My Characters
Name: Carter
Age: 19
Sex/Gender: cisgender Male
Sexuality: Pansexual
Species: Demon
Eye Type: Yellow with slitted pupils
Curse: Carter can see the 'auras' of people and demons. Everyone tends to have a different colour or combination of colours. If he meets their eyes without his glasses on, he can turn a person into a corrupted version of themselves: a physical monster without any remnants left of the person they once were. If he kills the monster, the person reverts back to normal before they die. Because of his curse, Carter is very untrusting and secretive, as well as angry and sharp with people.
His curse has a catch, however, one that he himself is not aware of.
General appearance: Carter is tall and lean-muscled with sharp features. He has an old, beat-up leather jacket he wears almost always, a pair of torn jeans and combat boots, and a pink-tinted choker with a white ankh hanging from it. We wears a pair of rose-coloured glasses that have slanted, rectangular frames. The glasses prevent him from turning people and from seeing auras.
He has sharply pointed ears with multiple piercings, fangs that occasionally stick out a little (he bites his lip rather often), and black claws (part of the demon package, of course). His hair is deep black, rather long and a bit 'fluffy' as it never lays flat. There's always that one piece that never lays down and he doesn't bother ever fixing it. He's most often seen with arms folded, looking mad about something. And, in truth, he probably IS mad about something.
Personality: Carter is constantly lashing out at just about anything he can manage. He pushes people away as much as possible by putting up a front of being a jerk. He does his best to make sure people keep a distance and his short temper tends to help with that. He's more often angry than anything else and can't always explain why. He tries to shrug it off as 'everyone's just being stupid' or blaming it on the others when in truth he doesn't really believe that. He has no idea why he's so angry all the time and he suppresses the question to the point where he doesn't bother to ask himself anymore.
He was always a bit short-tempered but it was never to push people away from the start. The second he was turned it just grew and grew until he couldn't think about it anymore. It was just his natural response. Push people away because if they get too attached, too trusting, they could be next.
Despite his brash nature and tendencies to say anything without holding back, he does care about people, even if he'd prefer not to let on. Despite pretending he's only with Edgar for the cure, he's grown rather protective of him without realizing and though he does threaten to leave often, he likely wouldn't.
Every emotion Carter has is big, so the anger acts as a cover-up for what he really feels deep down. Anger's easy, but everything else? Not so much. He pushes people away so often now he's forgotten how to keep them close. Even though he really does care, he'd have trouble expressing it.
He's also self-conscious about his intelligence and tries to hide things like, how slow a reader he is and his difficulty in things like mathematics. He tries his best but can't ever seem to get a hold of things as fast as other people. He did grow up without schooling but even when he tried to learn it was frustrating as all hell.
What he does know, however, is strategy, how to hide and plenty about how this world works. So he makes up for it, but it doesn't stop him from being a little jealous of Edgar's booksmarts.
He has tendencies towards dwelling on the past and constantly blames himself for anything going wrong, but externally projects onto others. If he feels stupid, guess what insult he's most likely to use on someone. He's not always aware he does this, but sometimes he catches himself. He almost never apologizes, though. He has a hard time doing so since he can't bring himself to open up to others. He's positive that there aren't any good people and is beyond the point of hope. He's pessimistic and usually the first one to pick out the negatives in any plan.
Carter can't always help jumping to anger, but he doesn't always try either. It's a lot of patience with him, and he doesn't have it. He's the type to shoot first, whether he wants to be or not.
Special Object: Carter has two, his pair of rose-coloured glasses with slanted, rectangular lenses, and a choker with a small ankh hanging from it. He never removes the necklace and it'll be a rare sight to see him without his glasses. While he doesn't have a sentimental attachment to the glasses, he keeps them on just to be safe that he doesn't turn anyone. He's never quite certain just who will turn out to be a monster and tends to assume everyone is.
His necklace is a different story. That will stay on forever and he's fiercely protective of it. He wouldn't remove it or trust it with anyone.
You could argue he has a third object, his old pocket knife that if he carves an X in something, can cut through just about anything, but he doesn't have the same sentimental attachment to it as his necklace.
History: Carter comes from the city, a place known for its child gangs and decrepit buildings. He's not sure what became of the city after he left, or his old friends but after an angel attack, it isn't likely anyone's going to go near that place any time soon.
Plenty of things happened between the point of leaving the city and meeting Edgar, but if you asked him about it, he'd say something along the lines of 'shit happened, now I'm here, you want a fucking novel?'
There are also a few things he won't talk about. Such as where he got his knife, who his former friends were, how long he lived in the city, why he never takes his necklace off and why he even bothers wearing an ankh if it's the symbol of life and at this point, a bit of an ironic joke at his unwanted immortality.
He won't talk about the day he got cursed either, all that's really known are vague things Edgar's picked up on. Something bad happened, he did something he's not proud of and that's the extent he'll talk about it.
Family/animal companions: None to speak of. However, owls and other nocturnal animals seem to like him. Cats, however, do not and that kind of pisses him off.
Other:
-Slow reader
-Has ADD
-Bad at math
-Has been a demon for about four years
-Knows a fair bit about the world and how it works
-Most of his opinions are negative ones
-Terrified of ageing
-A little claustrophobic
-Great at fighting
-Has many basic survival skills
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Name: Edgar
Age: 18
Sex/Gender: cisgender Male
Sexuality: Panromantic demisexual
Species: Human
Eye Type: Bright
General appearance: Edgar is a short little mad scientist (nicknamed Shorty by Carter) with ruffled, dark hair flipped up a little at the sides. Just about everything he has seems oversized on him due to his height, a white lab coat that falls below his knees, a pair of boots that nearly reach his knees, long gloves that reach his elbows and a pair of goggles that often hide his eyes.
He's almost never seen without his scarf, an old orange-striped monstrosity that's always getting caught on things (something that pisses Carter off because Edgar refuses to ditch it).
If you were to take off his goggles, he'd have deep dark rings under his eyes, and if you pulled down his scarf you'd find a scar just left of his chin below his cheek.
He tends to look younger than he is and is often mistaken for the wrong age because of it and not taken seriously unless he proves himself.
He has sharp little teeth for a human that often creep people out a little but he doesn't seem to notice. He's not exactly muscular or strong but he can be rather fast if need be.
Personality: Edgar is a bit... strange. He often can't speak his mind as clearly as he would like to, and his sentences turn out choppy and blunt because of it. Inwardly his thoughts can be pretty articulate, but outwardly he seems sharp and impatient. Rewording phrases can confuse him and people who talk too fast tend to cause him to zone out a little. He's usually thinking about something else anyway, like solving a current problem he's having, but often doesn't say outloud what he's doing, leading to people to believe he's uncaring when he's really just trying to think so he can move on to the next step.
Everything is in steps to him. He plans things out three times before he goes through with a plan so he knows it'll work. He can't stand not knowing something and is always trying to find solutions and answers. He doesn't know much about socializing and isn't very good at it, but he really does try. He's just uncomfortable around people, even if he does want to help them.
He's a bit of an introvert and can often seem mysterious because of his usually quiet nature. He doesn't react the way most people expect to things and often has his own way of stating something.
He hates thunder and rain and though he's fine with small fires, the second it gets as large as, say, a bonfire or bigger, he can't be anywhere near it. He also doesn't know how to swim but that hasn't exactly come up yet.
He tries really hard to relate to people but finds it difficult and often gives up in trying to talk to someone if he's getting frustrated. If his point isn't getting across he'll just go through with the plan anyway, ignoring everyone else, which can make him seem inconsiderate when really he's just not being understood.
He is almost positive that everyone who joins him will eventually leave, but he feels that if he makes the Cure, they'll all come back in the end. He doesn't feel useful most of the time and tries to compensate with inventions and, of course, the Cure.
Special Object: Edgar owns an orange-striped scarf that he insists on wearing all the time. It covers half his face and that, combined with his goggles, makes his expressions near impossible to read. Carter can't stand the scarf but that doesn't stop Edgar from wearing it day and night. He rarely takes it off and if he does it's never for long. It seems to hold some sort of sentimental value but he never talks about it.
History: Edgar was found in a lab somewhere in the middle of nowhere, near a strange old house where it was rumoured a dark-eyed man was raising monsters. Edgar grew up in the lab apparently, but as far as Carter knows he was alone. No say on what happened to his family, if he had any siblings, why he was there alone, how long he was alone for, etc. He never brings it up. All that is known is that he was alone with his cat, working on the Cure for a number of years until Carter stumbled upon him. His lab burned down shortly after the encounter for an unrelated, but also mysterious reason. He was too terrified to leave and stood staring at the door for a good ten minutes before Carter finally decided to pull him out. Apparently he'd never been outside before. Even the wind scared him at first.
Animal Companion: Edgar has a dwarf cat named Winston. A little stubby-legged black and orange-patched cat with short fur and bright eyes. He has short whiskers and clear, tiny claws. He isn't the best hunting cat in the world but he is extremely well-trained for passing Edgar what he needs, purring exactly when you need it most and welcoming everyone into the group. Odds are, if Winston doesn't like you then you're out of luck. He generally likes everyone.
Other:
-Ambidextrous
-Strange speech patterns
-Hates oranges but won't stop eating them
-Has attempted several 'controversial' experiments on monsters
-Extremely intelligent but lacks the ability to properly express himself
-Socially ignorant
-hisses at people occasionally
-Memory is eidetic but only for things he reads
(I will update this post with NPCs and such when we have them)