Ryan A. Mercer
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Overview
"Goddammit. Just one fucking thing after another!"
Ever since he was pulled from True into Mirrorland and then subsequently dumped into yet another entirely different dimension, Ryan has changed far more from the simple beat-cop routine and tired-detective persona. He's had to face a lot of strange supernatural that far surpassed that even his home dimensions could offer, and learn quickly how to mature and become the leader he is today.
Some of his wild adventures within Mirrorland have included being tortured, killed, and revived, along with severe illness, the apocalypse, and betrayal. His momentary reprieve from everything when returning to True for a short stay had reminded him of just how much he had missed junk food, busy cities and petty crimes that didn't go through family bloodlines or into deep grudges.
Ryan currently resides with his partner, Zinnia Stronart, in the Shadefall dimension on Suncup layer. They are settled into Trifolium - their old kingdom - and have since resumed running things as they did prior. All through the loss of adopted children, the gaining of new adopted children, and the passing and appearing of new friends, they've been together and will remain together.
Details
Likes
- Coffee
- Cats
- The color green
- Mindless scrolling or reading
Dislikes
- Smoking/Drinking in general
- Being touched by strangers or having his personal space invaded
- Feeling overwhelmed/pushed to overwhelm
- People who harm others because it's fun
Personality
Honest
Ryan has always found it important to uphold honor and the truth. The law exists to protect people and he holds them in his heart as a mantra, a meaning for what he does to strive for safety and protection for all. Even in the face of pain and death he never shakes if it means his weakness could end up harming those he cares for and protects.
Introverted
Despite how often he expresses and showcases how he can be a leader for those who may need or want guidance, Ryan is not that much of a people person! He prefers to be at home and doing whatever he feels like doing be it small chores, general housekeeping, gaming, or any other pasttime. It's easiest to put up the social facade for work but that's about as far as he'll go.
Resilient
As proven by the two or three times he's been tortured (the first was notable, the others were less so and blur together), Ryan would much rather withstand the worst than allow those he's meant to protect to get hurt. The guilt that he would feel far outweighs any sort of personal relief if he were to grant himself a break from such horrid fates. It isn't the healthiest way to be, but he has learned to mature and grow from just self-destructive to true resilience meaning he has the mental fortitude to push through anything tossed at him.
Compassionate
When he cares about things, he cares strongly. Be it a person, an animal, a concept, whatever it is. This can go from silly jokes to his job and the way he expresses his compassion is always dependent on what the object of the passion is. He will defend and protect others who have been shunned or outcasted because he believes it is the right thing to do - until he has been bitten twice. There are levels of lashing out, and he knows when someone only bites the hand that feeds because they don't care.
Blunt
One of the things that has made Ryan the most difficult to get along with by others is the fact that he speaks his mind and leaves little to filter. He swears and states things as they are rather than trying to use polite etiquette and tip-toeing around topics. It's less energy to just be outright and he hates lying, liars, or underhanded tactics to trick people with words. This has also gotten him in trouble with others when he doesn't bite back words he should save, though he has since learned to not be so callous and just state things to poke and prod at others because of a previously prickly personality.
Loyal
Likely covered in prior traits, one of the main things that make up Ryan is his sense of loyalty to those he vows to protect. His loyalty to what's right and the people he follows may not always go hand in hand but he's always looking for a way to compromise. He believes in supporting others, bringing them up, and being a guiding light, shield, or sword should they so desire it. He wants to show that people can be good and honest and that life isn't all about betrayal and being unable to trust those that say they have your back.
Aesthetic
Backstory
Youth
As a child, Ryan was raised under a single mother who was often away at work. With little time to actually be home and participate in her kid's life, he eventually walled himself off from her emotionally and chose to not depend on his own mother for anything. Throughout school, Ryan pushed for good grades and was always thinking about what he wanted to be when he grew up, knowing it had to be something that dealt with people and actually making an impact in their lives.
Without a stable connection to his mother because of the little time they spent together, Ryan chose instead to focus on his academics. Keeping her at arm's length as he figured was appropriate given their strangely barren relationship of knowing and understanding. She had no idea of his often getting into fights because he chose to stand up to bullies for others and would get suspended, or punished with after-school detention. They were all things he kept to himself.
Young Adulthood - Adulthood
After graduation he pursued a job in authority and landed an entry-level cop position. With this job, plenty of hard work, and overtime, Ryan was eventually able to save up enough to get an apartment of his own. He chose to save money on the side still and rescued a cat he found one day on the streets while on his way home from a walk. The cat was then buddied with another rescue and Ryan moved up in the ranks slowly.
When he had enough set aside, instead of buying a new place, Ryan chose to instead buy a place for his mother. Somewhere she could stay if she wanted and he could make sure she was set up for retirement - making it so part of his paycheck would always go to her to keep her comfortable and taken care of. The two never talked, but it was the one thing he wanted to do for her.
Adulthood - Current
Pushing his late 20s, he was finally able to become a detective that was often out in the field solving actual crimes and taking care of the cases as they were handed to him…until he was paired with an insufferable robot named RK1000.
The two (mainly Ryan) chose to not get along and there was constant bickering between the two. What should've only lasted a week or two at most between two new teammates, suddenly began to last for months. Years. Until finally, an argument outside of Ryan's apartment building resulted in striking Rk and the android choosing to leave before things escalated. Ryan thought nothing of it and was shocked to find that Rk had never returned to the station either. Blamed for the disappearance, looked down on by his peers, Ryan began a search party….
Only to be pulled into Mirrorland abruptly in the middle of a search one day. Leaving behind a flashlight where he'd been. The only thing that had been taken with him was a thermos of coffee.
Through the next few years in Mirrorland, Ryan was involved in plenty of bullshit surrounding the PD, strange monsters that were harder to accept because the mirror world of True held less strange beings than its sister world False, depression from losing people he was close to, injuries from cases, and even creating a rivalry.
Eventually, as things settled and became more controlled, he settled and slowly fell in love with a being named Zinnia Stronart who had been part of the PD and then moved to work for the DIO branch of Mirrorland while it was up. The two became partners and went through more traumatizing events that they only became closer for.
Caught up to present time he now resides in yet another new dimension along with his partner Zinnia and the well known PD members he had known back in Mirrorland, and now runs Trifolium with a lot more peace than there used to be. Things are more like home than he thought they could be and he's content.
RK1000
[ Friends(???) ]
Their relationship started out incredibly rocky and at one point it was almost like they would be the death of each other. Through years of working together and growing as individuals, the two have come to a (mostly) steady truce and appear like very long-time friends in the way they argue and rough-house and generally interact. They won't call each other friends because the word isn't quite right and neither is 'family', but they're important to each other.
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