Sonic OC: Vyris the Bat

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BAT: Name: Vyris Male Species: Bat Age: ≈35 Height: 3 feet 2 inches Notable qualities: Deaf since birth Character: Prideful, paranoid, independent, brilliant, lost but to afraid/prideful to seek help, afraid of affection/care, lashes out often, falls back on violence as a safeguard, socially awkward, doesn’t understand affection or social interaction, always goes with the most negative interpretation of something (“glass is poisoned cuz everyone h@tes me” kinda guy), definition of misanthropy Skills: Brilliant, good with Black Arms tech and scavenged G.U.N. tech, good at combat (especially swordsmanship), flight, can use Javis’ powers Backstory: Vyris was born deaf. His parents took care of him as well as they could, but both worked full-time jobs while he was a kid, and since they weren’t able to teach him sign language they could never explain this to him. Vyris grew up thinking he was neglected and alone, kept alive out of obligation rather than love, something he didn’t understand. It didn’t help that he was bullied by a few kids his age, and soon he took any sort of physical contact as an attack or mocking gesture, and if someone bumped into him he would assume they were trying to push him to the ground or the like. He’s not overly vengeful, but the constant perceived slights and attacks made him view everyone else as his enemy, and he started growing more violent, defaulting to shoving or hitting back. As he got older, this led to more and more fights, leading him to improve his combat skills. Shortly into becoming an adult, he left his home and roamed the world, picking up his sword fighting skills as he went along. After a long while, he came to Angel Island and found a shuttle newly crashed in the mountains. (This was very shortly after Eclipse and the Dark Arms left Angel Island in Sonic Universe: #70) Upon closer investigation, he found that it seemed to be occupied, but after waiting an hour or two—in which no one came by—he came to the conclusion that whoever had lived there was either dead or had left. In that hour or so, he also found a small creature trapped in its partially cracked shell, on the brink of death. He was going to leave him to die, but something—pity, maybe—urged Vyris to save his life, and he freed the creature—whom he began to think of as Javis—and fed him some of the red fruit he found lying around the shuttle. Over time, Vyris pieced together how to take care of Javis, as well as learning the Black Arms’ language—now the only one he knows—and their tech in his free time. Javis was the first person Vyris ever actually spoke to, as the little one was able to form a telepathic connection with Vyris. After a while, Vyris and Javis started exploring together, and Vyris also learned more about G.U.N. tech from seeing some of it lying around. They made the wrecked shuttle their home base. As the years went by, Vyris merged G.U.N. and Black Arms tech to create the armor and sword he uses. The armor is fitted with a container that Javis can go into in order to give Vyris his power to turn intangible. As he goes through life, Vyris becomes more and more aware of the fact that the intricacies of creation/nature prove the existence of a Creator, but he’s too frightened and prideful to admit it because it he’d have to accept the fact that he couldn’t survive without what the Creator has created (a blow to his pride of his independence) and that Creator has such immense power that he can’t help but be afraid. He’s also searching for fulfillment, but isn’t sure whether or not to accept the fact that he was born with a purpose, because that would indicate that someone higher than he is gave him that purpose. He knows he’s not who he was meant to be, but he’s in denial of it. So for now, he wanders, lost, around the world of Sonic the Hedgehog, usually fighting those he meets and accompanied by his Dark Arms alien, Javis ————————————————————————— DARK ARMS/COMPANION: Name: Javis (pronounced HA-v-is) Male Species: Dark Arms (Black Arms crossed with wisp (specifically, in this case, a jade whisp)) Powers: Creating a telepathic link, becoming intangible Character: Often puzzled, steady, loyal, friendly, pessimistic (he gets it from Vyris, though his isn’t as extreme as the bat’s) Backstory: Javis nearly died at hatching, trap in his shell after Eclipse’s shuttle crashed in Sonic Universe , and the crash also made him deaf and sightless. He managed to cling desperately to life for a day or two, but he would’ve died if Vyris hadn’t come along and saved his life. Since then, he’s stuck by Vyris side, using their telepathic connection and Vyris’ sight to “see.” Javis is puzzled by Vyris’ denial of a Creator of the world, as Javis instinctually knows he was created, and his creator was created, and so on back until you get to a perfect Creator of everything that is good. Javis doesn’t fully understand love either, but he understands that Vyris will protect him and make sure he’s alright