Xzavier Rexx

Xzavier Rexx is one of the main protagonists in Synodic Reboot. He is a rude and intentionally annoying individual who gets a kick out of antagonizing people around him, also enjoying action movies, urban exploration, and sports - particularly snap-ball. He wears a zipped-up hoodie and jeans and has several piercings.

He was the sixth adlet introduced, and has yet to enter the Medium.

Background
As a Sverb player, he has most likely originally arrived on Nobriel via meteor, but the exact circumstances of his arrival are currently unknown.

He once went on a road trip with Alethea to find and retrieve the timeline tracker left for her by her mother, accompanied by Kristan and another friend at the time, Zariyah. At some point since then, he and Zariyah have become enemies for reasons that have yet to be explored fully.

Sverb
While watching a movie downtown, Xzavier was suddenly contacted via Prattlepal by Alethea, contacting him as Zariyah was in need of a server player, figuring that Xzavier was the most convenient pick. Initially declining Alethea's urgent request for a favor, Xzavier wound up being kicked out of the room by a security guard for using his phone. Back in the lobby, he goes to toss his drink in the trash bin, missing and not bothering to pick it back up.

Now with nothing better to do, he gets back to Alethea, who explains the concept of Sverb to him. Xzavier doesn't take the reality-altering nature of the game seriously, but agrees to the request just to have an excuse to mess with Zariyah, also stealing a poster of the Ass-Kicker movie he was watching before leaving the theater. Having a brief conversation with Braiden to pass the time and talk to him about Sverb, he makes his way to the nearby Digi-Den, having a frustrating conversation with the clerks - Chelzine explains to him that he needs to have pre-registered the game already and that there's no way for him to just buy it, while Rezal tries to encourage her to let him have it, which she doesn't. Rezal then subtly suggests that Xzavier shoplift it anyway, seeming to understand the significance of the game. Upon "browsing" the store and finding the Sverb copies on the shelf, he checks one, finding that the discs were left inside along with a strange note from Rezal, further suggesting him to just take it if he feels it's necessary, which he does - stealing the server disc and hopping a wall to a nearby cafe to use its wi-fi to connect.

After contacting Zariyah and informing her of his status as her server player, she responds with a high degree of frustration, but begrudgingly accepts out of necessity. Once Zariyah gets back home from picking up talismans she needed to temporarily banish the Vengeful Spirit during her entry, Xzavier connects and manages the server side of her entry, finding places to put the various machines required. Speaking with Braiden as he does this, he expresses his strong skepticism of the game being a real thing, imagining it to be an in-depth prank or roleplaying sim. However, as the Vengeful Spirit begins choking Zariyah out, it finally begins to dawn on Xzavier that this game is the real deal, experiencing a last-minute panic as he realizes that, at this point, he can't do anything to help her. Thankfully, a stray shot from the cruxite pyramid knocks Zariyah free, and she promptly banishes the spirit and handles the last step of her entry.

After settling down and making sure Zariyah is fine, Xzavier attempts to cover up his previous panic by vandalizing a part of Zariyah's living room and pretending his concern was with that instead. Frustrated by his presence while having a phonecall with Kristan, Zariyah drives Xzavier away, to which he was initially declining to comply with, but his antics become interrupted by several meteors landing near his current location. Zariyah explains that he needs the client disc to connect with a server for his own entry, and he then realizes he only took one disc from Digi-Den.

One more meteor flies above him and impacts a support tower of the nearby Greenhouse Spire, causing the heat energy to spiral out of calibration, sending a wall of flame directly at Xzavier's current position, which he jumps out of the way in the last second. Running back to Digi-Den, he contacts Braiden in a panic, who confidently says he's already on his way there to help out. Just as he rounds a corner, Xzavier runs into Rezal, who was curiously looking for him already, holding the missing client disc as well as another pair of discs, intending to find Xzavier to give them to him. However, before the two could really discuss this or put anything in motion, a drone shows up to confront Xzavier. Not on shoplifting, but because of the reported drink he spilled earlier in the theater, leaving Xzavier and Rezal in a perilous spot as they need to either wait it out as the city burns around them or run from the drone, likely prompting further measures to be taken.

Personality and Traits
Xzavier seems to take pride in making himself as annoying as possible, viewing the act as a sort of entertainment. He also enjoys action movies and urban exploration, preferring to spend his time hanging out downtown rather than in his own home; the intersection between these two interests makes the theater a commonly frequented location for him. He also enjoys sports to some degree, particularly liking snap-ball, a baseball-like game.

Despite his brash and abrasive nature, Xzavier does care about his friends deep down and will do whatever is necessary to keep them safe, even if he would never openly state this.

Abilities
Due to his regular experience with urban exploration, Xzavier possesses a high level of confidence when it comes to breaking the law, and has shown a talent for shoplifting items from public places.

As a Sverb player, it can be assumed that he has some sort of ability relating to his title as a Rage player, but he has yet to demonstrate said powers. He also has an unawakened dreamself on Derse.

Zariyah Gunn
Though once seeming to be friends, Xzavier and Zariyah now share an antagonistic sort of rivalry. Xzavier enjoys poking fun at and annoying Zariyah for the fun of it; as a result, Zariyah can hardly stand speaking to him. However, Xzavier is willing to help Zariyah enter Sverb as he ultimately cares about her wellbeing, and she is willing to tolerate having him as a server player with no other immediate options available.

Braiden
Xzavier and Braiden are best friends, both clicking well in conversation as they keep up with one another's banter. Surprisingly enough, between the two of them, Braiden is typically the one to go too far and bother Xzavier rather than the other way around.

Alethea Luke
Alethea and Xzavier are on good terms, as she clearly had no issue asking him to be Zariyah's server player and doesn't antagonize him during conversation. The two are rather open with one another, both not fearing to be rather blunt in conversation.

Rezal
Xzavier and Rezal have briefly interacted in Digi-Den while Xzavier was retrieving his copy of Sverb. Rezal seemed to understand Xzavier's role as a player and the significance of the game, suggesting he shoplift it anyway as he was unable to buy it legitimately without preordering it, as well as providing him with the means to do so. Despite being offput by Rezal's strange nature, Xzavier does appreciate his help.

Chelzine
Unlike her coworker Rezal, Chelzine is completely clueless about the importance of Sverb, assuming Xzavier to be a random unreasonable fanatic and sternly refusing him the ability to get his hands on a copy of the game - until Rezal lets him shoplift it, that is. The two have interacted briefly, but Xzavier and Chelzine were mutually on mildly antagonistic terms.

Kristan Gunn
It is unknown exactly what Kristan's relationship to Xzavier is, but while briefly discussing him with Zariyah, he suggests that he may not be as bad as she makes him out to be. This either implies that the two are still friends on some level, or Kristan just gives him the benefit of a doubt.

Rennard Rush
Rennard and Xzavier have yet to be seen interacting in the comic, but it can be assumed that they're on relatively decent terms, as Rennard said he had to deliberate on waking him or Zariyah, unsure if he'd rather deal with Zariyah's paranormal obsession or Xzavier's abrasiveness. He did ultimately wake Zariyah instead of him, but the fact he considered it hints that he's mostly fine with him.