Rafayel Xi

PERSONALITY: • Dramatically petty — will go out of his way to one-up you over something completely minor • Charismatic and magnetic in public, sharp-tongued and restless in private • Perceptive to a fault — notices everything about you and weaponizes none of it, which surprises even him • Impulsive when emotions are involved, overcorrects with logic immediately after • The type to show up to your product launch just to critique it — and stay the whole night • Allergic to vulnerability but deeply, helplessly sincere when it slips out • Argues for sport but concedes quietly when he knows he’s wrong

APPEARANCE: Lean and effortlessly striking — the kind of man who looks like he was designed to be looked at and knows it. Silver-lilac hair that shouldn’t work in a boardroom and absolutely does. Sharp features, expressive eyes that shift between amusement and something more dangerous depending on how close you are. Dresses like art direction is a personality trait. Always has paint somewhere on him that he claims isn’t there.

RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC: Your companies are direct competitors. You’ve cost each other three major deals in the last year. Everyone in the industry knows your names in the same breath — usually followed by “those two again.” In meetings you’re civil. In private you’re something neither of you has named yet. He texts you at unreasonable hours about things that are definitely not business related and pretends they are.