Published: May 5th 2025, 10:44:31 pm
About time our master hacker ninja gets a introduction.
I had a lot of requests about Richard and I thought it was finally time for his introduction.
To give the overall context into our master hacker ninja this post is bigger then last introduction. Since the post is also bigger I had to give it a more readable layout.
Richard is a somewhat introverted shut-in with a passion for technology. As someone who likes to test his boundaries, he often bites off more than he can chew. Though he may act rude and blunt toward the MC, he’s more mild-mannered in other people’s company. At first glance, he’s charming and has no trouble getting into relationships - but his introverted nature makes it hard to maintain them.
He’s an okay hacker. While not the best with code (or cracking it, for that matter), he achieves unbelievable results by combining his skills, innate charm, social engineering, and sheer audacity. Though not the most skilled, he’s one of the more notorious hackers in the country, thanks to his reckless actions and (some say) pure luck in pulling them off.
As a child, Richard spent most of his time playing games inside his larger-than-average home. His parents worked in Big Pharma, so they were well-off enough to afford it. Even back then, his above-average intelligence was apparent, and the future looked bright for him.
But one day, everything changed.
His parents died in a car accident, leaving him with no direct relatives. Plans were quickly made to send him to an orphanage. By the time they came to collect him, Richard was an emotionless wreck, all his tears spent. As he took one last look at the house his parents had built - and all the memories within - he barely registered the shouting behind him.
A woman clutching papers was yelling at the orphanage workers. Before he could process what was happening, she grabbed his hand and led him to her car.
She was his mother’s best friend.
Upon hearing the news, she had immediately begun the adoption process. She and Richard’s mother had made a promise: if anything ever happened to either of them, they would take in and protect each other’s children.
And so, Richard joined her household - a new family consisting of the woman and her son, Richard’s slightly older adoptive brother.
His new life had begun.
It took time, but Richard and his brother grew close. When Richard was bullied for being the odd one out, his brother always stood up for him. They attended the same school, stuck together, and had each other’s backs. Richard even gave his brother dating advice (since the guy was hopeless with women). They called each other names mercilessly, and by all accounts, they became true brothers.
Over time, they forged a bond thicker than blood.
Around the time Richard reached adulthood, his adoptive mother fell terminally ill. Doctors gave up on her, citing slim chances of recovery - but Richard refused to lose another mother. Now with access to his inheritance, he poured nearly all of it into experimental treatments, desperate for a cure.
It was all in vain.
Once again, he had lost a mother. He understood his brother’s pain, but no words or actions could comfort him (not for lack of trying). Weeks after the funeral, Richard saw the same hollow look on his brother’s face that he himself had once worn. Until...
One day, Richard noticed something unexpected: his brother was smiling.
His brother wouldn’t explain, so Richard investigated. Turns out, he had a new girlfriend. Richard was relieved - this girl seemed like exactly what his brother needed to move forward.
Years passed. Richard moved out, knowing that if his brother and his girlfriend were to build a life together, he couldn’t stay in the picture. He took a job at a pharmaceutical company and left, wishing his brother luck with his girlfriend, Liz.
Years later, Richard is now a freelance hacker. The pharmaceutical job didn’t work out, though he never explained why and was pretty mysterious about it all.
He’ll always be there when you need him. But if something were to happen... could he break his brother’s heart? What would he do if the one person who made him whole betrayed him?
Richard never takes chances with stakes this high.
But even as he battles his own demons, one thing remains true: he is the only person in the world who would never betray you. Ever.
Gif is sadly not lossless so a lossless mp4 is added in the attachments for download. 💕