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CHARACTER INFO Character Name: Tavros Nitram Series: Homestuck | Derpbent AU Canon Point: Right before starting their game session.
AU/OC History: Derpbent has yet to reveal too much about Tavros’s past, but one thing is for sure, he’s definitely spent time underwater and not. Being a sea dweller, and having a water breathing lusus, he was raised under water and spent the majority of his wriggling days there. But Tavros is a rather social person, even if he has troubles with some people, and his hive- being a huge underwater tower- has a peak that sits just above the water’s surface, and he’s made sure to have a means of getting from there to a cliff hanging from a mainland. This is how he gets to meet a lot of the land walking trolls and eventually befriends a good amount of them. Though, most of his huge underwater tower is just that, under water. Though, with all its rather bright gold décor, it’s not hard to find, above water tip, or underwater tower.
Tavros was raised by his lusus, Bub, a bullshark like creature (lusii beings creatures with animal like qualities that raise trolls), a rather over protective bullshark with a very confusing opinion on his troll. Though Tavros cannot directly speak with his lusus, it always seems like he’s being judged, always seems like his lusus, though, cares for him (he knows this because Bub will bring dead carcasses to the tower for Tavros to eat, which he assumes is normal caregiving behavior), is always judging and disappointed in him. Sometimes Bub seems to get very aggressive, as if to try and teach Tavros how he wants him to be. Doing things like, taking him hunting, waking him up by scaring the shit out of him, slamming into him while swimming to try and get Tavros to be more aggressive in general. But Tavros always feels like he leaves the bullshark lusus disappointed. They have their nice moments though, and Bub, being extremely large- hell of a lot larger than any bullshark on earth- does well to protect his squeamish troll.
All the swimming and exploring with his lusus soon gave way to a new discovery! Well, they made a lot of discoveries, Tavros is actually extremely wealthy because of them, but this one was new! It was a troll hive, but not any troll hive, this one was a live unwater volcano! He didn’t think any else of it until he and Bub nosed around a bit and found an entrance.
This hive ended up being the hive of Sollux, a royal purple blooded troll who Tavros befriended and eventually became the moirail of. They’re extremely close and Tavros tends to visit him often. Granted, like the first time Tavros stumbled upon the hive, he got lost in the labyrinth that is Sollux’s entire hive. Like that first time, Sollux finds him so often, very lost, but Tavros seems to be getting the hang of it slowly.
During this time Tavros spends a lot of his life getting to know people of all blood castes and even gets into FLARPing, which he does with a few friends, a group that includes Vriska, who spends most of their time together tormenting Tavros. For a while she used to make fun of him for making up his best friend, Sollux, but through video games Vriska has found that Sollux is indeed real. Tavros’s other friends, who thought Tavros might have been making up Sollux as well, now believe him too, which is nice. The purple blood didn’t really enjoying people thinking he made up his best friend, it was kind of disheartening. What else is aggravating- though thinking his best friend is fake and getting picked on is already aggravating enough- Is getting hit on a lot, but it’s usually by one person, Eridan. He seems to think there might be something between him and Tavros, but Tavros… is very sure there isn’t. Tavros isn’t really good with romance in general and tends to try and keep it away from him. He’s just not cut out for it and it makes him really nervous. It’s better to just keep away from it entirely, so he tries. Sollus has always been an exception. Their moirail ship seems to always have worked and never faltered. If anyone can make Tavros be completely relaxed it’s him. Too bad a lot of others still seem to mess with the both of them though…
Most of his history that we know of consists of that though; flarping, gaming, spending time with friends- especially Sollux, talking to people- especially Sollux, and swimming around exploring- with Bub. Just recently they’ve started to talk about this game, which Tavros isn’t against really; he just wants to be properly informed! Which would be easier if people didn’t stop forgetting about him.
Game Import: N/A
Personality: Hello Tavros, this is the part where we talk about you, and what kind of troll you are. Unfortunately, you are a horrible troll all around. You are just too sensitive to really BE a troll, though you try, you really try, and you really try to be a respectable highblood too, but… You’re too kind and caring, loyal to your friends, helpful, everything that a troll should not really be too much of. Maybe if you had a little hate in you it’d be okay, but no. You’re a little pathetic when it comes to that, you have a great friend in Sollux though and knowing he’s there and is infact, not a fake made up friend, really does help! Sometimes…
Getting confused and uncomfortable seems to be two things you do often as well, and you are pretty nervous about a lot of things, but you usually get past these emotions and do what you can. You are not very confident though, and you do your best to be polite. Sometimes it feels like people just plain forget about you. It’s become habit to remind others that you’re there, because they uh, actually do forget about you even being there. It’s okay, you just like to watch and try to figure out what people are talking about or about what’s happening. It’s not your fault you don’t respond enough! At least you try to remind them anyway. Generally, people seem fairly polite to you, though there are a few cases where that’s not… really apparent. Vriska is a good example. You still seem to FLARP with her for some reason, even though she tends to pick on you constantly and hang you from tree limbs. You think she should probably not do that though because you are a highblood and should be treated with respect, right? That’s how it’s supposed to be anyway, you try, you really do. Apparently making fun of you and messing with you is a bit contagious too, though the others tend to apologize. It’s nice of them to let you team up during FLARP though! Even if you seem to get handed off a lot… Sometimes it feels like people don’t really want to have you as their team mate.
You get easily get overwhelmed, but in that you know what you can take. As Tavros, you seem to know if something is a bad idea, though you may not immediately back out of it like anyone smart would do because you are very unsure all the time and like to get other people’s opinions. Though, you spend a lot of time alone, and most of your advice comes from Sollux who, might be a really awesome moirail that you care for a lot, but his advice tends to center around hiding and not dealing with people. This advice, while good for Sollux, doesn’t really help you because you tend to visit land a lot and actually talk to and want to get along with a lot of people!
You also seem to have many interests, gaming, trains, and glamorous fashion. You also really enjoy visiting your moirail and you actually do it quite a bit. You spend a lot more time with him compared to anyone else. For a while people used to just think you made him up and you just hung out with yourself all the time, but now everyone knows he’s real and that’s actually really nice. It’s pretty cool to have friends that know eachother, even if you end up having to send messages back and forth between him and them. That can be a little annoying and sometimes gets confusing, but maybe Sollux will want to be more social one day?
We should probably note something else about you too. No matter how much crap you have to deal with, with is an awful lot, you never seem to get really mad, which is strange for a highblood. You might be purple, but you kind of lack any anger or frustration. Sometimes it seems like you get agitated, but that usually doesn’t last long and you always seem to end up being the one to say he’s sorry. You do try to assert yourself though, since you are a purple blood and deserve to be listened to and respected.
Well… just because you deserve it doesn’t mean it’ll happen you guess.
Powers: He’s extremely fast and agile in the water, strong there as well, and his strength from living his life swimming is noticeable as well. He can also breathe and see underwater and has a particular knack for communicating with sea life. Tavros also has experience with a guns, mostly rifles. Other then that? Nothing.
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SAMPLES
All right, so he’s been traveling for a while now, all this swimming is really starting to tire out his body, but Bub really seems to want to travel out this far. Not really sure why… but he’s always up for adventure and for some reason his shark lusus seems to have a goal in mind. Tavros isn’t sure what it is, but they’re moving really fast and have certainly seemed to have a place in mind. Usually they slowed down, idled around a little, searching the sea floor for signs of treasure or food, but this was purposeful so pretty exciting actually! Though, this water was starting to get really warm and he was pretty sure it wasn’t because he was swimming behind Bub…
Though that has happened before.
And uh, well, it’s not very pleasant, at all…
Either way, there’s definitely something ahead, Tavros can tell by the huge shadow coming into view through the dark water. It’s a little hard to make out right now, but he’s pretty sure that’s where all the heat is coming from! Also it’s getting a bit denser here, like the water has a lot of contrasting flow patterns. Bub seems to know what he’s doing, but it takes Tavros a bit to adjust, he’s not used to swimming in such unstable hot water and it’s starting to really bother his gills.
“Oh… wow,” his lips mouth, but he doesn’t speak, only a few bubbles leave to float up and away as he gets a look at the volcano. His eyes dance over the veins of red and yellow moving every which way and the glow catches on various gold and metal parts of his attire. He can’t help but get closer and Bub seems to give an approving glance seeing his troll so enamored and ready for adventure.
It’s scary, yeah, but, you won’t get anywhere if you don’t try! You have to make yourself known, be bold! Highblood’s are bold! And it certainly seems bold to get closer to a volcano. And what a volcano this is! It’s spewing heated water all around them and no inch of it is covered in any form of life besides some rather strange looking worm like creatures near parts of the black smooth surface. Tavros circles around it, rifle ready in hand as he looks over the rock formation and soon his eyes light up, glancing to Bub for a moment before he draws nearer.
Is that, he though, moving closer, seeing an even darker spot at the volcano’s base. It is! Oh wow, that is very cool, he thinks again, realizing the dark spot is an opening, and he looks over to Bub with a bright, excited expression before diving down fast, heading for the small cave, bullshark following either flowing tuxedo tail of Tavros’s suit.
Tavros Nitram | Homestuck (Derpbent AU) | Reserved
Player Name: Vouloir
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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Tavros Nitram
Series: Homestuck | Derpbent AU
Canon Point: Right before starting their game session.
AU/OC History: Derpbent has yet to reveal too much about Tavros’s past, but one thing is for sure, he’s definitely spent time underwater and not. Being a sea dweller, and having a water breathing lusus, he was raised under water and spent the majority of his wriggling days there. But Tavros is a rather social person, even if he has troubles with some people, and his hive- being a huge underwater tower- has a peak that sits just above the water’s surface, and he’s made sure to have a means of getting from there to a cliff hanging from a mainland. This is how he gets to meet a lot of the land walking trolls and eventually befriends a good amount of them. Though, most of his huge underwater tower is just that, under water. Though, with all its rather bright gold décor, it’s not hard to find, above water tip, or underwater tower.
Tavros was raised by his lusus, Bub, a bullshark like creature (lusii beings creatures with animal like qualities that raise trolls), a rather over protective bullshark with a very confusing opinion on his troll. Though Tavros cannot directly speak with his lusus, it always seems like he’s being judged, always seems like his lusus, though, cares for him (he knows this because Bub will bring dead carcasses to the tower for Tavros to eat, which he assumes is normal caregiving behavior), is always judging and disappointed in him. Sometimes Bub seems to get very aggressive, as if to try and teach Tavros how he wants him to be. Doing things like, taking him hunting, waking him up by scaring the shit out of him, slamming into him while swimming to try and get Tavros to be more aggressive in general. But Tavros always feels like he leaves the bullshark lusus disappointed. They have their nice moments though, and Bub, being extremely large- hell of a lot larger than any bullshark on earth- does well to protect his squeamish troll.
All the swimming and exploring with his lusus soon gave way to a new discovery! Well, they made a lot of discoveries, Tavros is actually extremely wealthy because of them, but this one was new! It was a troll hive, but not any troll hive, this one was a live unwater volcano! He didn’t think any else of it until he and Bub nosed around a bit and found an entrance.
This hive ended up being the hive of Sollux, a royal purple blooded troll who Tavros befriended and eventually became the moirail of. They’re extremely close and Tavros tends to visit him often. Granted, like the first time Tavros stumbled upon the hive, he got lost in the labyrinth that is Sollux’s entire hive. Like that first time, Sollux finds him so often, very lost, but Tavros seems to be getting the hang of it slowly.
During this time Tavros spends a lot of his life getting to know people of all blood castes and even gets into FLARPing, which he does with a few friends, a group that includes Vriska, who spends most of their time together tormenting Tavros. For a while she used to make fun of him for making up his best friend, Sollux, but through video games Vriska has found that Sollux is indeed real. Tavros’s other friends, who thought Tavros might have been making up Sollux as well, now believe him too, which is nice. The purple blood didn’t really enjoying people thinking he made up his best friend, it was kind of disheartening. What else is aggravating- though thinking his best friend is fake and getting picked on is already aggravating enough-
Is getting hit on a lot, but it’s usually by one person, Eridan. He seems to think there might be something between him and Tavros, but Tavros… is very sure there isn’t. Tavros isn’t really good with romance in general and tends to try and keep it away from him. He’s just not cut out for it and it makes him really nervous. It’s better to just keep away from it entirely, so he tries. Sollus has always been an exception. Their moirail ship seems to always have worked and never faltered. If anyone can make Tavros be completely relaxed it’s him. Too bad a lot of others still seem to mess with the both of them though…
Most of his history that we know of consists of that though; flarping, gaming, spending time with friends- especially Sollux, talking to people- especially Sollux, and swimming around exploring- with Bub. Just recently they’ve started to talk about this game, which Tavros isn’t against really; he just wants to be properly informed! Which would be easier if people didn’t stop forgetting about him.
Game Import: N/A
Personality: Hello Tavros, this is the part where we talk about you, and what kind of troll you are. Unfortunately, you are a horrible troll all around. You are just too sensitive to really BE a troll, though you try, you really try, and you really try to be a respectable highblood too, but… You’re too kind and caring, loyal to your friends, helpful, everything that a troll should not really be too much of. Maybe if you had a little hate in you it’d be okay, but no. You’re a little pathetic when it comes to that, you have a great friend in Sollux though and knowing he’s there and is infact, not a fake made up friend, really does help! Sometimes…
Getting confused and uncomfortable seems to be two things you do often as well, and you are pretty nervous about a lot of things, but you usually get past these emotions and do what you can. You are not very confident though, and you do your best to be polite. Sometimes it feels like people just plain forget about you. It’s become habit to remind others that you’re there, because they uh, actually do forget about you even being there. It’s okay, you just like to watch and try to figure out what people are talking about or about what’s happening. It’s not your fault you don’t respond enough! At least you try to remind them anyway. Generally, people seem fairly polite to you, though there are a few cases where that’s not… really apparent. Vriska is a good example. You still seem to FLARP with her for some reason, even though she tends to pick on you constantly and hang you from tree limbs. You think she should probably not do that though because you are a highblood and should be treated with respect, right? That’s how it’s supposed to be anyway, you try, you really do. Apparently making fun of you and messing with you is a bit contagious too, though the others tend to apologize. It’s nice of them to let you team up during FLARP though! Even if you seem to get handed off a lot… Sometimes it feels like people don’t really want to have you as their team mate.
You get easily get overwhelmed, but in that you know what you can take. As Tavros, you seem to know if something is a bad idea, though you may not immediately back out of it like anyone smart would do because you are very unsure all the time and like to get other people’s opinions. Though, you spend a lot of time alone, and most of your advice comes from Sollux who, might be a really awesome moirail that you care for a lot, but his advice tends to center around hiding and not dealing with people. This advice, while good for Sollux, doesn’t really help you because you tend to visit land a lot and actually talk to and want to get along with a lot of people!
You also seem to have many interests, gaming, trains, and glamorous fashion. You also really enjoy visiting your moirail and you actually do it quite a bit. You spend a lot more time with him compared to anyone else. For a while people used to just think you made him up and you just hung out with yourself all the time, but now everyone knows he’s real and that’s actually really nice. It’s pretty cool to have friends that know eachother, even if you end up having to send messages back and forth between him and them. That can be a little annoying and sometimes gets confusing, but maybe Sollux will want to be more social one day?
We should probably note something else about you too. No matter how much crap you have to deal with, with is an awful lot, you never seem to get really mad, which is strange for a highblood. You might be purple, but you kind of lack any anger or frustration. Sometimes it seems like you get agitated, but that usually doesn’t last long and you always seem to end up being the one to say he’s sorry. You do try to assert yourself though, since you are a purple blood and deserve to be listened to and respected.
Well… just because you deserve it doesn’t mean it’ll happen you guess.
Powers: He’s extremely fast and agile in the water, strong there as well, and his strength from living his life swimming is noticeable as well. He can also breathe and see underwater and has a particular knack for communicating with sea life. Tavros also has experience with a guns, mostly rifles. Other then that? Nothing.
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SAMPLES
All right, so he’s been traveling for a while now, all this swimming is really starting to tire out his body, but Bub really seems to want to travel out this far. Not really sure why… but he’s always up for adventure and for some reason his shark lusus seems to have a goal in mind. Tavros isn’t sure what it is, but they’re moving really fast and have certainly seemed to have a place in mind. Usually they slowed down, idled around a little, searching the sea floor for signs of treasure or food, but this was purposeful so pretty exciting actually! Though, this water was starting to get really warm and he was pretty sure it wasn’t because he was swimming behind Bub…
Though that has happened before.
And uh, well, it’s not very pleasant, at all…
Either way, there’s definitely something ahead, Tavros can tell by the huge shadow coming into view through the dark water. It’s a little hard to make out right now, but he’s pretty sure that’s where all the heat is coming from! Also it’s getting a bit denser here, like the water has a lot of contrasting flow patterns. Bub seems to know what he’s doing, but it takes Tavros a bit to adjust, he’s not used to swimming in such unstable hot water and it’s starting to really bother his gills.
“Oh… wow,” his lips mouth, but he doesn’t speak, only a few bubbles leave to float up and away as he gets a look at the volcano. His eyes dance over the veins of red and yellow moving every which way and the glow catches on various gold and metal parts of his attire. He can’t help but get closer and Bub seems to give an approving glance seeing his troll so enamored and ready for adventure.
It’s scary, yeah, but, you won’t get anywhere if you don’t try! You have to make yourself known, be bold! Highblood’s are bold! And it certainly seems bold to get closer to a volcano. And what a volcano this is! It’s spewing heated water all around them and no inch of it is covered in any form of life besides some rather strange looking worm like creatures near parts of the black smooth surface. Tavros circles around it, rifle ready in hand as he looks over the rock formation and soon his eyes light up, glancing to Bub for a moment before he draws nearer.
Is that, he though, moving closer, seeing an even darker spot at the volcano’s base. It is! Oh wow, that is very cool, he thinks again, realizing the dark spot is an opening, and he looks over to Bub with a bright, excited expression before diving down fast, heading for the small cave, bullshark following either flowing tuxedo tail of Tavros’s suit.
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