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Raj "Krishna" Patil | XXVIII | Hacker | Comic Relief ❝Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like.❞

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Sleepover ♦ Raj & Emma

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brennan-walker‌

Emma snorted at him, seeing through his feigned politeness. “Please,” she scoffed. “We’re friends. Who else are you supposed to meet new people with. Anyway, I’m a great wingwoman.” And besides, why on earth would she ever be jealous? They were just friends and Emma would never in a million years ever think of him in /that way./ He was just her fun neighbor who was willing to put up with all of her wild and random bullshit. In fact, the more she thought about it, the more fun it would be to be able to finally see him interact with another woman. It would give her fuel to tease him for weeks, she was sure.

She laughed at his words and shook her head. “You just make it too easy! And besides, it wouldn’t be a secret club if we told you about it. We would have to get new t-shirts and everything.” She poked him playfully and took another sip of her tea. The warmth was doing a number to the sour mood that she had only a few hours before and she wasn’t sure if it was Raj’s presense or the physical comfort of dry clothes that made it so.

Snorting a little she raised an eyebrow at his insistence that he could have fun. Not that she could disagree with him, since she did tend to have a good time with him for the most part, but his version of fun was definitely not the same as hers. It was fun for her to scale buildings and but herself into physical danger. It was fun for him to play video games at all hours and sit around on his computer. “First of all, I sure you would do fine in the elevator shaft as long as you know how to properly tie your harness. Secondly, it would be even more fun than I imagined! You’d like it too if you were to give it a shot. It’s kind of like that scene in Toy Story 2.” She was already itching to do something exciting again and she wondered if maybe he wouldn’t mind coming with her next time. It would be easier if he could turn off the security system first.

She lingered around his living area for a while, picking up odd items that she has looked at multiple times before. She found everything within his home interesting, though not in the way that the works of art that she stole were interesting. It was as if she was seeing a piece of himself with every book and picture he had on display. Compared to her apartment, which was plain and only possessed a bed and a drawer for her clothes, it was interesting. At his words, she turned toward his couch and plopped next to him. “Sure! What kind of movie? Horror? Mystery? Some stupid romantic comedy?”

“You know my mom would absolutely love you. And if you actually meet my mom you’d know how much of a compliment that is. Maybe I should bring you to my parents’ restaurant sometimes. Since you’re always looking for some sort of thrill I wonder how you’d feel about taking the risk to try some of that extra spicy food we got to offer.” Raj returned with a grin before shaking his head at her. “You guys just don’t know how to handle all this.” he said after leaning back in his seat and gesturing at himself, fully aware that he was making a fool of himself, yet he didn’t mind. Their banter was part of their dynamic and he gladly took the fall to distribute some comic relief. After all that was what he was known for and what he was best at. He never was one to take himself too serious and if anything that only showed even clearer when he was around Emma or his sister, or other people that he was particularly comfortable with.

“You know what? I actually don’t know how to properly tie a harness, so thanks for the pep talk.” Raj returned before side-eyeing her, his grin still not faltering. He watched her observe his decorations, most of which he had put there with a few stray objects from Mira or his parents. It was mostly for aesthetics because even though he didn’t want to admit it he kind of liked that his place looked like a fancy Taylor Howes ad. Besides, he knew it would appease his mother to know that he could keep his place neat so to not bring shame to his family. She didn’t know of Chiqui who came over every other day to ensure it stayed that way. What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, or something like that.

“Your response wants me to put on the most annoying Katherine Heigl movie that I can find, just to spite you. But since I was raised right, I say ‘lady’s choice’. Just don’t put me through another gore movie. That’s more Mira’s thing.” he returned with a low laugh before shutting close his laptop and reaching for the remote. He had done a few improvements to his entertainment system which meant that he could watch movies and shows now before they were even released, which was a big win when it came to the GOT finale because he had been able to threaten Mira with spoilers the second she got sassy with him.

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noellekarahan‌

“You know, I completely owe you for this,” Noëlle gushed. “Like, really.”

“Don’t mention it. I know you’d do the same for me.” Raj quipped and grinned at her. “And when you do maybe you can get the number from that cute barista for me.”

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noellekarahan

“Trust me, I’m sure I would. Back home was cold and nice, from what I could remember.”

“Then maybe you should consider regular vacation trips during the hottest season here. I start wondering if maybe you’re about to melt, given the rather desperate complaints. Let’s hope this helps.” he quipped before handing her an iced frappuccino he had gotten for her from Starbucks.

[thechosenrp]

NAME:  Rajesh “Raj” Patil

NICKNAMES:  Raj, Krishna 

AGE:  28 

GENDER IDENTITY: Cis male, ( he / him ) 

ORIENTATION: Bi-curious 

FACE CLAIM: Dev Patel 

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noellekarahan‌

“Honestly, I don’t know how much longer I can handle this heat. I’d kill for a summer storm.”

“Something tells me you’d love London. Less heat, more rain.”

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ariadnedavis‌

“Right? I want some Los Angeles boy to save me from this place. You know how much more awesome Hollywood seems than this place? Like, all the celebrities and places to see. What’s there even to see here? The zoo? That place is so frickin’ dinky that it’s a wasted date,” Ariadne rambled. She sometimes couldn’t just stop talking — and now was definitely that time. “I mean, we could probably walk. I can bring a flask and drink on the walk.”

“LA is the hub of fuckboys. You don’t want one of those unless you want your heart broken.” Eve though, truth be told, she struck him as the one that would do all the heartbreaking. “Maybe a New Yorker or one of those posh Londoners – those might be more up your alley. I might know one or two. Just saying.” Raj quipped before running a hand through his hair. “No, I promised the lady a ride and a ride she’d going to get.”

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ariadnedavis‌

“Definitely. And I’ve been right here in this crummy little town. Wanting to absolutely die in this boring place,” Ariadne said. She hated Ashgrove and dreamed of a life in Los Angeles or Sydney. “I dunno, you to drive? I wanna be able to get some drinks and I ain’t gonna drive.”

“If you don’t mind me saying, I don’t think you’re gonna die here. You seem more like a big city girl with big city dreams. I think you’ll be alright.” Raj returned, smiling at Ariadne before releasing an overdramatic sigh. “Man, I miss the days when I still lived back in London and Uber was a thing. But yes, whatever the lady wants she gets. Let’s go, Miss Daisy.”

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ariadnedavis

“Rest in pieces,” Ariadne laughed, shaking her head as they mourned the pizza. She wasn’t entirely in the mood for it, anyways. “I’m sure they do. I always went for their burgers, so I have honestly no idea.”

“Was that a pun? Where have you been all my life, woman?!” Raj joked, but if he was entirely honest he was a sucker for puns. After all he was supposed to be the Master of Puns even if Ariadne had beat him to this one. “Alright, what are we waiting for then?”

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roxieelvin‌

“You could make an absolute fortune selling it to people.” She joked. “Slap the words ‘instant weight loss’ on anything and people will buy into it.” Roxanne crossed her legs and set her notebook to one side, tilting her head to think about where they could get food from. “The only good places I can think of would require us to actually leave the house and make effort, and who wants to do that?” She laughed. “There’s always Dominos?”

“Too bad money is the least of my problems.” No, he had other things to worry about, money not being one of them thanks to his very lucrative ‘business’. “I feel like I should focus on other things though, like learn how to not burn my entire place down on accident, you know?” he quipped before grinning at Roxie. “I love how your laziness matches mine. That way I don’t have to feel too guilty. Dominos it is then. In the meantime, you wanna have something to drink? We can raid my liquor cabinet if you want to. I prefer it to be us rather than Mira.” 

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ariadnedavis‌

“Oh, totally my fault. I just wanted to see you fail, bub.” Ariadne chuckled, shaking her head when he offered to buy food. “Nah, I said I would. Let’s get some burgers from The Squeeze-In. I’ve been craving them like crazy.”

“I knew it ...” Raj returned, feigning hurt as he acknowledged her words with a shake of his head. “But I don’t understand why you had to drag the innocent pizza into all of this. May it rest in peace.” the male added before sighing. “Fine, but they better have curly fries or else I am out of there.”

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rooneydubois

“If you change your mind, just stop by the ticket booth.” Things around Heroes Day started to get fuzzy. Current life, more accurately. She had no problem reliving the trauma of what happened that day, but couldn’t seem to stay in tune with her life. It was okay if it was happening in the safety of her living room, or when she was on break at work. But the trouble came when she started to space out walking places or whilst working. It was just dangerous. “Name is Rooney, tell them you saved me from walking into oncoming traffic.”

“I might take you up on it.” Raj returned, his everlasting still brightening his features as he eyed the girl to ensure she was good to go now and not about to run into the next dangerous situation. He got it … or well, not really, since he hadn’t lost anyone during the Departure. Fortunately. He didn’t know if she hadn’t been so lucky, but either way, people were tense during this time of the year, no matter if you counted yourself among the lucky ones or not. “Pleasure to meet you, Rooney. I’m Rajesh, but only my parents call me that. To everyone else I just go by Raj.”

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ariadnedavis

“I’m honestly getting secondhand embarrassment from this,” Ariadne joked, looking at the charred pizza. She wasn’t a great chef by any means, getting plenty of dinners provided by the men and women she dated frequently and leftovers from her parents. She poked at the burnt crust, trying to see if there was any life left in it — but alas, no.

“Alright, I can order us some food. I’ll eat it on the delivery fee if it means I don’t get poisoned.”

“Yeah, you just keep poking fun at me. It’s not like you didn’t set me up for failure though. I subtle reminder could have saved the life of this once very promising deliciousness. I can’t help but wonder if you did that on purpose.” Raj returned, his grin broadening as he eyed Ariadne who didn’t even try hiding her amusement. “Anyways, what do you want to order, princess? Food’s on me since I almost ended up setting the kitchen on fire.”

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rooneydubois‌

“I’d rather not get flattened by a cyclist, so thanks for that.” 

“I would repay you for your kindness, but I’m sort of…poor.” A fact so a part of her life that she couldn’t understand what it must feel like to not be. The Sudden Departure had really fucked with the zoo, resulting in a loss of a lot of staff. She hadn’t worked there at the time, but some of her co-workers had explained it one day.  “I could, however, repay you in free admission tickets to the zoo I work at.”

“Don’t worry about it, nothing better to make my day than preventing a run over. It’s nice of you to offer though.” Raj didn’t expect anything from the girl, merely concerned whether or not she was alright when he had spotted her a few moments ago. He had noticed that during these days quite a lot of people were pretty distracted. It just came with the time of year and of what it reminded people, whether or not they had lost someone back then.

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roxieelvin‌

“And you didn’t even have to move a muscle, how awesome is that?” Roxanne grinned from her cosy little perch on the couch. She had a notebook in her lap and had been scribbling notes for a song she was working on while Raj napped. Really, she should’ve woken him up to take the pizza out, but she hadn’t realised it was burning or how long it had actually been in the oven. The minute she heard the words ‘take out’ she was immediately interested. “What kinda take out? Pizza? Seeing as you cremated that one.” She teased.

“Impressive, am I right? I don’t know why people even bother going to gyms when they can just go by the Patil diet.” Raj shrugged, grinning from one ear to the other before plopping onto the couch next to her. “Whatever is still open. I fear our options are a bit limited. Unless you know of a good place that don’t partake in the senseless destruction of edible goods.”

[thechosenrp]

› [ DEV PATEL / CIS MALE ] ┊ RAJESH “RAJ” PATIL ― This 28-year-old HACKER DID NOT lose anyone to The Sudden Departure. HE’s lived in this town for A FEW WEEKS and IS NOT a risk of the Guilty Remnant.

As the son of immigrants, Raj and his siblings were taught to dream big since the day he and his family set foot on English soil. His father, a chef who hoped to open his own Indian restaurant one day, ensured that Raj would grow up to never lose his sense of wonder, whilst his mother, a more pragmatic and certainly stricter parent, wanted her children to understand that sometimes dreams had to remain just that; dreams. And after years of watching his father being turned down by banks, keeping him from his true purpose, Raj had to acknowledge that maybe his mother was right. However, he didn’t, merely deciding that sometimes fate needs a proper push in the right direction for everything to finally come together as it was supposed to. Raj was just 14 years old back then and yet had skills that made any secret intelligence agency go green with envy. Known as “Krishna“ by many online, he lived up to his patron saint, becoming somewhat infamous as the Robin Hood among hackers whose urge to cause a bit of mischief was probably his greatest vice. Operating from one of the run down Internet cafes that were scattered across his neighborhood, Raj hacked big businesses, including major banks, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. It was the perfect motif, even though it wasn’t an entirely selfless act but rather the thrill that made him do it in the first place. He was untraceable, moving through codes like a ghost until one day he saw his father being rejected once again, forced to witness how all hope had left the old man. And it was only when things became personal, that Raj made his first and last mistake. It was supposed to work out as it always did, hacking into banks, transferring random amounts of money yet small enough to not cause suspicion … Just like he had always done. And yet he slipped up, starting to feel far too comfortable which led him to get caught. He was convicted of 45 counts of technical burglary and sentenced to 45 years in prison. However, he was recruited by the MI5 instead at the age of 18 as an intelligence analyst, being given the chance to redeem himself before joining the MI6 only two years later, becoming notorious for tracking warlords in Africa and Middle East. Raj never went to MIT or other prestigious universities that people with his field of interest went to. He simply didn’t have to. Now at the age of 28, having settled into quite the comfortable lifestyle after selling his first dotcom company for millions of pounds, Raj is still working closely with some of his connections from the MI6 as well as doing some freelance work as a white hat hacker for large companies.

If one had to pick a single personality trait to describe Raj most would probably go for ‘upbeat’ or ‘funny’. These are the most honest adjectives to use in his case, but there is more that defines this happy-go-lucky hacker. Despite his carefree spirit he is insanely focused once he is being given a task, taking his position and responsibility way more serious than one would assume. Despite thinking very highly of himself and his skills, he is a team player, firmly believing that one can achieve so much more in a team than by themselves. Raj is known as the comic relief, often making jokes that lighten the mood but beneath his goofy exterior he is caring and loyal and much more concerned than he likes to reveal. He is also a shameless flirt, uncaring how often his pick-up lines fail because the fact that he is ridiculously gifted when it comes to playing the piano makes up for them.

Raj has two siblings; an older brother, Aadesh, and a younger sister, Mira. Raj and Mira had always been inseparable, the epitome of mischief each on their own but when combined a true force to be reckoned with. This never changed, despite the time that passed. Aadesh, on the other hand, has always been the poster child, a fact that their mother never failed to express, not being as impartial as their father. Hence, why the brothers’ childhood was always accompanied by a sense of rivalry, something that Aadesh was more aware of than his younger brother Raj. To this day there is still a lot of tension between the two brothers and even though Mira had become a buffer, Raj isn’t oblivious to his brother’s disappointment. Still, he likes to think that if things got tough he’d have his brother’s back even if he might not trust Aadesh to do the same for him.

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abigaildeston‌

“I was about two minutes away from checking on that,” she fibbed, attempting to bite back her smirking smile as she looked back to her phone, making no move to rise from the dining table. “I was worried when you didn’t set a timer, but you know, I’m pretty impressed that you came out here before the smoke detector finally had to go off.” With how thick the air felt, though, that still seemed like a very real possibility. Abandoning her phone on the table, Abigail headed into the kitchen to open a nearby window, nose wrinkling at the intense burnt pizza smell. “What d’you say to just going out?” She asked, attempting to wave smoke from the kitchen while looking in Raj’s direction. “My treat, even… If you let me say one good ‘I told you so’ over dinner.”

“I don’t see how that’s gonna help my pizza now. We really gotta work on your timing.” Raj teased. “And it’d sweet that you think I got a smoke detector. I’m a rebel.” But truth be told, yes, he got a smoke detector … and it had already gone off more often than he’d like to admit. At her suggestion, Raj glanced at his watch, not quite sure if there were any places still open in this small town of theirs. But then again he had only just moved her and trusted her to know of possible options. “Fine, go ahead and get it out of your system.” he returned with a grin tugging on his lips before reaching for his jacket, readying himself to leave his place and follow her lead.

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♖ ♙ ♤

♖ — What’s their diet like? Are they vegetarian, vegan? Do they have any food allergies that make them have a special diet?

Raj is vegan (just like the mun). He has been vegetarian since he can think and decided to become vegan in his early twenties. No food allergies known; in fact, he serves as a trashcan within his family because that boy can eat like nobody else.

♙ — What sorts of things soothe them when they’re worked up?

To be honest, Raj rarely allows himself to get worked up and it’s not because he doesn’t want people to see him upset but because very little can actually face him unless it’s something important. If he actually requires soothing though, he’d rely on his little sister Mira to help him feel better or just withdraw for a while to cope with things, which might involve hacking into the bank accounts of some filthy rich scum and relieve them of a few coins to give to charity.

♤  — Are they financially responsible or do they tend to blow their money as soon as they have it?

Having grown up with basically nothing, Raj is quite capable of managing his finances. However, these days he doesn’t need to be too cautious since money is one of the things that he can acquire easily thanks to his specific skillset. Either way, he doesn’t require much and therefore doesn’t indulge in a lavish lifestyle. In fact, the thing he spends most of his money on is probably food.