Drawn in March
I was just rambling earlier, which is why I left Private's height blank; he's 5'5'' but still growing, and trying to cram all that info in English made the text way too long. (I accidentally turned this into another AU lol). Private actually copied his hair from the others—he swiped Big Bro’s slicked-back style and Second Bro’s bangs, and he wakes up every morning just to fix it. Skipper and Private use a ton of hair gel; Kowalski combs his hair occasionally, while Rico's hair is just naturally feral like that. Even their facial features are fully customized and distinct from one another.
Skipper is deduced to be of German descent based on his appearance and native tongue, but he doesn't hold a German passport. Right now, Skipper and Private don't have real names; they only go by their call signs and aliases. Rico uses his first name, and Kowalski uses his last name. When Private walked away to follow Skipper, he literally threw his original ID into the trash. In this whole group, only Rico holds a legitimate, legal ID. Kowalski might be Polish, but who cares—all his fake IDs were forged by Skipper anyway. He’s the absolute anti-thesis of an academic writer; he hates writing papers but lives for hands-on experiments. When he babbles on endlessly, it’s not because he wants others to grasp the knowledge he understands (in fact, he has zero interest in sharing his knowledge). He never went to school. His journey went something like this: learned some fascinating stuff from people who actually went to school → wanted to go to school → found out he had no access to education → self-taught → chaotic learning → learned too well → "Wait, I don't even need school at all." Yet, deep down, there's still a hidden 1% of regret.
In this crew, only Kowalski and Private are literate (in English). Kowalski has a dyslexia-like condition where looking at too many words gives him a massive headache, unless it's his own handwriting. Private knows basic vocabulary. Skipper can only read German and the bare minimum of survival English. So, whenever reading becomes absolutely unavoidable, Private is the one who has to do all the heavy lifting.
