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First Impressions

Appearance

Though he's presumably in his mid twenties, he looks much younger. He has a very small frame, probably only reaching about 147 cm / 4'10" in height, with a youthful face and pale cool-toned skin. His hair is a sort of muted purple or mauve colour in a short rounded bob style with fringe.

As a member of the paripus tribe, he has a number of animal traits — small floppy Scottish fold cat ears and a long thin tail in the same colour as his hair, gold eyes with catlike slit pupils, small fangs, and long, sharpened nails.

Fashion

Typically dresses in a collarless houndstooth-patterned suit in a light beige/taupe colour with ankle-length pants; beneath the suit, he wears a long-sleeved white turtleneck and suspenders. Almost always wearing a brown randoseru backpack that is not helping him beat the looking-like-a-kid allegations. Kind of a 60s vibe overall.

Demeanour & Attitude

Comes off as pretty standoffish at first, simultaneously casual and businesslike, sometimes maybe even a little threatening. Many of his expressions are varying flavours of Unimpressed, and while he can be playful and joke around sometimes, it's rare for anyone who isn't close to him to see a bright, genuine smile. He's almost always on guard to some extent, and it's evident in both his closed-off posture and the way he watches everything that's going on.

Voice

Mathew McQuinn; probably lower and older sounding than you'd expect from looking at him. Speaks in a Scouse dialect. Listen here, mild spoilers up to July 22.

(JP voice is Megumi Ogata who I love but it doesn't hit the same.)

Magic & Telepathy

If you're reading his mind, you'll probably find that he's always wary and overthinking things, but also that he's more warm-hearted than he usually acts.

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OOC Permissions

Tagging style:

Brackets strongly preferred but can do other formats if desired.

Backtagging:

Yes! I may drop things if they're really old and I'm getting swamped; feel free to do the same to me.

Threadhopping:

In most cases, sure! Maybe give me a heads up if it's a really serious thread.

IC Permissions

Fourthwalling:

Maybe, let me know what you have in mind.

Mindreading:

Sure! See the Magic & Telepathy section over there under Impressions.

Violence:

Should be fine, just let me know if you're intending to do something that would leave major lasting damage.

Physical affection:

He is not good at this and will probably tense up and not know what the hell to do, but it's fine.

Romance:

Not opposed, but it would probably take a lot of CR buildup (unless you're Junah) and there's almost no chance of him ever making a first move.

Warnings

Sensitive topics that could come up:

Scientific experimentation on children, racism, murder, religious sacrifice

Spoilers:

His canon point is early September before most of the big plot twists happen, so no huge game-ruining spoilers should come up, but feel free to DM me or just comment here if you have concerns about spoilers and want me to avoid tagging you for now.