A young man struggling to forge his place in the world. He's scared of taking that first step towards freedom, but he'll get there.

"Maybe it's like falling apart, being laid bare before the world, Illuminated inside and out and finally known, the way we were always meant to be known" – Catadromously

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age

26

prns

he / him

job 1

entertainer

job 2

courtesan

PERSONALITY

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Temperament wise 4∅4 tends to have a more snarky personality. It is rare to catch him without a quip or comeback to what is said. Aside from his occasionally snappy moments he does enjoy being around others and is an avid extrovert that mostly thrives when in company. He tends to be very physically affectionate and rather playful; coming off as almost flirtatious despite the emotional distance that he puts between himself and most others. For others it can be hard to tell whether his is being genuine or not.

He rarely lets himself be caught with his walls down, always heavily refraining from showing a more sensitive side. Before the death of his mother-figure he had been much more outgoing and naive. When he was young he lacked much of his current snarky and guarded personality. Truly opening up is a constant battle for the protogen, as he hates the vulnerability it brings.

OPENNESS

MORALITY

EXTROVERT

AGREEABLE

NEUROTIC

OVERVIEW

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As an ectodermic luxury model extensively developed in a lab, 4∅4 was created to have the outward aesthetics of a leporid despite being made up of an otherwise diverse array of creatures.

He was predominantly raised by 4∅1. (Deirdre), whom he views as his mother, and the pair remained incredibly close up until her death. 4∅∅ (Atlas) rarely did any actual rearing, as instead they and 4∅2 often took up the task of training, instilling etiquette, and forming habits in 4∅4 from a young age. 4∅4 is wary of Atlas— who is his working boss, and genuinely despises 4∅2 as they share an antagonistic relationship.

He currently works full time at a prestigious NightClub and Bar as an entertainer. He's rather popular with the patrons, and there's not many people who do not at least know his face— as he tends to keep a cordial relationship with customers. Is rather renowned throughout the city for his work. He used to love his job full-heartedly however after the tragic death of his mother, Deirdre, he found himself falling out of love with the life set out for him. He is wholly disenchanted with Atlas, divorced from the idea that the large beast could be even a remotely redeemable person. 4∅4 knows very well the one who pulled the strings in his mother's death and it eats him up inside. His future plans involve him finding a different place to work (likely as an interpreter or translator, a far cry from what he does now)— as well as moving in with his partner and future husband, Markov.

DESIGN

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• Blush and the little "eyebrow" dot is optional!
• Based off of a rabbit! Think breeds like Rexes and Champagne D'Argents. His ears are ALWAYS upright (but laid back) unless drawn as a baby/child where he has lopped ears.
• He is not considered a "Canon Protogen" due to the lack of a crotch plate! Please avoid drawing him with a crotch plate.
• Tufted/fur at crotch for modesty.
• Feel free to experiment with his eye designs! His gallery has a vast variety of eye designs that can be referenced.
• Has a more "standard" anthro build as opposed to normal protogen anatomy that is chubbier and more raptor like.
• He has a more skinny or dainty body type specifically. Think of an average dancer's body type as he is very slender and lithe. Please do not draw him heavy-set or chubby.

• Height

  5 ft.

  Weight

  92 lbs.

  Species

  Protogen (Leporid-hybrid)

RELATIONSHIPS

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Markov 《Husband》

Markov and 4∅4 were an unlikely pair. They met while 4∅4 was working at Atlas' bar and club, and Markov kept coming back. Despite the unlikely pairing, they grew closer and supported each other. Markov helped give 4∅4 the push he needed to finally separate from under Atlas' influence.

Deirdre 《Adoptive Mother》

Deirdre, otherwise known as 4∅1, was 4∅4's main caregiver during his youth. The pair was incredibly close up until 4∅1's murder. He remains one of the few people to continue honoring Deirdre's life.

Charles 《Adoptive Son》

Charles is 4∅4 and Markov's unofficial adopted son. He sort of just ended up falling into the pair's life and stuck around from there. 4∅4 does not quite fill a fatherly role, but more of an older friend. The pair get into stupid situations together.

Snarky bastard drowning in his swimming pool of trauma

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• Roughly 5ft tall not counting his ears. He's rather tiny and most people tend to loom over him. With his ears included he only gets a few more inches to his height, but not much— especially since he tends to have his ears rest back instead of straight up.
• 4∅4 has a very proper speaking voice- when he is in front of a customer, Atlas, or 4∅2. Most of the time he does his best to keep up his appearance and uphold the reputation for refinement he's attracted— mostly because he'd have hell to pay with Atlas if he didn't. However, when among close company like his partner and kind-of-but-not-really son, or far from his home, he'll relax some. Tends to say and as an' and drop the gs off of words with ing.
• Is technically a polyglot. He's fluent in most of the languages found on his side of the city, and has picked up learning a few after meeting the occasional passing tourist or dignitary. It's something that he's rather passionate about. Deirdre would often encourage him in his youth which helped fuel the flame. The leporid has a solid chance at finding a job in translation or as an interpreter once he finally manages to breakaway from Atlas.
• Has a somewhat noticable posh accent when speaking languages other than his native tongue, it gets thick once stress sets in.
• Has the mouth of a damned sailor when provoked, and given his extensive vocabulary things can get quite colorful. And vulgar.
• He's big on traveling despite the fact he's only left his side of the city maybe three or four times max, let alone visit another city, in his 26 years of existence. Hawks the living hell out of Markov for stories of his home city.
• 4∅4 cannot stand the cold, and for good reason. As an ectoderm (or at least a quasi-ectoderm) he struggles with maintaining his internal body temperature once the weather goes bad. When it's cold he has to bundle up or else risk falling into a mild torpid state, or in a worse case scenario slip into a state of hibernation.
• Otherwise he has a love-hate relationship with snow. It's fun but gets his fur wet. It gives him a day off but displeases Atlas. It reminds him of Deirdre's fur, and it reminds him of her fur when she was found. He prefers to avoid it and simply not face the conflicting emotions.
• While he can, should, and does make sure to supplement meat into his diet 4∅4 tends to be more than happy with a plate of fruits and vegetables (loves berries the most! You'll have his entire heart if you get him something with berries for dessert.) He tends to be careful with what meats he does consume as he can struggle with digestion— and he is no fan of the nausea that entails. He likes fish and well marbled cuts the best, adores dishes that include bone marrow.
• Likes drinking, especially social drinking. Tends to go for traditionally "girly" beverages. He doesn't really care though, as long as it tastes fine.
• Quite some care (and money) was put into 4∅4's creation. Unlike those prior in the 4∅ line, 4∅4 has self-repairing nanite. Scratches, scuffs, and minor cracks are dealt with in no time on his visor, display, and non organic bits. Could theoretically help repair another of his kind by slapping some of his liquefied nanite on a crack or scratch— but that would require breaking open his own head or display and some creative thinking, neither of which he'd want or be able to do depending on the situation.
• For the most part he functions the same way as any other not lab grown, un-augmented person. Requires sleep, needs to eat, bleeds if harmed, feels pain, etc etc. While he doesn't really let on if he has any particular feelings on the subject of his personhood, 4∅4 does actually get caught up thinking about it every now and again. Especially when facing the occasional remark by the traditionalist, anti-augmentation crowd. He tries to make sure things don't phase him outwardly— even if the question of whether he's his own being or an advanced AI scares him. Nonetheless, he doesn't entirely mind his status or wish to be fully organic. He's himself, and he won't let anyone tell him otherwise.
• 4∅4 can come off as woefully vulnerable— and for the most part it's true. He's tiny, terribly soft, and would probably fall apart the moment he had to try and genuinely fight someone. However once push comes to shove he's not above making a valiant effort; usually in the form of biting the ever loving hell out of someone. The little beast is more than capable of taking a solid chunk out of someone should he be put up to it. Of course it is not as though he has made use of this fact. There's only one time in his memory where's he has taken a bite out of someone: a customer who had gotten far too comfortable with him (a teen at the time, working as something akin to wait staff). Much to his own relief Atlas hadn't punished him for the incident. Instead they had unexpectedly praised him for it, going as far as to settle the matter themself instead of making him deal with it. 4∅4 didn't see the customer again, and perhaps it's the single time where he is not perturbed by Atlas's way of handling things.
• 4∅4 loves sunbathing and finding a nice sunny spot to sleep in, and doing so tends to soothe him when feeling somewhat stressed or ill.
• Chronic neat freak. He has to know where everything in his space is at or it'll drive him up the wall. Loves to organize stuff, and will compulsively clean if he becomes stressed. This includes other people's spaces if they leave him alone there. Markov is more than happy to set his partner loose on the apartment— it's a win-win: the place gets cleaned and 4∅4 finds something to focus on for the next half hour or so.
• Tends to self-soothe by tapping at his visor (or other solid surface), something which 4∅1 would do to him whenever he started crying as a young kid. He tends not to notice that he's doing it, but can become rather self conscious about it should it be brought up. Either way it's a much better alternative to his tendency of pulling out his own fur when overly stressed.
• Would probably melt into a tiny little happy puddle on the ground if someone sat down and brushed through his fur.
• Claws are very polished and well kept! He tends to buff and polish them fairly often.
• Was originally something of an isekai protagonist in his original RP storyline. He went from his own home dimension (which is where this current story iteration takes place, just now far more fleshed out) to an even more grimdark + grittier sci-fi + dystopian/post-war/post-apocalyptic setting. While the rp plotline has been completely dropped, non-canon 4∅4 stuff can keep a similar sort of theme of getting dropped somewhere else. While his canon lore is already rather dark, he's unlucky and probably ends up dropped in worlds significantly more explicit about how shitty things are.
• Another meta thing: His name is absolutely a bad request/page not found joke that stuck around (admittedly because at first I didn't know what to name him). I just had to, especially with how protogens tend to be named similar things. Of course it is explained away in his lore, that while yes he is called 4∅4, the "4∅" denotes his production line. He is the fourth to be created of the fourth production line. (Technically you can argue the fifth counting Atlas— but -ØØs are considered prototypes). Yes, this also implies the existence of ∅∅-, 1∅-, 2∅-, and 3∅- lines! These groups are settled in different cities but function similarly to how his group does. Only one protogen remains from the ∅∅- line: Its prototype. ∅∅∅ (Prometheus) is absolutely someone in the high echelons and holds sway over several cities— with the most of their influence reaching cities that have an ø line. 4∅4 only knows that other related lines exist, but he probably never meets any others or learns of the existence of Prometheus & how they are someone that even 4∅∅ (Atlas) bows subserviently to.
• In a bit of a call back to his original lore, 4∅4 doesn't like rain. He considers it to be rather miserable weather, especially since it gets his fur wet and he absolutely hates having his fur wet outside of showers.
• Another call back to prior lore: One item 4∅4 nearly always has on him is a neatly folded picture of all of the 4∅s, from Atlas to him, taken when he was 19 or 20. On the back is a written note and a doodle by Deirdre. In the picture itself, a bit of the color around Deirdre has faded from repeatedly being rubbed. This memento, along with two marbles, are kept in the chest compartment closest to his heart.
• Once he married Markov a second picture is added of the both of them and Charles. <3