►►► Deskri ◄◄◄
✂✂✂✂Name
Deskri Meiann (Des)
✂✂✂✂Gender
Male
✂✂✂✂Pronouns
He/Him/His
✂✂✂✂Birthday
9/3/15
✂✂✂✂Zodiac
The Chalice
✂✂✂✂Status
Graduated Grendel
✂✂✂✂Occupation
Teaches Art at Grendel and Asphodel Gardens Academy
✂✂✂✂Race
Litch/Demon Hybrid
✂✂✂✂Age
24
✂✂✂✂Height
5'1"
✂✂✂✂Color
#440044
✂✂✂✂Orientation
Gay
✂✂✂✂Relationship Style
Monogamous
✂✂✂✂Partner
N/A
✂✂✂✂✂✂✂✂BackstoryDeskri belonged to a once happy triad of parents. When he was 3, shortly after his brother Tengu was born, his mother fell sick and eventually died. After her death, his fathers went mad and began locking Tengu away because he looked exactly like their mother. Deskri, being a small child, did not understand why and continually tried to release Tengu, or would ask why he was in there, as well as where mother had gone to.
Eventually this lead to him being locked away in the room as well, with no light and only Tengu for comfort. 5 years passed before they were finally rescued, and during that time the two became so traumatized they had to be physically pried apart when the rescuers came in. Deskri had gone near feral, and had to be restrained for quite some time before he could be trusted not to bite or scratch anyone who came near him.
The two of them had severe learning disabilities, and Deskri had lost most of the empathy he'd learned from his parents before being locked away. While he's adapted now, he still has severe problems with expressing himself. During schooling, he turned to art to help with the problem.
Among those problems, Des has several mental disabilities including severe depression, anxiety, and a headmate that oscillates between sounding like either of his two fathers. He also suffers a genetic disorder of the nervous system, which translates pain as pleasure. Over the years he's developed an addiction to self-harm as a coping mechanism when he becomes overwhelmed with the world.
Art has helped, though. After graduating, he was at a loss of what to do, but knew he didn't want to leave his brother who was still in school. He applied for the teaching job primarily to stay near Tengu, but he does enjoy sharing techniques with other artists... He's just not the most friendly teacher around.
He also teaches at Asphodel Gardens out of a sense of gratitude, though children are fairly intimidating to him. He constantly worries he'll damage one of them or something...
✂✂✂✂Likes
Tengu, darkness, painting, sketching, the color purple, and brownies.
✂✂✂✂Dislikes
Sudden bright lights, loud + angry voices, seeing Tengu upset, having to "use his words," and being unable to get out of social situations.
✂✂✂✂Strengthsl
๑๑Loyal
Primarily to Tengu, but if anyone else ever manages to befriend him, Deskri is loyal to a deficit. He will willingly put himself in harm's way if he thinks it'll help someone he's attached to. There is nothing that's too much to ask.
๑๑Creative
Des uses his creativity to express himself, so it's something he puts a lot of energy into.
๑๑Persistent
Even if it's for a negative reason, Des is usually pretty good about accomplishing whatever it is he's set his mind on.
✂✂✂✂Weaknesses
๑๑Insecure
Des has near crippling insecurity about how he functions in the world. He constantly wonders if anyone thinks he doesn't belong, or notices that it takes him a little extra time or read/write/do math. He doesn't ever talk about these insecurities, though.
๑๑Hostile
He has a lot of pent up anger. A lot of the time he comes across as aggressive, if not actively hostile. In the moment he probably means it, but later he tends to be very remorseful.
๑๑Self-Depreciating
Aside from his own natural insecurities, Deskri just piles onto it with his own self-depreciating thought cycles. This is a main effect of his mental health problems, and a result of the abuse he and Tengu suffered.
