A Mainspring alt
On the bright campus green, you notice someone kind of meandering around, looking at a piece of paper. He's about regular height, with faint olive skin and brown hair that's a little too long for his own good. After a little while, though, he groans, crumples up the paper, and stuffs it in his pocket.
Then he turns around. That's when you notice his eyes. Overall, they're a deep shade of blue, but they also have flecks of an odd lighter tint that sparkle in the sunlight. Almost instantly, he sees you. For a moment, he looks you up and down, his eyes quickly boring into you. Then he smiles, his eyes seeming to sparkle even more as he walks forward.
"Good morning," he chirps. "My name's James, James Pachis. I'm so sorry, but I just transferred into the neurology program, but I can't find my building." He pulls the crumpled-up paper out of his pocket, smoothing it off before showing it to you. It's a class schedule with building names and room numbers. "Do you know where this building is?" he asks.
After you answer, he takes a quick look at the set of buildings around him. He smiles then turns back to you. "Thank you," he says. "You've been very helpful. Listen, I have to run to get to class, but I'd love to share a meal with you sometime soon. Meet me at the dorms common room around seven? Excellent! I can't wait."
It isn't until he's gone that your mind starts to come back to itself. Even then, your memories are tinged in this deep blue color and it's hard to remember exactly what you were going to do. As you walk away, though, you resolve to go down to the common room around seven. Something about eating something, you don't quite remember...
James Stelios Pachis seems like the golden boy of every class: polite, cheerful, and smart as a whip. He's the delight of every teacher and a reliable friend to most of the student body. Not only that, he's charming, helped along by his eyes. Thus, many people are enthralled by him.
Suffice it to say, this is all a calculation.
Behind James's eyes is a mental paradox. It leaps around from topic to topic, almost at random. Despite this, he's also very gifted at planning how to get what he wants and manipulating people to his ends. He refrains from slasher schemes (claiming to have
some scruples), but he is certainly open to making people disappear in order to further his own goals.