| rdfs:comment | - Efram was born into a small farming family in Brazil. He remembers very little, only a few things and hardly any names. When he was able, he would go out to the forest not too far from his home and play by himself. He had younger siblings, but they were not as interested in the plants and bugs as he was. All good things must come to and end, and one day with a heavy heart his father sold the farm. A major corporation bought the land as well as a portion of the forest for oil drilling, or maybe it was a cattle company, who knows. Just around this time, Efram's uncle tried to convince the rest of the family to join him for a life of luxury on this metropolis city for the Step Project. The young boy, too occupied with his hate for his father and loss of his childhood home and forest, was the
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| abstract | - Efram was born into a small farming family in Brazil. He remembers very little, only a few things and hardly any names. When he was able, he would go out to the forest not too far from his home and play by himself. He had younger siblings, but they were not as interested in the plants and bugs as he was. All good things must come to and end, and one day with a heavy heart his father sold the farm. A major corporation bought the land as well as a portion of the forest for oil drilling, or maybe it was a cattle company, who knows. Just around this time, Efram's uncle tried to convince the rest of the family to join him for a life of luxury on this metropolis city for the Step Project. The young boy, too occupied with his hate for his father and loss of his childhood home and forest, was the only volunteer. Efram did not get full consent from his parents, but they believed he may be better off there and so they did not stop him. The two displaced family members arrived sometime around X080, placed in the Purple District. Only 10 years old at the time, Efram was malleable and impressionable despite the firm stubbornness he managed to have. His uncle saw this, and started to put the boy to work. He took his nephew under his wing and showed his true colors as a conman and all around uncouth individual. It only grew worse and worse in the next few years. The close of the island in X084 made the man snap, as his plans of grandeur came crashing down. He even grew more violent toward his nephew. By the year X086, Efram's uncle had trained him to be callous and disregarding of authorities or rules. Life on the island was a game to the uncle. He showed his nephew that everyone has dirty, dark secrets, and there will always be someone to pay you to expose those underbellies. He showed his nephew people can be conned. He showed his nephew how to hurt them before they hurt you. Even with the few years of schooling he received, Efram was not ready for V-Day. Neither was his uncle. Still, he found how to make his 15-year-old nephew useful in a big way. Their scheming increased tremendously after Efram got a grip on his sound-nullifying vibe. They performed great heists in the other districts and made themselves comfortable. The boy often missed his old home and his old self intensely, but would be snapped at if he ever brought the subject up. "This is how we were meant to live," Efram remembered his uncle saying often. "On the edge of luxury and danger." His uncle lived more luxurious than he did, drinking and eating fine things and going to clubs on the regular. Efram on the other hand, was often ignored and only needed for his vibe. He hated his uncle more every day, for if it wasn't for him, they wouldn't be here and he would be safe and normal with the rest of his family. He was often put down by his sleazy uncle for even dreaming of returning home. Resentment for the city festered in him, and ghosts of his past haunted him. When the time came, they took sides with the new Funk Mafia. Efram only agreed to appease his uncle, who needed him a lot more than the other way around. He knew his uncle was afraid to lose what luxury they scrapped together. They stuck together up until the war of X099, when his uncle mysteriously disappeared. Efram was left to do battle alone. He sustained some critical injury, not all physical. After the fight, he returned to what was left of the empty condo. Now, he is rebuilding, refurnishing, and repressing things. These days he never seems to be without a pair of deep red gloves on.
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