phobos if you could tell your younger self anything what would it be?
Oh good god where th’fuck shou£d I start? Ugh, gun to my head an’ £imited to just one thing, I’d...fuck, I’d te££ her t’get better at communication. Ta£k to peop£e, keep your connections hea£thy an’ in the £oop, don’t squander those that care about you. Otherwise you’££ hurt a who£e £ot of tro££s that mean th’wor£d to you.
Tiny witch gets raised by literal serial killers and then goes to magic school, makes friends, realizes one of her friends is a Dudebro that wants to trap her in a red relationship, pushes him away and befriends a tree fairy, dates a man that somehow isn’t dead despite living in a murdertown and has preserved his sense of sweetness, fucks ALL OF THAT UP, goes missing for a sweep and returns jaded and with a pair of wings and more knowledge of horrorterrors than even freaks should have. Still hasn’t sought out therapy for any of this like a dumbass.
Name ► Phobos Deimos
Nickname[s] ► Pho, PD, Cinders (she does not enjoy this one at all)
Blood Color ► Yellow
Age ► 14 sweeps
Voiceclaim ► Angel Coulby
D.O.B. ► March 20
Astrological Sign ► Pisces/Aries cusp
Alignment ► Chaotic Neutral
Gender ► Female
Height ► 5’2”
Weight ► 142 lbs
Body Type ► Pear shaped, toned but still soft
Orientation ► Pansexual but good luck getting her to open up romantically
Occupation[s] ► Witch and owner of an occult shop, which sells items of varying magical legitimacy and safety
Lusus ► Springbok Antelope
Abilities
Psionics ► Spiritual & Arcane Perception – Phobos is able to pick up on spiritual and arcane activity and energies, the latter of which she’s generally able to identify the type for. She’s also able to see most ghosts.
Other Abilities ► Fire, Sand, Light, and Healing/Growth Magic – She’s a witch it’s her MO. Not obscenely powerful, but enough to be on par with a gifted psionic.
Flight – She has wings structured like a hummingbird hawk moth’s, which allow her to fly for short amounts of time.
Astral Projection – Her soul was jiggled a little loose during her near-death experience, so she’s able to tug it out and let it roam. The further distance she travels, the more it drains her, and while she’s able to perceive things on both ends if she wants to, it works better if she focuses on the projection fully and zones out physically.
Strife Specibus ► x2 Haladiekind – They are mainly her foci for magic, but can also be used for physical attacks. Doubled edged, double bladed daggers with a central grip and knuckle dusters on the outside.
Pistolkind – Sometimes it’s better to not be flashy and just shoot a bitch.
PC Info
Trollian Handle ► reawakenedTheurgist
Typing Quirk ► Replaces L’s with £, stutters when upset/scared/flustered/ect
Example ► Tends t'speak with a regiona£ accent an' c£ips the endin' off certain words. I-I-If sh-sh-she's u-upset o-or s-s-s-scared sh-she s-s-stutters.
▼ Personality ▼
Formerly a very open, trusting, and bubbly individual, the past few sweeps haven’t been kind to the mindset that Phobos once held. She comes across very blunt, only dancing around her genuine opinions of people and what she thinks when she’s around someone she perceives to be a threat. Even then, she’s not above pushing her luck in certain situations, as should things turn violent she has a considerable amount of magic she can rely upon to take care of what faces her. Or, well, a decent amount of what faces her. At the end of the night, Phobos is focused on one thing and one thing only: survival. If she has to run to save her skin, she’ll do so, and unless someone has endeared themselves to her (or she is required to act otherwise), she’ll leave them behind in the dust. However when it comes to the fight vs flight ratio, Phobos is absolutely someone that will throw down first. Combat is something that she’s grown from hating to enjoying a lot, as it allows her not only to exercise but vent her emotions in a…”productive” manner.
That’s not to say she doesn’t care about other people, of course. She’s just very reluctant to allow herself to be open with people, especially considering the very recent mutation she’s had to hide. Anxiety over many of her past relationships failing also hasn’t helped at all, as she sees herself as an irresponsible and unhealthy individual to be quadrants with. Friends are a possibility, but Phobos requires a lot of reassurance and proof that someone is not only patient enough but can emotionally handle all the chaos that comes along with her life. If she doesn’t think the relationship will work out and could potentially hurt someone, she’s quick to say so and warn them of that fact. She struggles with not cutting people off out of fear of hurting them, often dropping contact with nothing but her first warning to go off of.
Should you ever gain her friendship, though, she’s incredibly nurturing and caring, as well as unshakably loyal once you’ve earned her faith. While she’s struggled with following it, Phobos is also fairly good at dispensing advice and can dip into more pale or ashen tendencies if she believes someone needs that. Of course this is paired with her regular amounts of cynicism and sarcasm; it’s recommended not to have too-thin skin around Phobos. She’ll compliment just as much as she’ll playfully rag on you, likely swearing up and down the entire Alternian language the whole way. She has a filter for this when she’s around children, as she was a teacher in her former life, but the moment she catches them swearing casually it’s gone. Her “old demeanor” is still very much present despite what she’d like to think or say, it’s just hidden behind a lot of walls, suspicions, and anxiety.
Most of what other people get to see, though, is the witch behind the counter of an occult shop. She really likes to play up the mystical aspect and spooky vibes of her job. Helps convince people to buy stuff and spreads the word to bring in more customers. Whether or not they believe her magic is real doesn’t matter; it sells when you make it flashy enough.
▼ Strengths VS Weaknesses ▼
Strengths ► Perceptive | Driven | Honest
Weaknesses ► Cynical | Stubborn | Flighty
▼ Likes ▼
✔ General “witchy” paraphernalia
✔ Relaxing near fireplaces
✔ Loose, comfy scarves
✔ Libraries
✔ Incense (Dragon’s Blood and Cedar are favorites)
✔ Bird watching
✔ Anything with an autumn aesthetic
✔ Handmade clothes
✔ Walks in the woods
✔ Honey candy
✔ Cats
▼ Dislikes ▼
✘ Subjugs
✘ Too much noise
✘ Sudden movements
✘ Being touched without warning
✘ “Unnatural” silence
✘ Uppity trolls
✘ Generally most trolls blue and above on principle
✘ Any kind of religious zealots or evangelists
✘ Dealing with her bosses
✘ Cheap liquor
✘ Centipedes, to the degree that she’ll panic and shoot at them
▼ Extra ▼
► While she’s far better at using her magic in combat than to heal, she’s recently been practicing to try and get better at it. It’s a skill she let atrophy after moving away from home, which she regrets doing now that she has to relearn what she was once really fucking good at.
► She’s willing to tolerate most people if it benefits her, but highbloods will have a harder time gaining her trust.
► She has a very hard time sleeping fully through the day, usually due to her psionics allowing her to see and hear ghosts.
► Her wings are bound most of the time, though the way they’re structured allows her to lay them flat against her back naturally and prevents the binding from damaging them too much.
► Flying takes a lot out of her. She’s only had her wings for 4 sweeps and they’ve only been fully grown for 2.
► She’s more in-shape and toned than you’d expect for a lowblood. One of her old teachers was ex-fleet and made her do basic training exercises nightly, which is a routine she tries to keep up.
► That being said, she has very little love for the fleet and is suspicious of anyone she finds bearing the emblem.
► Before everything started to fall apart, she planned to dodge the draft with her ex-moirail and just travel through space with her.
► Now she’s set up an occult shop and sells minor enchantments and crystals to goth kids and hipsters. Also some cursed items and magical advice. Really anything that’ll sell, honestly. She needs the money.
► There’s always at least some kind of notebook on her. She’s very diligent about recording information that she feels is important. It also gives her a way to voice her thoughts without talking to anyone.
► She grew up with very little exposure to modern Alternian technology for the most part, which has driven her to learn as much as she can about it. The prospect of technomancy fascinates her, though she’s not able to perform any herself.
Eeleth Kuvlew [Pure Hope] ► Your ex-matesprit and the source of a never-ending flood of complicated emotions. You hurt him deeper than anyone ever could or has, which haunts you worse than any ghost. Recently, you spoke with him after a sweep of silence, though had your hands not been tied it would’ve been much sooner. Things are still complicated, and you doubt he’ll respond to any of your letters or online messages, but that won’t keep you from writing him about important things. You don’t want to give up talking to him.
Marcel Bradik [Lowered Humanity] ► Your other ex-matesprit, though one of a much shorter time. You don’t blame him for anything that happened; all of that was on you. He taught you a fair few things while you dated, the most important being how to shoot a gun and to carry one on you at all times. The thought has crossed your mind to try and seek him out, but you’ve decided against it due to the fact that he’s a shadowdropper and prone to having a temper. Best to let sleeping dogs lie.
*PhobosIf you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?
1. She has anxiety and trust issues. I can’t write her too friendly even though I, myself, am very friendly. She puts up walls and is prickly to people she doesn’t know. Always looking to see if they have malicious intent. Or a weapon. Thinks a lot about escape routes to get away from someone while in the middle of casual conversation.
2. She does not take any shit for too long and I need to warn people in advance that she will swing a punch at their muse if they push her buttons. Generally this applies mostly to highbloods because Phobos has No Fear and doesn’t really have too many limits about telling someone higher on the spectrum that they can go gargle sewage.
....Shit, is it rea££y today? I...I comp£ete£y forgot my own goddamn wrigg£in’ day. B£oody he££, guess I’m 12 sweeps now.
There’s a bit of a pause
I, uh, I been better. But I a£so been a fuckton worse off. The circumstances are sti££ shit but I'££ £ive at £east another week, t'day's proof of that.
Spent a £ot of time away from erryone, not that I wanted to, mind. Peop£e I'm runnin' with now £ike their secrets so I en't a££owed t'say much, but essentia££y I got caught in a bad dea£. Made a shit choice whi£e I was havin' an emotiona£ me£tdown.
An' havin' two breakups right after each other usua££y means you just get wasted but no, now I owe a b£oody fuckin' spy cu£t a favor.
So that's who I been with the past.....sweep? Sweep an' a ha£f? Fuck me, time is a bitch.
An'...now I'm headed back home. Back towards the thing that damn near ki££ed me once a£ready. 'Cause that's what I owe them, yeah? Catchin' the Jade Reaper.
They say they got a god that can he£p protect me or some other horseshit. A££ of 'em can piss off. Fee£ £ike I'm wa£kin' back home t'attend my own b£oody funera£. Make my party a corpse party, mates! S'a££ that's gonna come outta this!
...'£east I get to see a bunch of peop£e I care about again. An' you bet your fuckin' ass I'm gonna kick the shit out of £aukei before I'm gone.
Oh an' Ee£eth sti££ hates my guts but that's va£id, I do too.
So that's what's been goin' on. Coup£e other things happened but, uh.....s'comp£icated.
A short fluttering noise breaks the silence of Phobos trailing off as she unfolds her new wings, which vaguely resemble a moth’s.