Vivian Santos

Vivian Santos is one of the main protagonists of Project Melody. She is a mage with the power of Pyrokinesis. She is one of the five main protagonists and is a part of the "Elemental Four" who are part of Tomoya's main friend group. Her and Miles are the two characters in the group who have met Tomoya years prior to the events of the story's events.

Summary
Vivian is a Pyrokinetic mage, she wields the ability to create, shape, control, and manipulate fire. She can use her abilities to control fire in a way to benefit herself and allies for combat, healing, transportation, and leisurely pleasures. Vivian is a Filipino-American woman at 22 years of age, she lives a fairly standard middle class life with her family at their home in Corona Hills. She currently lives with her family consisting of her parents and two younger sisters, as well as their dog and two cats. Her parents own a bakery and deli named Panaderia Kalahi, which is best known for its in-store baked desserts and pastries as well as other dishes such as their cooked goods. The bakery is located nearby the Santos family residence, which makes business convenient for the family. Vivian works part-time as a baker and cashier for the bakery at times, the business itself already does have its own hired bakers and cashiers, however she still does try to help out her family's business when she can. Though she has been dedicating a lot of her time to her work as a White Hornets mercenary, she always takes up an opportunity to help the bakery if she is available. As she has been raised all her life around a bakery and deli, she has a passion for baking and cooking, which helps her bond with Miles as she often stops by his condo as the two enjoy to cook and bake together.

Vivian joined the White Hornets a few months after having met Tomoya, eventually she was convinced enough to leave behind the temporary job she had before to join as a mercenary. Her prior job was being a part of the Rio Sol Dance Company, a dancing company agency that performs at parties composed of trained dancers, with an emphasis on its Pyrokinetic trained dancers. She has performed for numerous high-status parties and was where she met both Tomoya and Miles. Her other passions include doing what she considers the greater good such as helping others or groups of people, which helped her excel in the group. She has the opportunity to have her own residence, however has put the chance on hold so she can further stay close by her family and closely support the bakery. Eventually in the story, she does move into her own studio apartment in Santa Lucina.

Appearance
Vivian has pink hair and golden yellow eyes. She has long hair stretching halfway down her back, and has long bangs swept to her right with a small slant to the corner. Usually, she wears her hair loose, but occasionally ties it up in a ponytail.

Her daily outfit consists of the clothing she's most comfortable with, such as a shirt, jeans, and a pair of shoes including her Air Jordans or a simple pair of Adidas. She sometimes does wear the typical 'feminine' clothing such as blouses and dresses, albeit her collection of clothing does not include that much of these clothes compared to the styles she is more used to. She also likes to wear loose clothing as well such as sweatpants which she also uses as both sleepwear and athletic wear. Her swimwear consists of a dark purple two-piece bikini set, and her formal wear consists of a green dress with a white floral pattern forming a vertical arch from the central bottom to the top right.

Personality
Vivian is someone who can be described as upbeat with a ready-to-go type of energy radiating out of her, while at the same time is also patient with others as well including herself at times. Her personality including an upbeat and energetic attitude is what also helped her close her close friendship with Rachel, as well as the fact as they both share similarities of passion towards what they love doing. Vivian's upbeatness stems from her passion on living life, even though she had endured numerous struggles during her life, somehow she always made it out alright in the end with a smile on her face at best. Her passion stemmed from her love for baking and cooking, seeing how she was raised by parents who owned a bakery and deli all her life, she was up close and personal with not only the cooking equipment, but the staff there as well, so from an early age she was taught everything there was on the subject. Her love for cooking and baking eventually formed to help her enter other hobbies that she developed a passion for as well, dancing being one of them. Her energetic attitude also contributes to the development of her athletic nature, while she does enjoy playing a sport at times such as basketball, her athletic training consists of cardio, dance training, and pyrokinetic combat training. Her flexibility helped her both at getting better at dancing and mage combat.

Over the years, she has developed a sense of patient mostly towards others. Her experience of being raised under a bakery and even having experience as a cashier ever since she was a child, led her to not only better develop her useful academic related skills such as math, but also quickly developed her social skills in terms of patience. Her experience of getting to experience different types of customers firsthand led her to develop a patient and compassionate attitude towards others in that sense, though on the other side of it, it had also caused harm for her inner self. Regardless of those feelings, she loves helping others for the sake of being kind and is mostly unselfish in her pursuits, such as lending a hand towards others. Her energetic attitude can cause her to feel as if she is being a hinderance to others, despite that on the surface she comes across as the usual kind, compassionate, and supportive type of person which she is deep down.

At the same time, her subconscious and unconscious minds both are home to a complex stemming from her desire to be noticed. While Vivian is also a person who tends to come off as a standard 'emotionally mature' individual and has said to toughen herself up over the years, at the same time she does have a sensitive side to her that she tends to suppress. This sensitive side to her had always stuck around her since childhood, most likely from feelings of emotional detachment from her parents due to business concerns and other various personal reasons. Ths in turn caused a complex stemming from her desire to be noticed by others, which only snowballed onto an issue of emotional dependence on others. While she does often help others for the sake of being kind to those around her, especially her friends and family, at the same time however, deep down inside of her there exists an attachment issue where she seeks validation from those other people for the same actions she is doing at that moment. This can become another issue for her as it can end up in her becoming worked up easily, ending up in stress and sometimes even a short panic attack depending on the situation at hand, when she was younger it would have sometimes resulted in her crying, however over the years she had overcome that problem; however due to this, her improvisation can be faulty at times yet she strives her best at improving herself in those types of situations. This coping mechanism leads to neurotic needs such as the need for affection of approval as mentioned before, it leads from a healthy dosage of needing both into a craving in a self destructive way, it can lead to sensitivity to criticism and rejection, people pleasing and being liked can become the center of her world at times which had sadly led her to become exploited by others. This is Vivian's largest flaw and her sense of desire to move towards people to the point of attachment including its source is deeply explored in Project Melody/Unforgotten's story. She then soon realizes that the flaws that are a part of her character truly make her whole, even if she does feel as if those same flaws are a burden on her. Her usage of the individuation process, most notably recognized to be a part of Carl Jung's philosophy on the shadow, leads her to integrate her flaws and unconscious characteristics into her conscious mind, bringing her closure to the problems she had once recognize, but suppressed. The flaws and imperfections within Vivian help her bring about a high form of self-compassion and self-acceptance, where she becomes completely emotionally and psychologically independent as she comes to fully grasp at how all one needs to do to feel accepted and validated is to accept and validate themselves for who they are, no matter what they have been through.

In the end though, Vivian will always love the side of herself which is caring to herself, those close to her, and all living beings overall. Her upbeat energetic attitude as mentioned before not only helps with her interests such as in dancing, baking, and athleticism, but also towards her love for animals. She has a dog and two cats, and had held part time jobs as dog walkers for other owners across Corona Hills. She is a sociable person overall, even if she can have moments of feeling overwhelmed in the moment, she can say she does like being around people, sometimes more so than being by herself. She still does her best to live her best life, regardless of the imperfections and obstacles she faces head on along the way, and her time as a mercenary for the White Hornets showcase just that. Her grateful personality often has others describe her as a radiant person, and both her carefree yet careful way of living helps her try her best at living differently than how others expect her to be.

Background
Vivian Santos was born in San Lorenzo, California on July 24, 1999, she is the first child of her parents and oldest sibling of her two younger sisters. She was born in a major hospital in San Lorenzo, but has lived in Corona Hills all of her life. Her parents had originally lived in the southeastern portion of the city, but they then moved more to the central southern part of the city, and the family have resided there ever since. She grew up with her family business involved in her everyday life, to the point where she decided to begin working part-time at the bakery for the sake of experience and to help her parents. As time passed, she started collectivizing her social skills and other skills as well such as cooking and baking. Outside of her interests related to cuisine, she was also an energetic person with a lot of energy, and so she decided to take this energy out onto sports and other physical activities such as dancing. She recreationally played sports with friends and wasn't interested in competing in them, though she did take a particular liking to dancing as the years had gone by. Eventually she had joined the Corona Hills High School Dancing Team during her time as a student there, and soon after graduating she was contacted by the Rio Sol Dancing Company. She currently had no plans at going into college/university at that time, so she took the opportunity to work for the dance company full time, but still tried to take time to help out at the bakery. Over time, she was hired to perform at many high-status parties and other events, one of these events was hosted by mercenary groups and their affiliates, one of those groups being the White Hornets. Here at one of these parties is where Vivian had met Tomoya, as well as Miles as he had attended the party as a catering chef for the catering company he was working for at that time. As she began to know Tomoya and found out more about the White Hornets, she started to have an increase interest in the group, and eventually became a mercenary. Her work at Rio Sol was merely temporary as she had planned, so the idea of becoming a mercenary involving assisting others close to her and all over the county, was overall more appealing to her. Now, she uses the money she is paid by after completing various missions not only for her own personal living situation, but also for her family as well for both their home and business.

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Rachel Yoon
Vivian and Rachel form a strong friendship during the course of the game's story. Their shared common interests, passions, and creative minds help at forming the bond they share with one another. They also become sparring buddies as well, the two practice with one another at mage combat, not to mention that their upbeat motivated attitudes help one another and themselves with their training. Their contrasting powers of Fire and Water helped them become great training partners. They share numerous bonding events that develop their friendship into becoming best friends.

Trivia

 * Both her parents are from the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines and arrived to the United States in the late 1980s.
 * Outside of English, she is fluent in Spanish and has a good understanding of Tagalog. Moreso Spanish due to the historical events taking place in Project Melody/Unforgotten due to the fact that it takes place in an alternate universe.
 * She joined her high school's dancing team when she was a sophomore, before that, she was partially part of a gang consisting of Rogue Mages. She had helped commit numerous anonymous crimes to increase social unrest across the area; surprisingly no leads ever led to her getting in trouble with the law, but it is a part of her past that she does not often talk about with others.
 * She has relatives who currently reside in the city of Puerto Castillo, Philippines