Charlie

Species: Manticore

Gender: nah

Pronouns: xe/they

Physical Description 

• Tall! Buff! Soft!
• Has the eyelashes of a god!
• A unicorn horn! Delightful feathered wings!
  • Xir feathers are iridescent and glittery
• I mean yeah there's venom in xir tail, it's fine
  • It mostly just knocks you out; you'd have to get a real stiff dose to be in real danger of death by poisoning
  • Xe can control the dosage if/when xe decides to stick someone, so it's not like you could bump into xem and instantly drop dead
• Xe smells faintly of sugar cookies

Personality 

• Does xir best to be positive and uplifting for all of xir friends
  • Xe knows some of xir friends really need someone stable and cheerful in their lives, and xe's happy to be that source of good vibes
• Extrovert, very sociable - feels a little like xe's dying if xe's cooped up by xemself for too long
• Has the skills to be a leader, but would rather sit back and let xir friends take charge of things
  • It makes xem very good at coming up with ideas when the group doesn't know what to do, but xe generally prefers to let someone else take the reins

Likes 

• Giving and receiving big hugs; cuddles
• Staying up late chatting and binging TV dramas
• Spending as much time as xe can out of the house and with xir friends
• Wearing really wild clothes, the kind xe feels someone confident and interesting would wear

Dislikes 

• Video chat - xe feels like xe's stuck in one spot (unlike with a phone call, where xe can still be walking around doing other things) talking to a face on a screen and it's really stilted and unnatural... not to mention the constant connectivity issues that can make a regular conversation feel grueling and long
• Feeling unproductive in general; always has to be keeping busy
• Feeling like xe's in a rut, like xir life's gotten stagnant or stale - xe's gotta mix it up and pick up some new weird stuff from a thrift store or rearrange xir living room or SOMETHING, ANYTHING

Personal Info 

• Longtime friend of Alistair, in an "opposites attract" kind of way
  • They met in college and bonded over a stupid group project
  • Alistair's savage deadpan remarks always caught Charlie off guard and made xem laugh
• Also longtime friend of Percy, who helped get xem through college thanks to Art Queer Solidarity
  • Catch Charlie and Percy working on projects in the wee hours of the night, getting loopier by the minute and definitely frying some brain cells
  • They now both have a huge friend group because they merged their two circles together whoooops
• Works out with Goliath, who's even taller and buffer than xe is... although Goliath would beg to differ, he thinks Charlie is buffer than him
  • When the two of them get together it's quite the gun show
  • They tend to scare off everyone else in the gym because no one wants to be seen next to these giant ripped mythical beasts
• It takes xem a ton of time every day to get xir mane in that perfect pompadour shape, but xe doesn't mind - it's a self-care ritual for xem, and it helps xem chill out and take some time to think
• Many of xir interests could be considered "childish" - xe used to be embarrassed by this and would hide xir interests, but now xe's a lot more comfortable in xir own skin and content to just enjoy what xe enjoys
• Xir two modes (of dress and vibe) could be summed up as "pastel kidcore" and "cutesy edgelord rawr xd"
• Chill life sims are xir favorite kind of game, especially if farming is involved, so expect to hear a lot about Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, and Animal Crossing