Sunny

Sunny is a soft-spoken, somewhat skiddish eastern-tropical orca merperson. He enjoys playful banter and snarky, sarcastic comments every once and a while. If you get to know him, he can be a very vulnerable and emotional individual with a lot to share. However, he packs a hefty punch! Steer clear of his razor-sharp canines and you'll avoid a pretty bad chomp out of the arm or leg. Overall, witty and not afraid to bite; he is also a pretty messy eater... However, once on his soft side, he can be both sentimental and adoring.

He tends not to keep any of his relationships a secret from his family or pod. Kel has to, while Sunny blabbers away to his pod and his sister about his love life status. Kel finds it quite endearing to know that Sunny speaks about him so fondly.

Sunny has a lot of animalistic mannerisms. He can purr, breach water, click and squeal, use echolocation, adjust his ears, etc.

He sleeps hemispherically; meaning that while one half of his brain is deep in slumber, the other half monitors his waking status and swims him up for air every 5-7 minutes. Keep in mind, Sunny is still a mammal! He requires oxygen just like any other.

Sunny is a very defensive creature by nature. Often times, he will attack anything that looks somewhat threatening to him. As a defense mechanism, he can bare his teeth, flare his ears and fins, and make low growling noises. If this doesn't work, he goes for the jugular lol. He has very strong instincts, however, and will not attack something that he does not sense is actually dangerous.

Sunny's got a slight sleeper build. Because he must be able to propel himself quickly through the water, catch prey successfully, and fight off other lower-class predators, he has some muscle!

He has a bad chewing tendency similar to that of a teething child. Whatever he can get his teeth on-- he will. This includes rocks, shells, his pod members, bones, fish, and even Kel. Taste and touch are two of his best developed senses; he uses his mouth to explore most of the world around him. Unfortunately, this bad habit had resulted in him chipping a canine. Ever since meeting Kel, he has tried his very best to keep his biting urges at bay. However, he will occasionally nibble on Kel’s fingers and tried biting his legs out of curiosity when they first met. He knows to be careful now, though! He figured out pretty quickly how easy it was to break human skin. He is gentle when he nibbles on Kel’s fingers. :)

Sunny is very handsy by instinct. Kel, luckily, is the same way, so ever since they met they simply cannot get their hands off of each other. Whether it be Kel wanting to touch Sunny's scales/poke at his teeth (they are very sharp) or Sunny tapping at Kel's legs and arms, they are literally on each other 24/7. Eventually, it just leads to them developing feelings; it isn't uncommon to find them with laced fingers or tangled limbs by the shore after they'd began to express their romantic intentions.

Sunny's primary love language is gift-giving and words of praise/affirmation. He tends to compliment, flatter, and bombard Kel with pretty gifts from the sea all the time. Sometimes, he even brings Kel dead fish or mammals to express his affection; though Kel never eats the gifts (seeing as it's kinda gross to see a half-shredded baby dolphin on his dock) he appreciates the thought Sunny puts into it. Sunny is also the physically bolder one in the relationship. Because Sunny's skin is quite slippery, Kel has trouble initiating kisses; Luckily, Sunny has no problem with being the one to kick things off.