!!🌷 🍇 💧 💙 for CT-19?
Tulip: in what ways would your OC alter their body if they could? How would they do it using mundane means (hair dye, surgery, make-up?). What is their ideal look for themself?
Cat has very much changed his body already. He started selling his body parts to earn some money. His mother was very ill and an unregistered cyborg, which is illegal in Kheog Rose, so she couldn’t apply for any government assistence programs. She refused to be a part of the system, but it had negative consequences for het children. CT-19 had a couple of younger siblings to look out for and this was the easiest, most legal way to make money available to him. He sold his right hand when he was 13 years old. Now both of his arms, lower legs, and eyes are artificial. When he was 19, he got approved for the academy, providing him with a stable home and food security. Now that he didn’t have to let scientists experiment on his body for income anymore, he could also start HRT and get his top surgery, further altering his body, but this time in a way that he did actually want. His current prosthetics can be quite painful at times because they were either experimental tech or applied by students, but later along in the story Lucy designs and builds him some decent ones, which finally make him stop wishing he still has his natural limbs. So after a long journey he does now feel comfortable in his own body, and only dyes his hair for fun.
Grapes: Day or Night? Sun or Rain? Summer or Winter?
Day. Sun (but not too hot). Summer because it’s easier to keep his limbs uncovered.
Droplet: What is the earliest memory your OC can recall? Do they know what their first words were or remember where they took their first steps? Do they have any mementos of their childhood they’ve kept such as a stuffed toy or tiny baby clothes?
Cat’s childhood memories are blurry at best, he’s suppressed a lot of it. He does remember a day were he and his siblings were sitting on the couch, watching TV. His mother wasn’t sick yet and she had bought them a pie to celebrate a birthday. When she got sick, his mother grew bitter and distanced herself from her children, she’d always cut him off when he asked about his father or other aspects of his childhood. He doesnt’t have any memontos or objects from when he was little, he’s had to sell them one by one as they grew more desperate for money. He knew that going to an official instance for help would expose his mother and take her away from him. She always told her children to never do this, even if would have meant she’d have lived and her kids would have had grown up safely, be it away from her.
Blue heart: What did your OC want to be when they grew up and why? Did they have any lifelong dreams or ambitions they never got to work on or are they currently working to achieve this dream? Has their life taken a very unexpected turn and put all these plans on hold for a while or have they given up on any dreams?
When he was younger, Cat dreamed of leaving the city one day, even if he knew life out there was rough. One of his childhood friends did leave, but he realised he couldn’t just go with her and abondon his siblings. After he discovered he got a knack for fighting, especially with his cybernetic limbs, and Kober took him under his wing, he was pretty content with that kind of future. He doesn’t really have any big dreams at the moment, because he honestly didn’t expect to still be alive at this point if he’s being honest, and thinking about the future can be scary. He’s just taking life as it comes one day at a time.