I hear you're still living as an emotional vagrant
With bright red vacancy signs blaring in your eyes
Well my heart might be shot, but at least I've still got one
Maybe you should try meditating on your wrongs
I do it all the time and it really helps me calm the urge
I think wraath has really earned this dunk
characters belong to my dear friend the asker of this ask, javi jay jupitermoths
oh my god loren this is going under a readmore bc no one wants to read this much about my ocs
1. their voice
he doesn’t actually have much of a voice. his mouth is more than a little fucked up because of the snake genetics, which gave him fangs, venom sacs, a Jacobson’s organ, and, shittiest of all, an actual snake-like tongue. without a human tongue, it’s very difficult for him to make the sounds needed for human speech, and the scientists at the School never actually bothered to attempt to teach him any way around it. he can make a variety of hisses, grunts, and other guttural noises using his throat (he does still have vocal chords), but those are more for expressing irritation or other emotions rather than actually communicating. when he needs/wants to communicate, he knows American Sign Language, and often uses it to converse with his little sister Clover.
2. their smile
a cryptid. he hardly ever smiles. he’s not a very happy person (and, really, who would be with the life he’s had), so he really only smiles when he’s annoying Six too much.
the only person who’s actually made him really smile is clover. it was a small smile, close-lipped and faint, but a smile nevertheless.
3. their greatest achievement
it’s likely a tie between actually being able to escape the School and the one time he managed to get his arms around an Eraser and crush their rib cage. he’s still rather proud of that moment.
4. their insecurities
for being an experiment, it’s an odd insecurity, but he feels odd about being the only mutant in the flock without wings. he hates being the one that essentially grounds them much of the time, since without him they could fly for longer and whenever they needed without having to make sure that he’s properly bundled and secured to Six.
5. their shortcomings
scientifically? he needs to be kept at a warmer ambient temperature than normal humans, he can’t speak and has trouble swallowing and breathing due to his tongue, he can’t fly (which, when you’re with a group of people who can, is a bit of a downside), he can’t blend in with normal humans (he’s covered with patches of scales, his hair naturally has strange patterning, and, oh yeah, he’s literally got snake eyes [-insert bad gambling joke here-]).
personality wise, he’s… not very sociable. a life of being mistreated and abused has led him to be untrusting and very angry, so it takes a while to actually earn his trust and for him to stop being so cold to you. clover, of course, has his undying love, trust, and loyalty, whereas sova is just barely starting to gain anything.
six, however, is gonna take a long ass time. i’m not sure if he’ll ever actually trust six.
6. how they deal with grief
numbness. he functions, yes, but it’s like a ghost. he doesn’t sign, doesn’t interact with anyone. he essentially just shuts down and tries to process the fact that it happened. god forbid if clover ever died. i think j might just die along with her, just not in body.
(if you can’t tell, he’s got some dependency issues.)
7. how they like to dress
he likes to cover up as much as he can. they’re trying to be covert, after all, and showing off his plates and scales isn’t exactly subtle. that, and his need for a generally warmer temperature leads him to don a lot of layers, usually an undershirt, a long sleeved thermal, and a hoodie, with jeans and boots.
however, if he was in a warmer climate and didn’t need to hide, he likely wouldn’t wear much. clothing can make his skin and scales itch (especially when he needs to shed, dear god), so if he was somewhere where he didn’t have to worry about that (say, a deserted tropical island or somewhere in the middle of the desert), the most he would wear would be some shorts and a loose tank top, and maybe not even the tank top. he’s not very self conscious, really, and he likes the feeling of the sun on his skin.
8. what they like to eat
j’s eating habits are definitely more than a little strange. technically, he has the same caloric needs as any other super-mutant (a minimum of 3,000 calories per day), but his digestive system makes eating a little more difficult. due to his serpentine dna, he’s really supposed to only eat once every three days, but he’s gotta eat a lot. on par with six. he can eat every day, but it’s a bit better for him if he doesn’t.
that being said, he favors salty/savory snacks. chips, popcorn, beef jerky, stuff like that. he can’t really taste stuff, since he doesn’t have a human tongue, so flavor of stuff doesn’t matter to him.
11. their family life
though not biological in any way, shape, or form, he has one sister, Clover, whose crate at the School was almost always right next to his. they essentially grew up together, and are the oldest mutants that School has ever produced, both being an elderly nineteen.
12. their romantic life
nonexistent lmao he’s got no time and no patience for any of that shit right now
13. their embarrassing memory from years ago
there was one time at the School where he was attempting to get out of his crate but all he managed to do was tip it over onto the door.
it was a few hours before they found him.
14. how they react to burning their tongue on food
lots of hissing and rage. that shit hurts, man, and his mouth is really sensitive. he’d be a lot more pissed off than he usually is after that.
15. how they react to a brainfreeze
similar to burning his tongue, but it’s more of a quiet rage and he’s holding his head. it’s probably a little bit different than normal brain freezes, since he’s actually got something other than blood vessels on the roof of his mouth, but either way, it’s painful and he’s angry.
16. their dreams
his dream is pretty simple, honestly. to just be allowed to live. he wants the pain of being experimented on and the exhaustion of being on the run constantly to end, and to just settle down and exist with clover and maybe sova and possibly six. he just wants to live. after a life of endless abuse, he just wants to live.
17. their ambitions
he’s not really the ambitious type. he doesn’t actually have any ambitions for himself. he’s still more stuck in survival mode rather than hoping to be something someday
18. how they sleep
snuggled up under either 8.7 blankets or right next to his sister. he likes to keep warm, and clover will wrap her wings around him like a blanket. it’s really sweet tbh
19. their reaction to betrayal
anger. rage. murderous intentions. his trust is not easily won and once it’s broken? you’re literally never getting it back ever again. he trusted you once. he will only make that mistake once.
20. their reaction to a mystery love letter
just confusion. and also a lot of suspicion. he knows about three people, none of whom would ever love him (like that, at the very least), and having his existence known to someone long enough for them to develop feelings about him is terrifying - he’s on the run, so someone must be chasing him. and they’re probably not the good guys.
21. how they react to pain
as shown earlier with the brainfreeze and tongue burning, he gets angry. he’s been in pain most of his life and he’s sick and tired of it. anyone who causes him pain is getting some pain caused in the form of either several kicks, punches, or bites - which may or may not be venomous, depending on his mood.
22. what they’re like on two hours of sleep
more quiet than usual, and a little more snappish, but he’s used to being exhausted. even before his life on the run, the scientists at the School would often make him perform rigorous endurance tests, like running on a treadmill for hours, sometimes with weights. he’s used to exhaustion. it’s sunk into almost every bone.
23. how they act when they’re sick
being sick is honestly terrifying to him. sick mutants back in the School were terminated if they didn’t get well fast enough, so every sneeze, sniffle, and cough runs chills down his spine and he tries to hide it as best he can.
24. what motivates them
rage, spite, and a need to survive. do i really need to say more?
25. why you enjoy them
well, for one, it’s always fun to play around with “science” and combine humans with animals and see what kind of positives and negatives you can get. what the “realities” of those sort of combinations may be. his existence is fascinating, as is watching him learn and grow from being solely running with Clover to suddenly having another winged mutant and a fucking eraser in his “family.”
❝ i’m sorry , ❞ comes gwen’s quiet whisper , fingers slippery with blood as the crimson liquid coats the area around his wound . she catches a glimpse of how tight his jaw is as he fights against the pain she is only adding to right now . ❝ i wish i could make this less painful . ❞ fingers gripping the cloth soaked in alcohol , she presses it against the angry cut on bucky’s shoulder . ❝ how did you get in trouble this time ? ❞
