[One] Shattered Bliss (Miro-Chan)

Name: Marcel Garfield Barone
Nickname(s): Marcel, Marc, Barone, MGB (his stage name), and various insults (Freak is the preferred nickname from Damien)
Age: 21
Birthday: March 1st, 1999
Zodiac sign: Pisces

Personality: Marcel, if he had the chance to do so, would help those around him in a heartbeat. He's quiet, keeping to himself in most classes, though he will answer questions if called on by teachers. Even if someone managed to get a few words out of him, most tend to favor the more talkative students who might be more willing to answer questions. A few teachers that have been pushing him to talk more than he already does have been the only ones he truly dislikes, but he knows his limit when it comes to how much he can speak. He doesn't care about the bullying he's getting from Damien Summers since the guy's always gone out of his way to make his day bad like he used to in the past. Marcel wants to make sure that he doesn't slip through the cracks like he used to, but as he starts befriending Coda, everyone will notice a different side of him that will shock the girl.

Marcel is intelligent, sometimes scaring himself with what he knows, especially when it comes to music. Even though he has been working on learning more instruments, he's picked up on many of the ones he does know while messing around in the band room during high school, and it's caused him to become one of the best students that the Band and Chorus conductors have ever had. He's thoughtful when it comes to what others want, though he's definitely still scared of his parents and what they could do if they find him again. He's incredibly protective of those he cares about, even going as far as stepping in to protect someone despite the risk of being injured, and it shows how selfless he is. He'll also make more of an effort to talk, granted he'll stop on occasion if he feels his throat getting dry, but he'll alert whoever he's talking to if he's spoken too much for the day. Though once Marcel finds out Damien's intentions towards Coda, he'll make every effort possible to protect her from him, even if it could mean getting hospitalized from overexertion after trying to protect her from other things.

• Music
• Singing
• Playing instruments
• Songwriting
• Video games

Hobbies:

• Music
• Singing
• Playing instruments
• Songwriting
• Video games

Fears:

• His parents finding him again
• Losing Coda
• The wrong people finding out about how his home life used to be
• Hospitals
• Dying

Bio: Marcel is an only child of parents who were forced to get married upon finding out they were having a kid, and knows little about his extended family as a result. Growing up, he doesn't remember a time where his actions didn't cause either parent to lash out at him, and the school did little to help despite the teachers being mandated reporters. Damien Summers quickly established himself as the worst of the bullies he had to deal with, and just before entering middle school, he was hospitalized for various broken bones that left him unable to do anything that summer, causing him to develop a fear of hospitals and dying. He struggled in school despite his intelligence, and when social services finally got involved in eighth grade, he developed a dislike for them when it became clear that they weren't actually interested in helping him, only making his home life worse so they could get a paycheck. The only real friend he has despite everything is a guy named Shawn Carson, and he was the only one who convinced him to try music as a means of coping, which is how he ended up becoming MGB after talking with his father, Nicholas. Soon after, Shawn and his parents were the ones who Marcel ran to when things got bad, even going as far as to spend holidays with them, until guys friend's mother, Emmaline, helped him to emancipate himself just months before graduation from high school.

Marcel didn't know what to think of Coda Moon at first when they met the guy/girl upon transferring back to the area to go to the local college for a Music Theory and Composition Major, but what kept him from being able to really befriend them was the fact that he/she was a bodyguard for a girl that was from one of the richest families in the area, and Damien Summers was around the client a lot because he was trying to convince her father to let him start dating her. He knew it was hard to get a chance to talk to the bodyguard alone, but he wanted to know what was going on that caused injuries that would only appear if it appeared mistakes were made earlier in the day. He was already working out more as it is, so it didn't take long to change up his routine to get a better chance to befriend the guy/girl, though his former bully was acting as if he knew a secret that was going to be devastating if it got out for the bodyguard. It didn't stop him from just recently being considered a friend, and he can tell that despite how the bodyguard appears to be a guy, some of the features appear to be feminine, leading him to believe his new friend may actually be a girl. The fact that he thinks this is something he knows could make him lose his mind and slip back into old habits, and complicating things further is the fact that he's potentially developing feelings. Marcel knows that upon graduation, Coda could potentially disappear, so he's making it his mission for the final semester to help them out as much as he can.

But the thought of Coda being a girl instead of a guy, that's something Marcel isn't prepared to learn is actually true.

Height: 6'
Weight: 149 lbs.
Hair color and style: Raven, and styled to remain out of his face
Eye color: Earth
Skin tone: Cream
Scars: Various scars along his torso
Tattoos/Piercings: Gauges in ears, and various tattoos on his arms and one hand
Appearance:

Theme song: Marcel's Theme Songs (belonging to the face claim for him, and look at songs from Sandcastle Kingdoms and Paid in Exposure for the main ones)
Other: Just because Marcel has Selective Mutism doesn't mean he isn't social when he wants to be, and it's evident when he's around both Coda and Shawn despite how much he doesn't want to talk to many others.