( emilio sakraya, gay, cis male, tbd) «—◦—→ well met, ALEXI TAHIS MORGENSTERN ! the divine born child of IRIS. your name sings in our ears! it’s been 29 years and now they have answered the song in their veins. before they answered the song, they were UNEMPLOYED and were living in HARLAN, KENTUCKY. history and myth will remember them for their RESOURCEFUL, ADAPTABLE, DEXTEROUS but will also magnify their VINDICTIVE, IRRITABLE, & DISTRUSTFUL if it causes them to falter. now it is time for the world to sing their name with them.
A smack, mountains of empty beer bottles, and smoke that did not seem to ever dissipate. That's all you can remember from your childhood. From the moment you could produce a thought you've been working, involved in every brainless scheme your parents cooked up. It's how you guys got by, pretending, lying, stealing, doing everything in your power to stay afloat except the moral thing. You had never questioned your status quo, you just knew that you would never stay in one place long enough to make any friends, put down roots, and every memory you did have was either in the back of car, or something you'd rather just forget.
When you were little it was easy to fool people, to trick them into lowering their guard so your parents could swoop in and reap the benefits. You'd think that would mean a nice meal, and a warm bed, but their vices were far stronger than any urge to be a decent parent. When you asked questions or spoke out of turn all you remember were hands flying, and a sudden sharp pain somewhere on your body. It was never the same spot, was it? You quickly learned to not question the motives, to simply bury the feelings with whatever thing was near.
You broke into places, got into fights, learned every trick of the trade, and sometimes it worked. Your parents plans would end up being fruitful, but those were rare times as most times you'd always have to be their scapegoat, the one to take the fall for their actions, and as you grew older it became increasingly difficult to be let off the hook just cause you were a kid. Then one time you were too old for that treatment, and you were sent to Juvi, and your parents never came, they never once showed up or even tried to get you out. The day came when you were released back into the world and you thought they might try something different, get jobs, live a normal life.
You were sorely mistaken as they went back to the same old thing, and they didn't care or even ask if you were okay, let alone hungry. They just did as they always did, they used you for their gain and when something went awry, you were there to be the throwaway piece. So you learned to not trust, to never let anybody get to close, and you got angrier, angry at the world, at your parents, at the very fact that your existence was tied to...this.
So you plotted your revenge, a scheme that went south for them, and you handed over your parents to the authorities, so you could be free of them. They spat and cursed at your name once they had realized, and suddenly you were all alone again. Animals had been a form of comfort and succor for you, they were never ill intentioned they just were, and you loved to take care of these creatures in the world.
Due to your past actions life didn't get any better even with your parents behind bars. You'd grown a reputation, and with no education or any kind of support you were left on the street. Hunger forced you back into the lifestyle you swore to not return to, but desperate times as they say. Tahis why didn't you fight back when the fists came hurling towards you, you were just a hungry kid, but you took every beating that came your way as if you thought you deserved it.
Life seemed bleak, and it was for you. Until the day you were approached in an alley, brought in to take part in some experiment, and you agreed. The promise of food and a warm bed were enough to convince you, but the first problem was that you had to die, but you didn't care. No one would ever miss Alexi Morgernstern. Congratulations you survived, and now you became something more than human Tahis, with a power set "fitting" that fiery attitude. Who knew Harlan would have more than one demigod













