Pavel



Pavel Anikanov is a scientist residing in California.

Appearance
Pavel is moderately tall and lanky with sharp facial features. His taste in clothes doesn't stray much from polo shirts and turtlenecks, slacks, and his ever-present Anikanov Labs lab coat.

History
Not much is known about Pavel, even by Sprint or Hiram. It is known that he was born somewhere in the USSR in 1970 and moved to the US in the early 90s, where he worked on the MRM project, but not much is known of his past but that.

In actuality, his father was a double-agent during the Cold War. This enabled Anikanov Labs, a weapons manufacturer at the time, to continue operation as the US government thought that he was gathering intel for them when in reality he was truly loyal to the USSR. Since his father was mostly absent Pavel was primarily raised by Красный. Due to all of these factors loyalty to the Soviets was driven into Pavel from a young age.

After his father's crimes were discovered Anikanov Labs fell into Pavel's hands and was only allowed to continue staying open if they shifted their focus away from weaponry. This made the MRM line turn to rescue-bots rather than trying to create a sentient weapon, eventually leading to the creation of Lav with Sprint's help. With Lav's failure and subsequent crimes the government attempted to shut Anikanov Labs down but with the involvement of Walter Robotics and the success of Hiram they were convinced to turn a blind eye.

While working on the complete overhaul to the MRM line, Pavel worked alongside a Walter Worker, Hiram Sprint. The two of them became close friends, with Sprint helping him learn English and him helping Sprint transition. He could tell Sprint was getting feelings for him, but as he had always had difficulty accepting his own emotions he had to turn Sprint down when he proposed because he didn't know what to do. This decision has been one he regretted for years afterwards, but he never had the guts to say anything about it.

In the 2020s he adopted Lampy and became the father-in-law to Captain and grandfather-in-law to Siren.

During the events of Meltdown he visits Ukraine with Kras to reconnect with him as well as with his family still in Belarus. When he returns he finds that he is suffering from radiation poisoning from proximity to Lav and the chunk of corium he was given by Chernit. He is bedridden for weeks, wasting away with Kras at his side, but when Hiram is revived and Sprint's attitude goes back to normal he slowly begins to recover. After he is recovered enough to walk around the Labs again, Sprint pops the question to him, and he accepts this time. He and Sprint are now engaged.

Personality
He keeps to himself most of the time, preferring not to speak to anyone unless required to. Even so, he has a soft spot in his heart for the people he cares about. Usually he mistrusts people upon first meeting them, especially people like Captain who are associated with the government or the military in some way. He is incredibly defensive about things he holds dear.

Trivia

 * He has polydactyly and has twelve fingers
 * There is a large burn scar on the back of his right hand and nobody knows what it's from, nor has anyone got an answer when trying to ask about it
 * He has paranoid schizophrenia and has to take antipsychotics, this is exacerbated when around Captain
 * He is still fluent in Russian and Yiddish
 * Engaged to Sprint
 * Learned to ice skate and play hockey from Kras and used to figure skate competitively