[fancypost borderwidth=0px; width: 450px; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;]Ask Caffeinerush who his best friend is and he'll probably answer with Calliope's name in a heartbeat, murmuring it without much thought and relying simply on what comes first — which is her, as always. Is it strange to call her his best friend, he wonders? It's something he thinks about a lot. She's only three quarters of the way towards her first year, whereas he's nearly three quarters of the way to his third, and they're so different; and yet it works. Somehow, he finds himself falling into step with her, bouncing off of her unconsciously, picking up her sentences and finishing her thoughts and letting her do the same for him. Music is a good analogy for the two of them, a two-part piece that doesn't sound right on its own. Good, but wrong, empty, hollow, somehow pleasing to the ear, but not pleasing enough, and it's only when they work together that warmth floods the veins of the listener. Alone, Caffeinerush is discordant. He needs someone else to regulate the beat.
He's the piano before it's been tuned, the uneven twangs of a broken guitar, the kind that a young musician grumbles over, hunched and using deft fingers to try and fix the problem — but there's never a solution. It's just a make do and make music sort of thing, a deal with what you have scenario, and if it's played soft enough with something else beside it, it works, strangely. Caffeinerush wouldn't object to being called the rough drumming of rain on a rooftop on a Tuesday night in autumn, one of those lazy pat pat pats that works its way into the soul and lingers there like an icy parasite, thawing slowly but creating more chills as it melts. It's true, really. True and oddly poetic, lingering just behind his tongue and near his throat, that thrumming pulse of melancholy eeriness that resonates throughout his body. It's what Calliope can hear in their quietest moments, the whispering ghost of a love that's long lost.
Most recently, though, his tune has changed. It's even more uneven than before, and Calliope no longer quite fits. He can't tune himself, though; he can't reach where the tune doesn't work, and he needs somebody else to do it for him. For now, though, he epitomises loneliness, paws shaking as he locks away his ground coffee and the mugs and his beloved flask, treading his house dimly and cleaning up the broken glass and trying to replace the curtains, doing his best to fix what he broke during Callie's absence. And that's when he hears the knock on the door, head tilting, and he makes his way down the corridor to pull on the cord that lets him open the door, peering straight at the person that's lingered on his mind for a long time. "'Ey, Punster." it's as easy as one two three, that promise, and he steps back, grinning as always. "What's up?"
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[size=8]GENERAL:
★ caffeinerush | caf | male
★ assumed aromantic | assumed asexual
★ single, no crush | ½ sassass
★ unknown x unknown | g1 | no apprentice
★ 20 months | 31st october 2014
★ scarclan tribune | loyalist | the medic
★ voice ref 1 | voice ref 2
IMPORTANT FACTS:
★ varric tethras, insomnia!sans, gangster!sans, ut!sans
★ skilled general scientist and mathematician, space nerd
★ caffeine addict, needs it to stay awake, always tired
PHYSICAL:
★ domestic feline moggy [birth/main] | health: 83%
— a white and blue tabby feline, not particularly muscular. has a munchkin-like build, and is much shorter than other cats. has blue pawpads and [usually dulled] claws. eyes are ringed with dark circles due to sleep deprivation, and are usually completely black with white pupils. usually wears a huge, toothy grin regardless of his emotions; the shape and colour of his eyes change to show how he's feeling. [body reference]
— [i]major injuries: n/a
— [i]minor injuries: general bruising around head and stomach
PERSONALITY:
— quick-witted, easygoing, humorous, loyal, "family first"
— protective, realistic, brushes off pain easily, perceptive
— too lackadaisical, paranoid, addictive, secretly violent
— family is what you make it - love, not blood. difficult to anger, appears nonchalant a lot of the time. always smiling - emotion is difficult to discern from him, sometimes. will protect his friends with his life - no sacrifice is too big. you mess with the underdog, you mess with him. masochistic. never recognises the man in the mirror. loves bad jokes - nicknames people based on his first impressions of them. cares a lot.
INTERACTION:
★ easily befriended until you hurt those he loves
★ unchallenging physically[?] | extreme mentally | tricky
★ rarely starts fights | always finishes fights | has no mercy
★ weakest spot is his lower stomach | hit there to gain an advantage
★ attack in BOLD WHITE to be noticed
★ can powerplay peaceful or nonviolent actions