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Zephyr (WIP)
"cant rn, flo's* holding me down."
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Chill, cool and attractive - Zephyr doesn't need to make a conscious effort to grab attention, but most times you'll find him enjoying alone time, smoking and taking his mind off responsibilities.
Growing up under a conservative religious - and ultimately shattered - household, Zephyr is now an uninterested young adult with cynical views towards institutions and a detached attitude towards life and love - just living the moment, really (not really).
*His cat.
Details
Likes
- Cats
- Slacking off / alone time
- Hooking up
- Graffiti
Dislikes
- People getting up in his business
- Waking up early
- Religion-based bigotry
- Clowns (coulrophobia)
Personality
✦ Cool
With a relaxed, even-tempered attitude, Zephyr comes off as stoic at times; even when humoring others, he'll keep the straight tone and piercing stare. He's not inexpressive, though; his charming smile is sure to catch you off guard.
✦ Reserved
Although he deals fine with socializing and doesn't mind crowds, Zephyr doesn't open up easily and keeps most of his interpersonal connections superficial. He sticks to his own business and prefers people who do the same.
✦ Detached
Zephyr likes to keep things casual - in relationships and everything else. He despises false promises and disloyalty, so he believes to be better off avoiding expectations and not building any trust in the first place.
✦ Flirtatious
Zephyr doesn't usually put much effort in starting interactions or having people's attention - unless he wants to get some, which could be whenever the opportunity comes up, and he's pretty good at it. To put it simply: he's a f*ckboy.
✦ Protective
Despite his uncommited attitude, Zephyr has a latent leaning to protect what he finds esteemed and fragile. Those usually are small creatures, like the cats he handles everyday, stray animals, and his childhood friend.
✦ Emotionally constipated
Under all that coolnes marinates a hot, stupid mess of repressed feelings and insecurities he doesn't want to deal with. Zephyr usually has no trouble ignoring them on the daily, but will shut off if his buttons are pushed.
Aesthetic
Background (WIP)
General summary
Zephyr (along with his love interest, Hyatt) exists in multiple settings/timelines - the two main ones being my own OC universe (which I'll refer to as main lore), and the Oblivious Dream. Both these characters were originally created for the campaign, but eventually evolved to independent OCs.
Details such as ages, relationships and appearances vary with each setting; so far Hyatt and Zephyr's main lore covers their early childhood to mid 20's. The point in the timeline that I illustrate in art most often is after Zephyr and Hyatt's reunion at college age, about a year before they start a relationship.
MAIN LORE TIMELINE (WIP)
Childhood & early teens
Zephyr was the only child of a religious conservative couple; his parents took him to attend mass at the local cathedral every week since he was six. Adventurous and mischievous, he'd quickly grow bored of the cult activities - so his parents encouraged him to spend time with a playmate: the priest's child.
Birdie, as he nicknamed them, was extremely impressionable and clingy - and so happily followed any stunts he pulled. Zephyr proudly took on a guardian and guide role to the younger kid, leading them further astray from the church every day they spent playing together - which often resulted in the oversheltered child returning with their neat white dress dirtied, or worse - a scrapped knee or arm.
The priest repudiated Zephyr's influence on his child and personally reprimanded his parents; seeing how the bitter old man had authority over his family, specially over his mom - a faithful devotee - led Zephyr to grow more apathetic towards the cult as he grew older - his playmate being the only good reason why he'd still attend.
His defiance peaked when he turned 13 and his family teared apart when mom found dad had been cheating on her. As she turned to the priest for consolation and clinged to faith as her lifeline, Zephyr felt as if he lost his familiar bonds to deceptive paradigms preached by a devious, manipulative institution - and completely lost any credence he still had left in it.
As they became a family of two, Zephyr stopped attending the cult completely - mostly for himself, but also believing everyone involved would be better off if birdie's sour old man stopped giving others sh*t for him being "a bad influence". Feeling as if his loved ones were shut away in a world he wasn't welcome in, he started to distance himself from it as much as he could - and unleashing at everything his folks would preach to be wrong and unrighteous; from skipping school, drinking and smoking, and hooking up, to getting into meaningless fights and acts of vandalism.
Late teens & present time
As the years went by, his unruly ways slowly changed into a quiet apathy; not feeling as if he has to prove anything, but not willing to dig up his remorses either. He reached a truce with his mom, whom he still cares for, but struggles to connect with - often having arguments over the clashing views and opinions.
He moved out to his own flat as soon as he had the opportunity, where he could finally indulge in the privacy and in carrying out his nocturnal habits (much to his neighbors' misfortune). He has a stable job at a cat cafe and volunteers at an animal shelter - a couple of the rare exceptions to his struggle to commit to duties, motivated by his love for cats.
It is in that same cat cafe that Zephyr reunites with Hyatt by chance, roughly six years after parting ways. Zephyr immediately adapts to his old friend's new name and looks, glad to see a birdie who's more genuine and comfortable in his own shoes - and just as fed up at the church as Zephyr is. He and Hyatt agree to rekindle their friendship and quickly grow close again - though it's pretty clear that there's more than friendship igniting in Hyatt's eyes.
OBLIVIOUS DREAM TIMELINE (WIP)
Zephyr was originally created as a NPC for Hyatt's (my player character) pre-stablished relationships in the Oblivious Dream TTRPG campaign.
In the campaign, he's a fellow student of Kalafina Academy and a regular human - unaware that the city of New Horizon is populated by magic users and supernatural beings, although having unknowingly been in the proximity or direct contact with magic very often, as a main character's love interest should.
He signed up for the Academy's gardening club for the sole purposes of (not so) secretly smoking weed and slacking off at the greenhouse, where he can usually be found during intervals - or chilling at the terrace with his friends. You might also find Hyatt - whom he reunited with at school, sitting right next to him with the same sparkly, enchanted stare as he had on Zephyr over a decade ago.
RELATIONSHIPS
Hyatt
[ childhood friend/love interest ] Birdie
The childhood friend whom he met at age 6 and whom he played with every week for several years until they parted ways. Zephyr used to think of Hyatt as fond old memories, but was happy to reunite with him and find they share the same view on the church - despite being pretty much opposites in everything else. As much as he tends to keep a safe distance, he found himself growing closer to Hyatt naturally, drawn by his genuinity - just as they did when they were kids. Hyatt's obvious crush on him wasn't a bother - not until Zephyr started catching feelings as well. Uh oh...
(Zephyr is two years older than Hyatt in every setting!)
Tracy
[ Mom ]
Tired single mother doing her best to keep it together. They care for each other, but struggle to communicate genuinely in a way that doesn't end up in an argument due to Zephyr's cynicism. Their relationship eases up once Zephyr moves out.(picrew)
Florence
[ Pet cat ]
Zephyr rescued her off the street over a year ago. Smart, observant and petulant. His fave move is to shove his face onto her fluffy belly after a tiring day. When he speaks of her to friends it's like he's talking about a person. (picrew)
OBLIVIOUS DREAM
Marcel
[ Friend ]
One of the friends he hangs with the most. Marcel and Zephyr are much alike in the way they prefer quietude and minding their business; just chilling in silence is fine to them. That wasn't always true - as they did hook up once and became extremely awkward; Zephyr took it as a simple one night stand and shut him down, leaving Marcel pretty hurt at the time. A couple years later, that became nothing more than an embarassing story.
Louise
[ Acquaintance ]
Marcel's younger sister who's also enrolled in Kalafina Academy. He aknowledges her as strong and reliable, as she somehow became one of Hyatt's closest friends. She absolutely kicked his ass when he broke Marcel's heart, so he knows well she's not to be messed with. They're cool nowadays though.
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