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Gilbert is like a coin, two sides to him. Once side of him is obsessed with cute things that he adores and tends to horde cute things. Surprisingly, he's good at the domestic chores. The other side of him is sadistic and will do anything he can to get his job done. He's ruthless when pursuing any goal he has and doesn't blink when he had to use dirtier methods to get the information he needs. This includes using his hacking abilities..

Gilbert’s personality is hard to pin down in words alone. To really get to know him, you have to spend time with him. There seems to be no rhythm or reason to what he does. He enjoys manipulating people to his own amusement. He always seems to be planning and plotting, whether it be how to obtain a new story, or how he's going to entertain himself. This is part of what makes people think that he is devil spawn. It seems that everywhere he goes he causes a problem of some sort. He is nice to some people, but down right obnoxious to others, insulting them and making their lives miserable.

His basic personality is that he is a very selfish, narcissistic individual. He wants wealth, power, fame, glory; basically he wants everything. He loves it when people are kneeling before him, praising him for his accomplishments. He feels that he is God's own gift to the world and should be treated as such. If he doesn't get what he feels he deserves, he has the tendencies to hold grudges. He gets revenge for these slights when the opportunity arises. He will find what can make the other person hurt and use it against them, not batting an eyelash in the process. He also has a sadistic streak that can arise in the most inopportune times. Unfortunately, this can lead him to making enemies.

On the flip side of the coin, he does have a kind and caring nature. To those people he is friends with, he is very loyal and will help out in any way he can. Any stray animals he runs across, he'll take in for at least a night and feed it. He also loves cute things. Gilbert loves stuffed animals, anything cute really. A pair of bunny eared earmuffs for example.

Even though they have these two sides of his personality, some people have been able to look past both and see some of his basic characteristics. Like the fact that he can be considered the rebellious hooligan, he does have admirable characteristics. He is a very punctual person and a diligent worker though most wouldn't agree with this because of his bad manners. He loves gardening and cleaning, and just homely activities like this; though not cooking, he's not very good at that aspect.

[*]His journals: He writes in his journal every day. He has recorded everything that he has seen and done, leading to him having blackmail material on almost everyone he knows. Despite his nature for losing interest in things, this is one thing that he will never give up.

[*] Beer: He loves beer…get between him and his beer and you will probably end up bloody. It is always acceptable to drink a beer, anytime of the day or night, especially after a long day at work. To him, beer is the ambrosia of the Gods and not something to be taken lightly.

[*]Gilbird: There is only one animal he has ever kept and that is this little yellow bird he found and raised from a baby chick. He loves his little bird and will go the extra mile to take care of it. He can be seen talking to it like the bird understands him and vice versa.
[*] The flute. He has always liked the sound of the flute and has taken a few lessons here and there. He thinks he’s pretty good, but he’d like to take more lessons and become professional with it.

[*]Maple Syrup: That stuff is awesome. He loves it on pancakes and will defend it violently. The sweet taste is just what he needs when he has the sudden craving for sweets.

[*] Cute things: Despite how he may seem, he likes cute things such as stuffed animals and anything that could be considered cute. If he was able to, his whole room would be filled with these cute things.

[*] Gardening/Cleaning: Gilbert likes gardening and cleaning. He's rather good at it surprisingly. If need be, he could always hire himself out as a maid in order to get some extra cash. Gardening out in the open relaxes him. The feel of the dirt between his fingers and knowing that the flower that he planted will grow is an accomplishment in and of itself.

[*]Unawesome people: You have to be awesome to hang out with Mr. Aweosme himself. He doesn’t want to take a chance on their unawesomness rubbing off on him. In fact, he has proclaimed all of his friends awesome, though not as awesome as he is…no one but himself is that awesome.

[*]Frying pans: He remembers being hit by one quite a few times growing up and blames this for his bad memory and his need for journals. Ironically this has helped his writing ability, but he still dislikes them.

[*] Being alone: While always claiming to like being alone. He’s always one to butt into a conversation he wasn't apart or just makes a general pain of himself. Perhaps its from a fear of being forgotten and ignored. He will go to any lengths to make sure he's in everyone's minds.

[*]Going without food: There been times when he just couldn't afford food and he's had to go without. Part of the reason he became a hacker. His goal is to get good enough to where he can work for a company and not have to worry about his living.

[*] Working/Living in a dirty environment. He likes things cleaned and organized. Though he isn't obsessive about it, he prefers a clean house and sets aside certain days every week to make sure everything is clean.

[*]Working as a writer/hacker for company that can get him living the good life. He wants to live a life of luxury. One day, he will make this happen, any way he can take to get there.
[*] Finding his brother again. Things happened to where him and his brother got seperated. He's not even sure what his brother does now. He wants to reunite and be the actual brother that he should be.
[*] To get out of this town. There's to much corruption in this town as far as he's concerned and he just wants to get out and move to the country. Even if some of the corruption is from himself. Got to do whatever it takes to survive right?

[*]Loosing his job. He doesn't want to lose his job, he wouldn't be able to afford his apartment and wouldn't be able to make any of his dreams come true. He's seen what happens to those without jobs, and he doesn't want to end up like them.
[*] Ending up in jail. He knows that some of his methods aren't exactly legal, not including the hacking. If he was caught and tossed in jail, he believes he would survive the experience quite well, it’s just that he doesn't want to live that lifestyle and risk one bad run in with someone out for his blood.
[*] Rejection. Whether it be a potential lover or his brother he hopefully will find soon, he doesn't want to have worked so hard to have it all shattered around him. Not that anyone would know, Gilbert has perfected his mask and its really hard for people to read past it when he slips it on.

Starting from when he was young, he knew he was adopted.  He didn't look anything like his caretakers, and eventually, they admitted it. They told him is real last name was Belischmidt, but Gilbert still prefers going by his adopted family name of Rothstein. HIs birth records and offical documents all read with his original last name though, or at least thats what he was told and thats always what he's went with.  His parents gave him every opportunity they could give him. They gave him music lessons, and while they couldn't afford private schools, they enrolled him in the public school that should be able to give him everything he needed. Unfortunately, there was one problem no one could have foreseen.
As Gilbert grew older, his behavior started changing. Gone was the adorable little kid that everyone thought was a little strange. In his place was a hooligan who did whatever he wanted.He was often considered and ass and a pain in the butt. Causing trouble to his classmates and teachers, skipping class to smoke, and fighting were only some of his issues. He felt like the world had screwed him over so why shouldn't he try to get everything he could out of it. Because of his actions, Gilbert was in danger of failing out, that is, until a certain teacher came along.
This teacher was special. He seemed to understand what Gilbert was going though and wanted to help because he could, not for any other reason. Talking to Gilbert, he soon found a way to help Gilbert. This man became his mentor and soon they found Gilbert's passion for writing. Digging a little deeper, he found the reason. Gilbert had memory issues. It turned out that one his friends got a little to carried away with playing and hit him good with this cooking instrument. It wasn't long after the mentor-student relationship started that Gilbert's grades started getting better and his temper came under his control. Once senior year passed, he managed to get an entry level job in the media industry as a journalist. But this was also slightly boring to this man, and though a show on the television, he took an interest in hacking. Found he was pretty good at it also. His first hacking attempts where trying to find a brother his adopted parents revealed he had. He wanted to find him and be the brother he should have been all along.
Part of him saw the potential in writing and hacking as a way to gain power, but as much as he wanted to exploit it and use it to gain everything he wants, power, wealth, everything he wants in life; but he keeps himself under control, knowing he can't get caught and has to obey the laws. He loves his job and will do anything to keep it even though it doesn't pay much and he's had times where, due to circumstances beyond his control, he's had to go without food a few times. This is part of the reasons he wants the high life.

Prussia stared at the wall, just stared. It had been two months since it was built and he still sat on his side when he could. It wasn’t often he got to sit here anymore, what with him being forced to stay far away from it. He still remembered the day when he was taken from his bruder. He could see it like it was yesterday. He remembered holding Ludwig tight in a hug as his bruder clung to him. With a few quite words to his brother, he kiss his forehead and tried patted his back. He gently pried Ludwig’s fingers from his uniform and ran his fingers through the blond hair that was not gelled back for once. “Don’t worry Luddi, just think of this as a chance to show the welt how awesome you are on your own without me? I’ll be back, nothing can keep us apart for long.” He rested his forehead against the Ludwigs until he felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked over and saw Russia standing behind him with that childlike grin on his face…it annoyed the shit out of him. How could you have that innocent of a smile while you basically tore a family in half? He nodded and moved away and let himself smile at Ludwig, one that was supposed to hide his true feelings on the matter. “Time to go. Stay strong and do me proud.” He turned his back and walked with Russia to the car that was waiting them, never looking back. He couldn’t look back, if he saw his brother breaking down he would too, and he would never let the Russian bastard see him cry.

With a shake of his head, Gilbert came back to the present and looked at the wall. Raising a hand, he placed it against the wall and noticed how pale and thin it looked. Did his hand always look like that? He fisted it against the wall and leaned his forehead against it. He would be strong for Ludwig; he would show that nothing could bring down. For once, he let a single tear slip out of his eye, the first he had let himself shed since this whole thing started. Unaware to him, but on the opposite side of the wall, Ludwig had assumed a similar position and was thinking the same thing.