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Uses he/him, tunn/tunnel/tunnelself, and terr/terror/terrorself pronuns. Nicknamed Red. The Reductionist is an alien posing as a scientist, and has the ability to create bottomless holes in any surface; they're effectively portals! The depth of the tunnels and their proximity from himself becomes limited when "spored" - this is the name of the doglike form, which occurs when Red is grievously injured and would otherwise be killed by something. It's a sort of defense mechanism; the body takes on a smaller, simpler form to conserve energy while it heals.
Red can appear cold and uncaring due to terrors quietness and frankly terrible people skills, but tunnels closest companion, Achilles, knows more than anyone that tunn can be quite considerate. Terr and achilles both were so intensely afraid of the future - Achilles of death, Red of ageing and losing himself - that they hatched a plan that involved. stealing an orb that was the physical form of some people's dad and putting it in Achilles' metal chest so they could inherit said dad's time-bending powers. It didn't go very well! The pair received a thorough scolding to say the least, and are now trying to be better people and overcome their fears. They're really quite pathetic, actually.
Likes
- Achilles
- Peace and quiet
- The dark
Design notes
- His hair is tied in a low ponytail at the back
- In his spored form, his nose, eyes, horns and paw pads are all made of glass-like material, like marbles; he cannot see visually, instead using his horns like tuning forks to feel vibrations in order to sense his way around.
- He can't speak in his spored form unless someone calls his phone which he absorbed when being spored, so otherwise he uses Black Mesa Sweetvoice™️
