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Cherry has often been called, and very much is… intense. She’s not easy to talk to. She always seems on edge. In an average conversation there’s a pervasive sense that something very bad must have happened to make her what she is.
What goes on in her head is a mystery. What she shares with the world is often malformed and never “decent.” She will insult people she likes and those she doesn’t. She will, in her baffling prophetic way, speak and act against every system of the world.
Politically, you would call her an anarchist. Neurologically, perhaps a psychotic. Philosophically, she owns a well-worn hard copy of Industrial Society and Its Future.
Socially? Well… that’s fourth on this list. It’s lower yet on hers.

I was born here. In Taygete. Do you really want to know more? Does my past really matter?
Cherry is extremely cagey about her past. To what extent it’s a defensive measure and to what extent she simply doesn’t care to share is hard to say.

My family liked to pretend that they mattered. The world thought the same. Still does. They all knew I didn’t matter. But you’ve never heard of the Arbor family, have you?
Her parents ranked high in the corporate nobility. They didn’t want her. She decided she didn’t want them either. The surname she gives to those who ask is a complete fabrication.

I live for what I know and what I can say. Some people hang on to my words – from afar. No one likes to look me in the eye. But they’ll hear me. They don’t have to want to.
She gets along well with the gangs of Herse, occasionally acting with them for self-sustenance, and has a following of her own. “Sprawl Shadow,” a hybrid political activist group, urban terrorist organization, and apocalypse cult, is based somewhere deep in the web, somewhat tolerated in Shoegazer forums, and dogwhistled about on Pasithee. She doesn’t run things – she’s not an organizer, and barely a leader. But when she speaks, the oldest members listen to her.

You don't want to know me as badly as you think.
Law enforcement knows her by her screen name only. Dies Lovis finds her equally intriguing, and is equally shut out.

The me you want is not real.
People might ask when she got “like this.” In a few ways, she always was. But it was after her X-Factor manifested that she found herself.

Cherry has often been called, and very much is… intense. She’s not easy to talk to. She always seems on edge. In an average conversation there’s a pervasive sense that something very bad must have happened to make her what she is.
What goes on in her head is a mystery. What she shares is often malformed. She will insult people she likes and those she doesn’t. She will, in fevered and angry and sometimes incoherent tones, speak and act against every system of the world.
Politically, you would call her an anarchist. Neurologically, perhaps a psychotic. Philosophically, she owns a well-worn hard copy of Industrial Society and Its Future, and socially, she has declined to have any conversation with you about who she is.

I was born here. In Taygete. Do you really want to know more? Does my past really matter?
Cherry is extremely cagey about her past. To what extent it’s a defensive measure and to what extent she simply doesn’t care to share is hard to say.

My family liked to pretend that they mattered. The world thought the same. Still does. But you’ve never heard of the Arbor family, have you?
Her parents ranked high in the corporate nobility. They didn’t want her. She decided she didn’t want them either. The surname she gives to those who ask is a fabrication. If there is an Arbor family, they aren’t corporate.

Then and now, I’m no one’s little princess.
She caught herself, briefly, on the way to the bottom of the class ladder, and owned an apartment in Arche funded by a profession no one remembers. She was not diligent. She was not polite. She hit her boss for something that he did to deserve worse. Now she lives in Herse, and has had to get good at hitting people.

I live for what I know, what I can say, and what I can change. No one likes to look me in the eye, but they’ll hear me. They don’t have to want to.
To most on the Shoegazer forums, “Fruitstem” is an open-and-shut basket case. Her goals are rather higher and more dangerous than nonparticipation, and her manifestos tend to drown out perfectly good threads. Her street art, from closed and raised fists to unrecognizable abstract scenes, is unremarkable for Herse, apart from its consistent bloody shade of red, and its seemingly oblivious encroachment into all different territories.

You don't want to know me as badly as you think.
She has accumulated three pending friend requests in her inbox from among the few who’ve understood her. Only the last is less than a month old. Likewise, she never returns to see whether her artwork has been cleaned up or overwritten with a threat.

The me you want is not real.
People might ask when she got “like this.” A question with several answers: she was like this when she was born. She was like this when her parents abandoned her. She was like this when the professional world disposed of her for giving the wrong man, if anything, mercy.
She was like this after her X-Factor manifested and showed her how untenably full of lies her world really was.

Orochi is outgoing and confident if not a very flirtatious gay man. He likes to show his affection through actions and in writing. His friends call him “Ganondorf” due to his obsession with the Legend of Zelda Games. If you look into his library, you'll find a lot of neuroscience journals, biographies, and studies about the brain and its development. He doesn't hesitate when talking to people either. Since he grew up with a very supportive family, he never had problems with his sexuality. In fact, he's pretty open-minded about it.

He likes to joke around and make friends easily but also has a serious nature. He's good at reading emotions and understanding the world better than most people. When others underestimate him or get angry he is quite calm and composed. However, this isn't always enough for himself because sometimes he can be an insensitive ass. He has a bad habit of taking everything too literally. It gets really annoying, especially when he tries to make a point or is wrong. When he makes mistakes on an assignment he will immediately apologize. This tends to happen more often than he would like. Even though he does take great pride in being smart and intelligent.

His favorite food is kombucha because he enjoys that flavor. He loves to drink vodka and wine but hates beer. He can handle alcohol well, but drinking when stressed makes him nauseous and dizzy. He's tall and very lean. He has a muscular/lean build so he rarely looks weak. He wears glasses and is a perfectionist. When he's working, it's easy to forget how smart he is. His hair is black and curly and his face is framed by thick dark eyebrows.

Orochi is the son of two botanists. His parents met when they were in college in Tokyo majoring in Biology. Luccas Vertino had just moved from Italy when he met Kaguya, his wife. Even though they both shared an immense love for plants, they expressed it in extremely different ways. As soon as they moved to Taygete, Kaguya opened a flower shop, while her husband decided to expand his academic knowledge. It didn't take long until he was hired as one of the head researchers of the Technological Advancement Department, eventually becoming the head of the Transgenics and Genetic Modified Plants Sector. His first research project brought him into contact with some of the most prominent financiers in Taygete.

Orochi was born when his parents were already pretty much known in the Chaldene upper circles. They had him in their 40s and there were concerns that Kaguya might've not survived the labor, but everything worked fine. The boy grew up surrounded by books on botany, history, physics, and genetics. While he never made any real friends at school, Orochi has always been quite popular. He was a good student and was known for playing video games and getting good grades.

When he was 14 years old, he started working part-time alongside his father, assisting him in the development of a new line of botanical sprays. Luccas loved having his son around, although he could be hard to deal with sometimes. In the beginning, he had to learn how to keep his son cool when dealing with the more aggressive researchers, especially in the lab. After some months of training, however, Luccas felt like his son could handle himself. He also realized that Orochi was a smart kid who could probably help out with any projects they might have, so he continued sending him back to work after school. Thanks to his stellar progress, he was able to finish school being only 16.

He then went on to university to study Genetic Engineering. Luccas offered to buy him the apartment that he currently lived in, so he would have enough funds to continue his studies. The young man accepted the offer, although his mother still couldn't get over how expensive it was. She knew that her eldest child would need the money to pay off his debts and she supported whatever choice he made. As Orochi graduated from high school, he started taking up more shifts as a technician for the Biotech Division, where the labs were still being built. This gave him more access to people from all over Taygete.

Eventually, he was admitted into a prestigious Master's program, one that would take him further in academia. Professor Uchikake wanted his graduate advisor in the development of new biotech solutions for medical use. Orochi accepted the opportunity immediately, and after two years of intense study and preparation, he finally got his diploma and a place alongside his father as an effective scientist in the Transgenics and Genetic Modified Plants Sector.

At about 5'9", with light brown hair and bright green
eyes, he often stood out, but he enjoyed the attention nonetheless. He had a very friendly and cocky personality, with people quickly making his acquaintance whenever they saw him. This gave him some confidence to go against what many expected of him. He liked being seen as someone confident and strong, even if that meant standing up to certain individuals. He wasn’t afraid to show that he was more mature than most since that meant less criticism thrown at his character. He preferred to be seen as someone with a strong sense of humor instead of someone whose mind seemed to wander all the time. He loved meeting interesting characters and was interested in learning more about them. He found many of them attractive and wanted to get to know them better as well. Eventually, he became a very flirtatious man. At this point, it wasn’t uncommon for girls and boys to try and hit on him. However, Orochi enjoyed every chance he got to make a fool of someone. He never failed in finding out information about another person; usually about what they did or where they worked. It always amused him when they reacted in amusement.

It was only working so closely with the chiefs, that he finally understood how deeply rotten the Taygete government was. There was no denying that their current treatment policies were unfair and discriminatory. He learned that while some scientists did have problems with certain aspects of Taygete's legal system, many of them had come here seeking asylum under the
guise of scientific experimentation. Orochi also learned that these scientists had a vested interest in seeing the world grow and evolve. Some even advocated for creating artificial lifeforms based on their genes or using DNA to replicate.

It wasn't surprising to him that this kind of behavior was common among them. The main problem Orochi faced during his tenure there was the lack of ethics. The scientists were not willing to listen to reason regarding their rights and responsibilities. If they thought that something could improve society, then it would benefit all regardless of what it cost them. Orochi had seen evidence of people being forced through forced genetic treatment due to these laws. Those cases were not documented, nor did any of them ever show up before the courts. This led to many cases being settled by judges rather quickly. Many of these patients were forced to undergo extensive tests to determine if their children could be genetically engineered to survive. It was after learning those things that he decided things needed to change. Would them be from inside and out or from a revolution he was still trying to figure out.

Orochi is a highly methodic and trained scientist and engineer, who knows how to handle a lot of challenges. He is also trained in several martial arts he grew up learning. His favorite is Muai Thai. He also comes from a rich family and have access to resources and contacts most people don't have.