Vito the Echidna

Vito Pollux Sable is an indigo-purple, 17 year-old anthropomorphic echidna from the Helix Dimension with an awkward and slightly nerdy personality. His main traits include his expertise with computers, potent toxikinesis and tilde (~) marking on his chest.

Concept and Creation
Vito was originally conceived to be the IDC (Inter-Dimensional Counterpart) of Sonia the Hedgehog from Sonic Underground. He had a tuft of purple fur on his head (which was later reused for one of Leif the Echidna's redesigns), had purple eyes, was 11 years old and was a prince.

Later, the idea of him being an IDC was scrapped, he aged by two years (to become 13) and his tuft of fur was switched for a sleek piece of hair that drooped over his face (this was put down as the 'discovery of hair gel’ redesign).

The next redesign, once again, aged him by two years (to become 15) and his sleek piece of hair was switched to be the two quills seen today.

There were various instances and times between March 2015 and May 2015 where Vito was on the verge of becoming a hedgehog. This was because he was in the middle of the current redesign, where it seemed implausible for him to come from another dimension and therefore unable to exist (according to game canon, at least).

The most recent redesign occurred in the June of 2015, which entirely scrapped his backstory of being a prince, and changed his eyes from purple to orange. The only things to have never changed were his fur colour, name and toxikinesis.

Physical Appearance
Vito is lanky with long arms and legs and a shorter torso. He’s not muscular but he is skinny and lean, which has its own set of advantages. He has dreadlocks like most other echidnas, but two dreads cover his left eye and droop over his face. He almost looks as though he has just come out of a shower because his dreadlocks hang straight. His muzzle is peach and his tail is in the characteristic zigzag/lightning bolt shape of most echidnas'. His eyes are softer than those of most other male echidnas’ (no definitive eyebrow ridge) and they are a very expressive shade of orange. Upon his chest is a white tilde (~) marking signifying that he is a part of the Sable family.

Attire
Vito wears a set of orange boots which have a thick, black stripe through the center and a thin indigo stripe in the middle of that. He also can normally be seen wearing a necklace which made up of a silver chain and a pendant (a silver, diamond-encrusted equilateral triangle). Vito’s gloves are black and fingerless.

Normally
Vito is socially awkward in many ways but, if he’s in the right situation, he can make many friends due to his friendly approach. He tends to mould well with people who aren’t cocky, thick-headed or arrogant, but he does have friends with some of those attributes. He likes people who understand and don’t mock his work rather than those who ignore it. Vito works best if he’s by himself or in a small group of like-minded people. However, he is often forced to work with people who he detests but he has learnt to suck it up so that the job can be done.

When Angered
He can seem to be an opposite of this if he’s annoyed. Becoming intolerable, sarcastic and rude. He even has a malicious side to him which can come out if he’s cracked an ‘evil plan’ or if there is no Wi-Fi. When he catches other people doing the wrong thing or if they don’t listen to him, he can get loud and angry. And even though he doesn’t look like it, he has a fiery temper which lashes out in the form of really loud yelling and the smashing of virtual objects i.e. holographic screens. Vito can usually control his temper when things start getting serious, but sometimes he needs some help from others to calm him down.

Humorous
Vito does have a humorous side to him, but it rarely comes out. He uses his high intelligence to make jokes that only someone who also understands the joke will laugh at. He also uses his various gadgets to set up pranks that many fall victim to which ‘puts a spark in his dull and boring job’ as some of his friends would put it.

Other Notable Personality Traits
He is a thinker who can space out at any given time if he’s daydreaming or working.

History
(I'm still writing it up.)

Orchestra 11
Vito is one of the main singers of Orchestra 11. He is also the head pianist of the band. He generally sings in the Maroon 5-inspired songs.

SynthTech
Vito is the founder and president of SynthTech, despite only being 17. He has to deal with Flash the Echidna at Flash Industires, but that's not a big problem when your AI robot can make their AI robot look like a clock in comparison. Vito specifies in the software development department, trying to engineer electronic devices compatible to SynthTech software; a barrage of holographic screen and virtual reality.

Toxikinesis
The ability to manipulate and generate poisons and toxins. He usually uses this ability to create streams of purple liquid that seem to be impenetrable by others. These streams are then used to constrict his foes like snakes. It gives him enough time to run away from them and to call backup although he normally uses them to constrict his foes to the point that they are knocked out.

Intelligence
Vito is highly intelligent when it comes to, computers, physics, robotics and chemistry. On the other hand, he doesn’t know much about botany or psychology since neither have ever interested him. He also has trouble understanding how electricity works as he cannot comprehend it in his mind.

Agility
Vito is quite agile due to his slim frame. He is notorious for his acrobatic skills, being able to land on his feet nearly every time. He uses these skills to get away from opponents or to confuse them by making their heads’ spin.

Strength
Vito isn’t very strong which makes him feel inferior to his friends who are all quite strong. This might be because he has been so dedicated to his naturally high intelligence that he hasn’t had time to become stronger.

Geokinesis/Crystallokinesis
Vito doesn’t stand up too well against others with these abilities, as they block his toxic attacks with ease. He isn’t strong enough to break rock or crystal and his toxikinesis does nothing to dissolve them. If he gets caught in a situation where he’s trapped by rock or crystal, he needs to call for backup.

Friends
While his friends can be useful, they don’t listen to him and he often fights with some of them. Fighting with them, though, can have dire consequences because two of them have geokinesis/crystallokinesis and most of them are stronger than he.

Trivia

 * He has nomophobia; the fear of being out of mobile phone contact (even though it's more of an anxiety disorder than an actual phobia).
 * Despite having orange eyes and wearing orange shoes, his favourite colour is yellow.
 * His weakness to geokinesis/crystallokinesis is from the Pokemon universe, where poison types are weak to ground types.


 * Vito is often a part of the 'Poison > Grass > Ground > Poison etc.' Pokemon type advantage triple when he fights with Leif the Echidna and Orango the Echidna. This knocks all three of them out at the same time.
 * His piano/keyboard playing skills are taken from Sonia the Hedgehog.