Just Some Guys Trying to Get By


Elliot Pembroke

Elliot

A moody teenager locked in a constant battle with her depression. Elliot is praised for being mature and intelligent for her age but it’s fueled by a strong, lingering, fear that showing the cracks in her life will cause her to get shipped away to a mental institution. So she puts on a mask, goes about her day pretending that she’s better than her juvenile classmates, and goes home at the end of the day to suffer in silence. It's a life she's more than willing to play out...at least until the day she wakes up and finds herself far from home and under the surveillance of a rambling stranger. It turns out Elliot is some kind of prophesied figure who is destined to bring the world into a new age of peace, which- understandably- doesn't sit well with her at all.

Worth more trouble than she lets on. Underneath those tired gray eyes Elliot is a sarcastic pessimist who is willing to do/say whatever is necessary to benefit herself at any moment- even if those moments usually end up getting her into even more danger. She has no idea how to go about saving the world or even where to take the first step, and the fear and uncertainty only grows stronger the longer she roams the country looking for a solution.


Fun Facts:

  • Perpetually tired.
  • Has a short fuse. Doesn’t tolerate being teased or insulted very well.
  • Doesn’t bother living up to anyone’s standards, nor does she have the motivation to do so. The lack of ambition worries both of her fathers.
  • Has gone through so many revisions, probably more than any of my other characters. Started off as a really cringe, not like other girls, self insert that I'd sometimes use as a mouth piece to preach about whatever was relevant in the early/mid/late 2000s. Now she's completely separated from me, no longer has the "not like other girls" mentality, and is her own person (we've both come a long way. Growth is real y'all).

Seth

Seth

A wild and scraggly youth squatting in an abandoned building in some dying town. Seth...sure is trying their best. Paranoid, covered in scars, avoided by others due to a strange skin condition and a few public manic episodes; they certainly have a lot going on and nobody really knows what their deal is. They just showed up one day and people have felt uneasy around them ever since. The body Seth is forced to live with is one that is constantly in pain; always burning and aching, always getting sick or convulsing, always causing them to seek out the aid of drugs to help manage everything. And then there’s the voices. Persistent, convincing, always twisting the truth. Drugs don’t help, if anything, drug use makes them worse, it makes them louder, it makes them stronger, and it’s getting to a point where Seth isn’t sure if they can handle it anymore.

Always on edge and talking to thin air, has a hard time acting normal and every failed attempt to fit in only shines a brighter light on their issues. Seth has a hard time seeing themselves as a normal person- or even anything that’s close to being remotely human- thus they always refer to themselves as a “monster” and often refuses to be called by gender specific pronouns because “what use does a monster have for those?”

There's more to the illness that Seth suffers from than meets the eye.


Fun(?) Facts:

  • Is covered in scars, most of them are self-inflicted.
  • Stronger than they look.
  • Prefers to keep their hair long so it can hide their face.
  • Seems to heal surprisingly quick from their injuries, not even being poisoned keeps them down for very long.
  • Another character who had a massive facelift over the years. Seth started out as a generic, smart ass, love interest with secrets. Then they kinda became less generic, and less of a smart ass, and maybe a love interest? Now they're just a fucked up little guy having the worst day imaginable. All the time. Sorry buddy.

Lidia Zoavayn

Lidia

A proud and confident young woman hailing from a tribe of Beast folk, Lidia is the pinnacle of Beast-man perfection to the eyes of her peers. She's bold and resourceful, assertive but kind, and has all the qualities of a great leader. She's determined to carry out the role that's been given to every generation of her family for centuries; when the next prophesised hero is revealed, it will be her job to lead and protect them until their duty is fullfilled. It's a task she's been eagerly looking foward to ever since she was chosen to assist the foretold hero, even if the mission could lead to her death- it won't stop her from making her family proud and healing the world. Meeting Elliot (the current hero of prophecy) is one of the greatest moments of her life but her dreams and aspirations come with a cost.

Lidia has no idea what she's getting herself into...

Something of a foil to Elliot's growing cynicism and apathy, Lidia is trying her best to be a supportive friend and the hardened guardian/warrior she spent most of her life training to become. The two get along well enough, and Lidia certainly means well, but it hasn't stopped the two girls from clashing throughout their journey.


Fun Facts:

  • Knows how much of a slime ball Dave is, animal instincts are good for something.
  • Feels extremely uncomfortable and on edge around Seth, has no idea why Elliot is so close to them.
  • Sometimes handles Elliot like a depressed sack of potatoes.
  • The only one in the main cast who is not based on a previous character.

Dhailxaill "Dave" Khiveth

Dave

A young man who's one with nature and in tune with the cosmos (whatever that means), Dave has spent the most formative years of his life traveling the country with a hippie commune promoting peace, love, and good vibes. It's a simple life that's far from being glamorous but it suits him just fine. He likes to put on an act with strangers and people of interest, but Dave is far from being a blissfully unaware idiot. He's well aware of the state the world is in and knows far more than he lets on. With his friends and family he’s just a chill and gentle soul, but if anyone were to let their guard down he'd slowly find ways to manipulate them down his desired path for shits and giggles.

Unfortunately for Elliot, she quickly sparks his curiosity and unknowingly becomes a pawn in his mind games.





Fun Facts:

  • Full name is pronounced differently each time it’s said aloud and Dave is probably doing it on purpose
  • Waaaay back in the day, Dave used to be a Russian circus performer named Salazar. Had a crush on Eliot, he spoke in broken English, total mess of a character. So much happier with this version.
  • Name used to be "David Jackson", it was suggested by my boyfriend because "nobody suspects a Dave". It's just his nickname now.

Secondary Cast

Lupus

Lupus

A wolf aligned Beast man who works as a mercenary/bounty hunter and has a past rich in tracking knowledge, hunting expertise, and a psychology class or two- just for fun. Very much a jack of all trades who enjoys his work...but only if the work is entertaining. Lupus may have some notoriety and a few recommendations from previous clients under his belt, but he has the horrendous habit of not doing his job if the act of hunting down his targets is "too boring" and they "don't put up a fight". Shit gets done eventually but it's never at a satisfactory speed.

Working with his current client, Mathis, may not be exciting but he's not going to complain about getting paid for practically doing nothing. In his eyes, doing various odd jobs that range from abduction to “escorting” problematic people off the premises is the equivalent of going down the street to get a gallon of milk. It isn't until Mathis starts to put his grand schemes in motion that Lupus becomes a little more invested in what's going on, especially when the linchpin needed for everything to work disappears from the complex without a trace. Morally gray at best. He’s very aware of the complexities of hunting down a small child for sport and bringing them back to a lab to be somebody’s science project, but these thoughts don’t stop him from trying to complete his job.

He’s been hired to hunt down Elliot and bring her back to his current client, alive, but at the end of the day he makes his own rules.

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