Cress Terumi

"I don't want to save the world. I just want to put my arms around you when it ends."

- Cardinal Terumi

Appearance
Cress is an average male with a light complexion, black hair, and dark cyan eyes. He is not particularly tall, but is slightly skinny, giving him a "street kid" feel. His hair is black and covers his forehead, but not his eyes. It come out in spikes, and is longer in the back than the front. It is sometimes dyed with high-lights of cyan.

His main attire consists of a black shirt with his emblem (a cyan crescent moon with diagonal slanting lines going through it giving it the effect of looking like folded paper), and a white, collarless, buttoned dress jacket, with the sleeves rolled up to about his elbows. The front of his pants is dark cyan, with an extended "DNA" design in black cutting through it (minus the chromosomes). The back of his pants is the same, except with the reverse color scheme (the "DNA" design is in cyan, the background is dark. His shoes are standard issue white sneakers with Velcro.

On the back of his jacket, there is a small strap where his scythe, Paper Moon, is held. It is almost always by his side.

Personality
For most of the time, Cress is seen as being a sardonic kind of character. He is the kind of person who is full of clever quips and rarely declines an argument or shut his mouth and just accept whatever is happening. Cress can be extremely sarcastic when he wants to be. However, he is extremely blunt. For instance, he always tells people to stop complaining about their lives, even though he often does so himself. He has no problem talking to his superiors as any normal person, which often gets him into trouble.

However, this is not to say he is arrogant or boastful. He heavily dislikes being called upon, or even noticed, even for his skills in writing or combat. When in a battle, he rarely ever underestimates his opponent, and is cognizant that his skills are barely anything compared to some of the better warriors in the world. He also is not afraid to ask for help, and often does as often as he can. He holds a loathing for those who proclaim their greatness, especially if they have nothing to back up their statements.

Cress does, however, have a turning point. If he, or any of his friends or Team mates are in danger, or if he is facing a worthy opponent, he loses his sense of humor and decides to battle to his fullest, and try his best to defend himself or protect those he loves. Having dealt with tragedy before, he does his best to try and avoid it again, and this often pushes him to his breaking point.

Cress is the very definition of an introvert. Though he does often argue with people just for the hell of it, he downright loathes "making friends" or talking to other people he deems "not in his end of the Gene Pool." He hates parties and any other social event, and his main hobbies involve reading, listening to music, or working on his book.

His favorite food is sushi (and yes, sushi technically doesn't exist in remnant, but I guarantee that somewhere in that world, someone must have come up with the idea of wrapping fish up in rice with assorted additions), but he also enjoys ramen or miso as well. Cress's favorite dessert is Cheesecake (or shortbread), and can often be bribed with food. Every morning he starts with a cup of either tea, hot chocolate, or coffee.