syriense

"i don't need anything."
construct: corpse-eating mushrooms

name 𝄞⨾˚｡♫⋆♪₊♬ ﾟ.
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(a man, sienna, just life, kitchen fork, yellow)

aliases and titles:
glassbird, syri

sien

birthday:
august 24 (virgo)

personality:

• basically the dad of the group
• chronically tired and also an insomniac
• he ends up doing most of the reports after missions
• tired of everyones bs but puts up with it because he loves them very much
• would just sleep forever if he could

likes (?):

• his sister
• sleeping uninterrupted
• singing
• math
• gardening
• sleeping
• silly mobile games like the ones you see in ads he's a candy crush mom
• reading stuff online
• sleeping
• crosswords and sudokus and stuff
• sleeping
• walking outside
• handicrafts (picked up skill)

dislikes

• being awake, probably

status: alive

relations:
mother †
father †
albrose (sister)

goal

life

tab: background
- since an incident in his early childhood that left him and his sister orphaned, he has been watching out for the both of them as they move from area to area and foster home to foster home.
- didn't like/trust most of foster family because they'd drop him and albrose back into the system if they became "too difficult to handle"
    - still keeps in touch kind of with One of their foster parents but doesn't trust them, still

- eventually, they ran away from the foster system and started just living on the streets or ramshackle buildings etc.
- he has worked many part-time jobs in the past to keep them afloat. 
	- back then, when he wasn't busy, he taught albrose everything he knew and looked for classes she could take while also getting an education
	- they lived on roofs and in alleys, moving from community to community

Evil and Ominous Incident
- he grew up rich (class), well-fed, and happy bc his parents were extremely influential figures in the hypodermis
- one night when he was ten, his life was thrown off-course by a planned hit on his parents. 
	- it was that night that he discovered his ability - to steal other abilities from the dead. 
		- his parents' abilities crystallized in the form of mushrooms that absorbed into his skin when touched
		- unfortunately, this has caused him to believe that his ability is a life-stealing one
        - parents had operatives watching over syriense and albrose in foster system, but lost them when they ran away. oops! says them

one rainy day, he and albrose unknowingly (on his part) took shelter in a J branch building. albrose sensed that a catastrophe was about to happen, and got everyone to safety before any serious injuries or fatalities could have occurred. the branch hired them on the spot, and because of the comfortable salary, syriense reluctantly agreed to be in [[eris]].
tab: strengths
- very disciplined
- powerful 
	- invisibility and healing powered by crystallized bodily fluids 
		- healing is extremely powerful when enough blood/other fluid is used
	- ability steal when close to death
- keeps everyone in check
- street-smart, thrifty
- turns in work on time
tab: flaws
- so tired he would literally drop dead if he didn't have passive healing
- grumpy
- sarcastic
- hard on others due to tough upbringing
	- feels real bad about it after like REALLLY bad - he thinks he's no better (self-loathing)
- has given up ([[ambition]])
- doesn't take care of himself. at all.
tab: character overview
✦ feels EXTREMELY guilty about being happy like am i *unlovable* ??? will torment himself in a "repentful" sort of manner
	-  self-torment -> has already given up on interests, does literally bare minimum in terms of self-care, will NOT rest, not that his insomnia and hallucinations would let him anyways, has self-harmed (still scratches)
    - also uses his guilt/self-torment and subsequent pity as a shield to prevent himself from doing any meaningful work in his relationships and self-growth/care 
        it hasn't clocked to THIS guy that relationships and things in life are often worth the time you put into them!! lmfao!

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✦wants to give up and just waste away lowk, holding on for albrose (and eventually, ERiS!!) - unclear if it is love or a feeling of responsibility
    - so tired, all the time. has no motivation to do anything and just going through the motions 
    - but also, not very interested in bettering himself
        --> justification through guilt, but also if he gives up, much easier than actually doing things

✦ always expects the worst because of very transient relationships - if he keeps distance from people, they will not be hurt (via his powers + lack of work he puts into his relationships) and he will also not be hurt when relationship breaks apart - has been disappointed a lot by people in past as well
- self-torment also manifests in not allowing himself to get closer to people
thoughts on others

**guilt, depression/burnout, hurting those around you and yourself, expecting the worst, self-pity**
tab: extras
<u>flowers</u>: 
**hebeloma syrjense** (poison, corpse-finding, resilience, solitude), **blackthorn** (magic, protection, hope), **begonia** (cautiousness), **primrose** (new life), **dandelion** (hope, healing, resilience) 
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<u>tarot</u>: 
**tower reversed**
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<u>fun facts:</u>
- always has a piece of candy in his pockets
    - HUUUUUGE sweet tooth but doesn't indulge often
- crap ton of random other stuff in pockets too - pocket hoarder
- does not go into minecraft caves
- sings in shower. loud
- takes weekly walks with albrose to park to pick flowers
- really into crosswords and sudoku
- likes reading webnovels 
- learning medicinal extracts from sfina
- had a plant parent phase and that's when he chose out their new names
- low spice tolerance
- takes his coffee with ten billion sugar and cream
- favourite scent is fresh laundry or bread
- hasn't drunk to drunkenness yet, not interested in trying
    - would probably just get a big headache and fall asleep, high tolerance
- religious - believes in main religion in like a passive way
    - doesn't often practice ceremonial type stuff though
    - also doesn't bring it up often but will pray
- sleep schedule...? those exist, ?
- tendency to **scratch his arms excessively**
tab: vessel
Body Vessel
passive effect: his bodily fluids will crystallize with exposure to air, particularly blood

1. can heal wounds with his bodily fluids (any work, but range of effectiveness varies greatly. very minor scrapes can be healed with spit or sweat alone, bruises require much more spit/sweat/other fluid, large injuries are only effectively healed with blood)
- he has passive healing effect as well, injuries are healed much faster than normal people, lifespan is also extended
- crystallized fluid will not work, has to be fresh
- people he heals have their insides patched/supported by **solid fascia**, until their original body is able to regenerate, at which point the parasite will slip away

2. can become kind of invisible (like translucent) when his blood is shed and it crystallizes
- happens for a certain radius around his crystallized blood - proportional radius to pool of blood
- also becomes Unremarkable (hard for people to focus on him/care about his prescence unless they're locked in on him completely)
- keeps a jar of his crystallized blood around on his person for this use, disappears at will
- fresh bodily fluids apply to this as well but to a much lesser degree (so much so that the effect is practically nonexistent)

3. (real) can steal the powers of other vessels when they die
- the abilities will manifest as crystallized mushrooms that he can touch and absorb
- every vessel absorbed adds a crystal to his arm
- "stolen" abilities (first and second) are weaker

constructs:

• bedsheets
  • on good days, i cry. and on worse days, i just lie there and think about all the ways my life would be better if i died.
• syriense's song
• sidewalk
• downspout
  • hm.. it's rainy today. let's make this trip quick.
• shingle
  • the night air's nice, right? you can see a lot from here.
• weed
• sien's lullaby