ice forms, he still has trouble keeping it under control. Unlike his mother, Ryusei worked hard in order to at least create comprehensive forms from his powers. He practices his powers all the time since he seems to never actually be able to do gentle forms of snow, such as detailed snowflakes. He has to go to an open field to practice, that is why his Environmental Magic teacher prefers for him to do the classwork as homework so he doesn’t completely destroy the classroom. Ryusei doesn’t seem to have blood in his system, but most people don’t even know he is the literal embodiment of snow. He makes excuses on why he’s so cold like how he has low blood pressure.

One of the main reasons that Ryusei is so secretive is because he likes to hack technology. It explains why he hangs around the MirrorNet area a lot of the time. He has his laptop handy all the time, hacking systems, other peoples’ MirrorPads, the MirrorCast, you name it, he had done it all. One of his dirty jobs is hacking the school system to gain access to information about the people of the school. He knows a lot about Headmaster Grimm and his secrets as well. It is safe to say he is nosy and enjoys cracking passwords and infiltrating the deep web with his laptop. Ironically, Ryusei wants to be a police detective. He feels that he is cut out for the job with his super observant eye and detailed mind.

Appearance
Ryusei is 6’0 with frost running through his system. He has eyes the color of garnets with white and Ryusei hair that his tousled and lightly styled by the wind. He possesses tan skin with white tattoos all over his body and with closer inspection, it is snow, not ink, underneath his skin. The fur trimming on his jacket is also a hood which he likes to put on whenever he becomes a little more reserved. A ice created rose eyepatch covers one eye, and what lies underneath is a mystery, much like he is. He states that his mother created the rose pattern on it for aesthetic reasons.

How the Story Goes
There were two people who were poor, one was young and the other one was old. They were woodcutters, traveling to forest often. One day, a snowstorm, disallowed them from returning back to their own homes, forcing them to reside in a hut in the mountain. The old man was awoken when he felt a presence, seeing a beautiful woman in front of him. With a single breath from her, the old man froze to death. The woman preyed on the young man this time, but since she thought he was really hot, she woke him up and told him she will spare him, but also not to tell anyone that he saw her there or else “I will look for you. I will find you and I will kill you.”

Years later, the young man was out in the mountains again, but this time he met a beautiful girl and married her. She was a great wife and mother, as the both of them had many children and were happy for years. But the man got suspicious as this girl never seemed to age. Because of this, he told her that she looked a lot like the Yuki-Onna he had encountered before. The woman abruptly stood and told him that that Yuki-Onna was her the whole time. She also mentioned she had to kill him now, but decided against it because of their children, then melted and was never seen again.

How does Ryusei come into it?
Now alone and grieving, the Yuki-Onna went back into her place in the snowy caps. She felt lonely and has already missed her children and husband. What would her children say when they notice that she was gone? There was no time to turn back now that she’s made her decision. She plowed through the mountain, shivering, now feeling the cold due to many years of living as a human. She had to go back to her legacy as the woman only seen in the snowstorm and would kill you with a flick of her wrist. This miserable snow spirit wandered the mountains for a few years, being merciless with her murders via ice. She seemed to stare out in the open for hours with a distant look on her face, the ice burning against her skin. She didn’t seem to notice the presence of Father Frost approaching next to her one day. She was startled at his sudden appearance, but accepted his company. He has asked her what was wrong, and she flooded her story to him, mainly emphasizing on her children.

He took pity on her, mostly because he had understood that feeling once. With her grieving to the side, he built two snow figures with his hand, crafting a boy with remarkable garnet eyes made of cranberries and a girl with long wavy hair made of frost. He tried to cheer the Yuki-Onna up, and she eventually joined in in crafting snow and ice into the figures. Father Frost pulsated magic into the figures’ chests and the Yuki-Onna breathed into the both of them. For a breath that usually killed people, it actually radiated into the figures, causing the both of them to come to life. Upon opening their eyes, they smiled and hugged their mother, in which the Yuki-Onna started to tear up, now able to call these children her own, since she was not human any longer. As she turned to thank Father Frost, he had disappeared, but not before a tinge of frost was spread across the tip of Yuki-Onna’s nose.

She had named the boy Ryusei and the girl Yukika. They loved and cared for their mother, taking her grief away. They both were unaware that they had half-brothers and half-sisters, but it didn’t seem to matter since they had each other. Living in harmony, the Yuki-Onna had remembered that her human children had gone to school and learned things on their own, which was exactly what she wanted for her own children. Migrating far away from the mountain, she enrolled them into a school that seemed to accept magical sons and daughters of fairy tales. However, she was afraid that her tale was deemed too distant from the glamorous fairy tales that lie within the school. Nevertheless, her children reassured that they will attend and after four years, return back to her with an education. The Yuki-Onna resides in a mountain near the school, and was alone, but knew she wasn’t for long, as she was able to visit as much as she wanted, despite everyone fearing her every step.

Family
Ryu considers the relationship between him and his mother to be very loving. She did her best to take care of him and her daughter, as if she had experience with caregiving beforehand. Although they are close, he still has a feeling that there is something that she isn’t telling him. However, he doesn’t pry because he feels that she has her reasons.

Like his mother, he is very close to his sister, Yukika. Since they are practically twins, he gave her the choice of following their mother’s destiny. She wanted to take it, but is wary of how her tale ends. Since the both of them are twins born at the same time, they are able to switch off on who wants to take it at any time. Though, Ryusei would rather not follow it because he prefers doing his own thing rather than falling in love at first sight and reverting into a human just for another human. Since Yukika is the only sibling he knows, he still does not know about his half-siblings. If they are attending Ever After High like he does, he would not notice.

Friends
Yukika is the only one that knows most of him, and even so, there are things that she doesn’t know about him. She doesn’t question it, though, since they both have secrets of their own. They both enjoy doing things siblings usually do, such as ice skating, forest exploration and magic practice. They barely banter with each other, mostly straightening out their discourse with long talks. He does consider her his closest friend, even if she is his sister.

Ryu has a hard time making friends due to his sketchy personality. Many believe the negative rumors about him and tend to avoid him. He doesn’t mind it much, and doesn’t mind if anyone does not want to interact with him.

Pet
Ryu has an ermine named Toa. It is a very sneaky animal that aids him in getting distant information. If there is a physical file that he needs, he lets Toa sneak into the room to retrieve it. Due to it’s flexible body and small stature, it can go unnoticed.

Romance
Anyone involved romantically with him would also experience his dangerous hobby. He tends to get in trouble sometimes, but gets away with his felonies pretty well. He feels that it would be nice to have romance, but not at the cost of sacrificing his hobby and putting the significant other in danger. His destiny relies a lot on romance and he is not so sure on how he feels about that.

Outfits
{| class="article-table" ! Art !Ryusei's Outfits
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Signature
An outfit that matches his sister’s.

Getting Fairest
TBA

Hat-Tastic Tea Party
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Legacy Day
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Thronecoming
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Way Too Wonderland
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Dragon Games
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Spring Unsprung
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Through the Woods
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Date Night
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Fairest On Ice
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Epic Winter
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Birthday Ball
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Mirror Beach
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School Spirit
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Enchanted Picnic
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 * }

Trivia

 * The owner of Ryusei does not know what the snow girl backgrounder's name is, but will refer to her as Yukika Arctic to make it easier.
 * He was “born” with the white marks on his skin. Many think it’s white ink, but is really frost that courses through his veins.
 * He has the ability to also turn his skin invisible -- a trait from his mother and is mostly used during a snowstorm.
 * If he stands in a place for a long time, frost ferns would start icing the floor underneath his shoes.
 * He enjoys figure skating and does it quite often. One of his dreams is being a professional ice skater, but he hides that secret.
 * He is always seen with a laptop, whether he is using it or it’s stuck under his arm.

Quotes

 * "*hacker voice* I’m in."
 * "Yeah, we’re twins. Who’s older? Both of us."

Portrayals
Ryusei would be portrayed by Simon Park, a half-japanese singer.

His voice claim would be Jesse David Corti.