tw for toxicity ───────── ✦ ───────── about glory - cisgender male, he/him - unlabeled - 6 moons - loner + meticulous, vigilant, alert, resilient, intuitive, resourceful = sarcastic, stoic, methodical, stubborn, pragmatic, compartmentalized - abrasive, avoidant, cynical, vengeful, reckless, self-sabotaging also feel free to offer for normal relationships (friends, enemies, etc.) :D any romantic relationships will be developed later, as glory is very hard to befriend ───────── ✦ ───────── glory is not looking for friends; he's looking for assets and exits. if you approach him, expect a sarcastic barb or a cold stare. he is fiercely protective of his sister (the only family he has left) honor, and will treat any other cat with extreme suspicion. he has an inexplicable fear of ducks. ───────── ✦ ───────── dynamics 1. ❝ the architect and the engine ❞ (0/1) the tactical mirror. [ jacobi (glory) / kepler ] my interest - 8/10 glory's interest - 0/10 this cat is the "adult in the room," no matter how young they are. they represent the cold, authoritative order glory secretly craves yet publicly mocks. their relationship feels less like a friendship and more like a high-stakes chess match. glory is at his most abrasive here, using his biting sarcasm to test this cat's professional composure. he wants to see them crack, to prove that they're just as broken as he is. this will be a toxic friendship (or perhaps a short-term trainwreck), where glory is deathly jealous of this cat while the other cat knows, probing to get him angry. despite it all, this cat gains glory's loyalty only to play him. 2. ❝ the spies of rhessus ❞ (0/1) seamless movement in a loud world. [ odysseus (glory) / diomedes ] my interest - 10/10 glory's interest - 2/10 while the rest of the world is a blur of annoying static, this cat is the only frequency glory can tune into clearly. this cat is the "doer" to glory's "thinker." they are the only one he trusts enough to guard his back while he sleeps, a bond forged in the grit of survival. glory treats this cat like his favorite, dented shield -- he'll kick it to make sure it still rings true. he mocks this cat, yet despite the snarky exterior, there is a heavy, odyssean loyalty underneath. this may be platonic or romantic, i think both would be cute! this is a push-pull dynamic with lots of teasing, but at the end of the day, glory knows this is one of the two cats he can truly trust. (the other being honor, his sister.) 3. ❝ the ghost in the ashes ❞ (0/1) validating the dark edges. [ odysseus (glory) / clytemnestra ] my interest - 10/10 glory's interest - 8/10 a "misery loves company" dynamic. this cat has experienced betrayal or loss, and like glory, isn't interested in healing, no; they prefer revenge. this friendship is pretty unhealthy -- they bond over plotting revenge. pretty much a co-villain dynamic. this will be most likely platonic. 4. ❝ gilded lily ❞ (0/1-2) sculpting the statue. [ odysseus (glory) / athena ] my interest - 10/10 glory's interest - 10/10 this is likely an older cat who sees the cleverness beneath glory's kitsch quips. they don't offer him comfort or affection -- they offer him strategy and puzzle. this dynamic is built on patronage. glory would do anything to prove his worth to this cat, often letting them sculpt him to their liking. they are the one shaping his static into a weapon. this is a platonic mentor and apprentice dynamic! perhaps this cat ends up abandoning glory, perhaps not. i'm up for discussion. 5. ❝ echo ❞ (0/3) the social uno match. [ kabru (glory) / laios ] my interest - 7/10 glory's interest - (-10)/10 glory meets a cat who is "tactically illiterate." this cat does everything "wrong" -- they hunt in the open, they trust strangers, they have no protocol. it infuriates glory, because, by all logic, this cat should be dead. he finds himself involuntarily protecting them just to stop them from ruining his own "perfect" plans. it's a relationship that consists of pure, unadulterated frustration where glory's abrasive side is constantly triggered by this cat's chaos. he spends his time analyzing them, trying to find the logic in their madness, only to realize there might not be any. this is most likely a platonic relationship in which glory hates the other's guts, although with his job as a guard, begrudgingly protects him. ───────── ✦ ─────────
