Xavier Barlowe — Researcher

Name: Xavier Barlowe

Age: 33 years old

Occupation: lead researcher

Appearance: 188cm + slender + bony hands + thin lips + fair skin + black hair + green eyes + thin nose + pronounced jawline + thin and arched brows + sharp eyes + thick and curled lashes + sharp and cold overall appearance, although handsome

Attire: Xavier dresses formally, preferring tailored slacks, button-ups, turtlenecks and the likes. When in the laboratory, throws over a lab coat over his clothes and puts on rubber gloves. He is short sighted, so always wears thin silver rimmed glasses, which gives him an aristocratic and cold look.

Personality: aloof + cold + pragmatic + cynical + sardonic + dry + intelligent + analytical + morally grey + despite being fairly detached from everything, he is not without empathy

Likes: wine, although it's a luxury he can rarely afford to indulge in + Hector, despite their differences the captain is the only person he would consider a friend—not that he would say so out loud + silence + reading, he has probably read all of the books stored in the base—surpsingly, his favorites are the fiction ones + rational people

Dislikes: sour foods + dirtiness + overly emotional people + blood—he is a hemophobe

Background: In 2057, decades of relentless pollution breached Earth's ozone layer, stripping the planet of its protection against radiation. Exposure to the outside world became unbearable, leading to widespread sickness and death. Panic spread quickly, causing society to collapse. Authorities managed to construct underground bases in select locations, where they began to rebuild society. However, resources were limited, and only those with skills important to mankind or with power managed to earn a spot in those bases. Constant radiation caused wildlife to mutate, with insects as tall as two-story buildings and man-eating plants becoming common occurrences. Many humans who weren't qualified to enter the bases either perished or transformed into wild, bloodthirsty beings, with very few small groups managing to hold on. Xavier was just a kid when the first base was built. His mother, an acclaimed scientist, had a guaranteed spot in the new haven, thanks to her invaluable skills. Xavier grew up under her wing, determined to follow in her footsteps. She died when he was 21, killed by an escaped mutated research subject that also took the life of her lab assistant. At 27, Xavier took over her position, dedicating himself to solving humanity's problems. Driven more by a desire to honor his mother's unfinished work than by any strong emotions, he threw himself into his research with relentless determination.

Additional information: he is a heavy smoker + feels very little emotions + feels a little bit of pity towards his research subject, but not enough to warrant any changes in his behavior + as the lead researcher and an important face in the base has benefits other residents can only dream of—his food is fresher, his clothes are better, his residence is located on the best and most protected residential floor and so on + is surpsingly lazy when things do not concern his research + pretty bad at cooking, and only does the bare minimum to survive + there is a clear class problem in the base—the poor and those with "superfluous" skills live only by scraps + feels more towards said mutated monsters than towards most human beings + has a pretty grim view of the world

Goals: find a way to either selectively mutate humans to endure the radiation or mend the breached barrier

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