1 A Cheerful Laugh

Somewhere in the early 20th century, there's a Commonwealth family with a single child. The parent of child is very loving of their child despite enormous concern of his looks in public. They record him in the Disease of Eyes. Supposedly, he's popular but since he is lacking basic intelligence, it makes him the center of laughingstock.

Is it a good thing?

"Bwahahabwahaha."

"Here he comes." A noble boy with his three lackeys come for the 10 years old happy-go-lucky boy.

"Oi, weird eyes. Wanna come play with us?" They always watch him running every day around the slum and finally, it's time for them to mess up with him.

Alex runs. He doesn't know them and keep running. Surely, to understand them that fast is hard so they asked him slowly again while running after him.

"Wa-nna p-lay wi-th th-is?"

Alex stops and watch.

(Heh)

The muddy water was thrown at him. A few colorful water ball came in contact with him.

(Burst)

"Euwah?" He touches the flowing liquid on his face.

Somehow those liquids were interesting in his mind. So, he sought to bring all his bully material and get a white fabric. He paints it okay and then shows to his parent.

(Clap, clap)

His parent decides to buy oil and canvas so that he can be a painter. They work hard to fulfill his wish.

And from that point of a young life, he has gone to many different places within the the slum, the village and the city bringing his canvas while facing indefinite traps.

***

(Year 1915 in JK alley)

He's an adult now. He will laugh in public and then start painting. There's the time when he brought dried flowers and leaves from back then and splashing it on canvas, making a mess there.

"Hey Thomarsi!" He just grins and continues like nothing happen.

His mother or his father will come to apologize for him and leaves some gift for them.

People will say he's shameless. Some people are entertained by him.

Alex pretty much has only done his very own painting but the moment, he's teased by a very androgynous girl. He tried to paint for the first time ever for that girl. A person's face.

...

Well, you know how it turns out.

"... Face... Human... Hard."

Alex Thomarsi pouts and decides to go home that day. It's still in the evening. The blank sky always make him remember of that scene. A pretty noble...

***

"Aghhh." It's kind of plain hurt but Alex screams in horror anyway. A gang from nowhere is approaching him with a bad intent. What they didn't know is the painter is actually completing a few small tasks in hurry.

"Commoner!" He waves to the gang.

(Taunts)

[Alex Thomarsi. Proceed to 1. Fight. 2. Outsmart your opponent. 3. Lying/Bluff. 4. Throws rock. 5. Bribes.]

"Hahahaha." "Stumbled on himself." "Unlucky freak!!" The pretty weird clothes gang all gang up on him. He's trying to get up twice currently.

"What a small fry?" His underling belittles him.

"I can't believe you paint Lady Kusi... ugly!" The first underling to complain about his boss grievances. "She looks very a man!"

[3, 2, 1]

"Let's get him, bros!"

Hehehe, the engagement starts on time, "You there you've got a nice hairstyle."

The boss ears perk upon listening to him and gives a hand signal to his underling.

"You can speak just right. As the boss of the youth, I must have a cool hairstyle."

"Don't you know that if you fix it better Kusi will look to your way."

"Huh?"

"Big bro don't listen to him."

"How do you know?"

"Pretty sure your underlings aren't that stylish."

"You?! How about my clothes?"

"That-" Alex smirks. "Ask Kusi. I'm not your mother."

"Goodbye!" He jumps on the wooden stall and gets away from the scene.

Woah, this big accident makes him cooler yeah. He outsmarts that man and his gangster group.

"Bwahahabwahaha!"

"What a good speaking buff!"