☆ NEW TADC OC — ROXX! ☆
“ 𝐑𝗼𝐱𝐱 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠'𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙; 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐, 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑎-𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜-𝑝𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛! 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑡, 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 - 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒. 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑚, 𝑅𝑜𝑥𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡...𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐽𝑎𝑥. 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡? 𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑠! ”
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✮⋆˙ Roxx is the Digital Circus's only quadruped (in my OC canon, of course), based off of a classic 2000s robot dog, and is considered as the clumsy, affectionate pet of the group. While his canine body is primarily intact, he lacks eyes - instead, he has a built-in visor that can not only display his emotions in a very coherent fashion, but also play different forms of media, such as videos or music files. Caine often taps into this feature to use Roxx as a spy camera of sorts, trying to examine how the group are doing on their adventures.
ִ ✮⋆˙ Prior to entering the circus at the age of 23, he was a solemn, nervous Irish-American man by the name of Brody Elliott. Brody wasn't very well-off in the world, due to struggles with managing neurodivergency and an inability to come across a well-paying, accommodating job (thus forcing him to continue living with his parents). He thought his luck had finally gone up the day that C&A Technologies filed for bankruptcy, and started calling for assistance with removing furniture and masses of technological equipment - with promise of hefty pay once the deed was done. However, whilst diligently clearing out one of the office blocks, he uncovered a headset that one of the employees must have left behind. Out of sheer curiosity, he put it on...and the rest was history.
ִ ✮⋆˙ While at first, he was nervous and terrified about his sudden induction into the circus, the newly-named Roxx eventually settled into his new home. It was...quite nice, having nothing to worry about. In this new abode of his, he didn't have to worry about finding work, or scraping together enough money to afford his own place, or the fear of being interpreted as mooching off of his parents's kindness; he could relax now and let each day lazily pass by. Plus, Caine's madcap "adventures" gave him something to do, and opened his eyes to the concept of fun - a notion he'd been unused to in the past. Best of all, he now had friends! Those were hard to come by in the normal world. Y'up...this place sure wasn't gonna be easy to beat.
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☆ Relationships!
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✮⋆˙ Pomni
Roxx likes Pomni! While they aren't the closest, he gladly tags along with her during adventures, and enjoys trying to get her to play fetch with him in their downtime. He's also proven very well at calming her down when she gets too anxious. Pomni herself doesn't really have any real opinion on him; she treats him just as she would any other circus member. However, she isn't all that fond of him jumping on her bed to wake her up in the mornings...
✮⋆˙ Ragatha
Ragatha is Roxx's favourite person in the whole circus! Something about her caring nature just immediately lured him in, and, since then, he's followed her around as if he's her shadow. Although he has his own dormitory all to himself, it's her room that he prefers to sleep in - the foot of her bed is his domain. Ragatha absolutely adores him in return, as his enthusiastic, non-judgemental nature is reassuring to her and helps ground her when she's in one of her anxious tizzies. After all, Roxx reminds her of one of her sweet old sheepdogs that she'd had during her childhood on the farm.
✮⋆˙ Jax
Roxx isn't very keen on Jax - people of his rude, snarky nature are those whom he does not trust. However, not being a violent animal, he opts to instead ignore the rabbitoid's antics as if they had never happened, unless these mischevious tricks directly affect his peers - that's when the snarling starts. Jax dislikes the robotic puppy in return; he finds him to be rambunctuous and annoying, and a rowdy magnet to whatever intends to harm the group during adventures...and perhaps his fear of dogs could play a part in his distaste, too. But you never heard that!
✮⋆˙ Kinger
Roxx and Kinger get along well. While the latter is still very jittery and impulsive, he tries his best to compose himself when Roxx is around. In darker, quieter areas, for some inexplicable reason that Roxx just can't explain, the king piece becomes calmer and quieter, and is great for giving him physical affection. Wonder why that could be? If he's so nice and quiet in the dark, why can't he be like that all the time? It's very confusing.
✮⋆˙ Zooble
Roxx enjoys Zooble's presence. Regardless of their grouchy nature and protests for him to stop bringing his godforsaken tennis ball over to them, he likes following them around and sitting with them in the lounge area...and, to their chagrin, stealing their pieces from the Zooble Box - and sometimes off of their body - and using them as chew toys. Zooble would never openly admit it, but they secretly find this rather endearing, despite their initial frustration with his antics. Nobody could stay mad at his little face.
✮⋆˙ Gangle
Gangle and Roxx are like two peas in a pod. When her comedy mask breaks, he's right by her side to provide emotional support, and frequently checks up on her during the day just to make sure she's doing okay. Plus, he thinks her drawing skills are fantastic! He loves lying by her side on afternoons where he has nothing to do, and watching her pencil glide effortlessly across her sketchbook pages. Gangle appreciates his presence - and his non-snarky nature - greatly. Roxx's presence, for her, is like a breath of fresh air after the daily adventures. Sure, he was slightly frightened of her during the adventure at Spudsy's...but that hasn't damaged his overall perception of her at all. She's still his friend!
✮⋆˙ Bubble
EW. NO. There is only ONE person that Roxx hates with a burning passion, and that's Bubble. Something about him is just...eugh. It creeps him out to a debilitating degree. Contrary to the canine's obvious dislike for him, Bubble doesn't mind him much. He just goes along with his day.
✮⋆˙ Caine
Roxx and Caine get along pretty well. They aren't friends, more so colleagues (as Caine puts it), but they still have a healthy enough relationship nonetheless. After all, if Caine's the head honcho around this technicolour palace of childish entertainment, the world that saved Roxx from his stagnant, fruitless life of monotony, then of course he has respect for him! In return, Caine enjoys Roxx's presence just as he does all the rest of the troupe. He finds his constant eager attitude towards the thought of going on the adventures very motivating.
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☆ Other Trivia!
࣪✮⋆˙ Despite communicating solely in barks and other forms of canine dialogue, Roxx inwardly thinks in English. Sometimes, his inability to properly vocalize what he wants is frightening to him...
✮⋆˙ In my version of Episode Five: "Untitled", Roxx plays a plethora of different roles, like everyone else; in Poacher's Paradise, he is an elusive species known as the "Wild Roxxwiler", in President Pomni, he is the president's esteemed companion, and in Good Ol' Fashioned Softball, he serves as the Big Tops's mascot animal and cheers them on from the sidelines. He also gets his own evil counterpart; Evil Roxx, a...very threatening chihuahua, who, unlike Roxx himself, can speak. He has a thick Mancunian accent. Don't ask why. No one knows.
࣪✮⋆˙ Roxx entered the circus a little while before Ribbit abstracted. He had no real opinion on the latter, but he adored Kaufmo. He didn't take the clown's abstraction very well.
✮⋆˙ On Pomni's first night at the circus, Roxx felt guilty seeing her in such a state, so he decided to sleep in her room to keep her company. At first, the jester was less than fond of her circumstances - Roxx is quite a big cuddler, and Pomni is touch-avoidant - but she eventually came to be drowsy...after all, the subtle noise of Roxx playing one of his downloaded lullabies in the background would subconsciously pacify anyone's worries.
࣪✮⋆˙ Roxx didn't participate in the events of Episode Three: "The Mystery of Mildenhall Manor". He decided to stick around the circus grounds with Zooble instead, spending his time sleeping on the latter's bed rather than fretting about barons and angels and lingering souls.
✮⋆˙ During Episode Four: "Fast Food Masquerade", Roxx's job was to sit at the door and greet the entering customers. A rather dull occupation, really... but letting a dog into an area where food is being prepared?! The levels of bacteria would be off the charts! Gangle would not tolerate an unhygienic workplace, not under her watch. Roxx found her rather intimidating during that adventure, to be entirely honest...he was rather wary to go near her for a while afterwards.
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✮⋆˙ That's all on Roxx for now! Because I'm a sucker for interactions, expect art of him interacting with other people's OCs, 'cos...my boy needs friends. And I will give him friends.
Thank you for reading!! ^-^
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