User:Denji

Denji is a snake. He is voiced by Ian James Corlett.

Appearance
Unlike the short Mobians of 3 feet, and, unlike most who are lucky enough (or perhaps unlucky) to have their bodies carried by legs, as well as normal ears, fur or hair, even devoid of warm blood--Denji is somewhat of an odd one considering the type of Mobian he is.

Deep, black scales trail along about what seems to be eleven feet of 'tail', only for one to realize that instead of curling behind a torso, it just disappears under a hoodie. Patches of purple, and almost neon-blue scales splash along the top of the coils, while, the bellyscales seem to mostly remain a stable, dark purple-colour.

The top of Denji's head is mostly covered by a thick, winter hat (Tuque to some, beanie to others), it seems several sizes too large, as, it hands behind his head. Even in the hottest of summers, he wears it everywhere. Heat is lost mostly through the top of one's head, and, for a reptile, that is a terrible thing to lose.

Yellow, snake-like eyes constantly seem to be on the move. Although one wouldn't be able to tell, but, for Denji they are almost completely useless. His snout, like most snakes, have pits along the sides of it, allowing him to 'see' infrared light. Below, his tongue, a deep black flickers out, catching chemical scents that linger in the air.

Along the sides of his head are two 'flaps' which, curl around his neck, or, can open up into a hood, although rarely are they seen opened up completely, if they are, it's usually during some sort of extreme emotion.

Denji's hoodie is generic--Gray, a part of each sleeve however is a dark blue. It looks worn out, used, and old. The elastic band on each sleeve to keep it attached to his wrists have both been torn off, causing the sleeves to hang over his scalie hands.

Each hand has a whole, five fingers. Scalie like the rest of his body, on the end of each finger are chipped, ragged, and some blunt, some sharp claws. Looking rather uncared for. Both palms on his hands have seen the total of this--Calluses and scars, thick skin from squeezing his fists too much for absolutely no real reason at all.

The inside of his mouth is black and purple flesh, instead of the usual mostly toothless snake maws, he has two rows of teeth--Most of them are small, although, he has the signature two large upper fangs, and, two smaller ones on his lower jaw.

Personality
Denji is a rather odd one. Reptiles are uncommon, and, snakes much more. With various feature that would freak out most people (scales that are shiny, looking like slime, forked tongue, sharp fangs, cobra-like hood, among other things!) He has grown that some people have fears of snakes.

And he abuses it.

Although he does not usually goes out to scare people--When he knows someone is afraid, he uses it to no end. He can get very touch-y to others, giving 'hugs', when, from a snake with coils can become very tight to squirm, grinning wide and often to show off his fangs and teeth, and, flickering his tongue often.

When around people he likes, or, trusts, he can still be a bit of an ass, although it depends on his mood. For a week or two, he can be sarcastic, a jackass. Quick to insult, quick to make fun of you in a teasing sort of way. However, in reality, he can be a very social person.

On other day, he can be calm.. Happy--Smiling. He'll phrase, use manners, all-out-spoil-you. Offer to buy drinks while out, or a buck or two to hold you over. In reality, he is a bit of a softie on the inside although he does not like admitting it.

He does, however, like command--Order. Order he can control. He will lead his friends, lead people he knows. Even if they know a faster, or, more efficient way at something, he will downright refuse and, voice it. Although he /will/ listen to someone he knows has more experience at something, when it comes to knowing them personally, however, he can be a downright jerk about it.

There are times, however, he will space out--Or get an unusual fear over something. It could be over something as simple as something not following a pattern--A room that is circular, the shade of yellow on a balloon, odd, random things that most the time don't appear to have any relation with eachother that bugs him to the point of having to /fix/ it somehow.

He is very reckless, snakes in the wild break about 8 to 10 ribs a week, due to having so many in their coils. Nowadays, it would be much less--However, he keeps that up. Often breaking one or two every so often. He can barely feel it, thankfully, for snakes breaking a rib is very normal, and usual.

He sometimes does not realize that he is being rude, mean, or insulting someone. He'll blurt out quickly whatever he is thinking, he'll mumble, and, randomly talk aloud.

He hates sleeping, most homes, and various places are not made for snakes, and, sleeping when the temperature is not high enough is a pain for him. Cold forces his body to constantly remain awake to search for, well, warmth. This can cause insomnia, which can surprisingly last for quite awhile. The underlines of his eyes often blue or purple from being so tired.

When he wants something, and he knows he can get it from someone. He'll act sly, speaking calming, with, a hiss of course. He has learned to master talking his way through things. As said before, he enjoys being able to prey on others who have a fear of snakes, perhaps some leftover predator in him.

His parents often overlook the signs of most these things, considering a phase that he will grow out of. Often mentioning this to him to the point that Denji himself has grown to believe that nothing is wrong with him, as, all snakes go through this sort of stage, assuming it /will/ be over soon. Unfortunately, that is very much unlikely the case, and, that he should seek a little bit of help for some things.

Backstory
Denji was born and raised in Central City suburbia to two snakes. The single egg out of the clutch that survived--Both parents having been taking fertility treatments in order to even have a child, as, often times it takes several times from a single male to allow for fertilized eggs. (No further detailed needed on this!)

Because of this, Denji was spoiled, and, pressured. He grew up with his Mother often looking over him. Worrying about him. Snakes are a very common fear for almost anyone, and actually one of the top 10 fears next to heights, falling, deep water, and the dark. She feared people would treat him different. He could not play soccer like most kids, or, any sports at all for that matter. No skip-rope, bike riding, rollerblading, the list could go on.

Combined with slitted eyes, sharp fangs, and claws, Denji would find himself often being picked on. He would follow the other kids around, and, offer things to them to be 'friends' for even a little bit. Toys, food, whatever. And when they would get bored, the cycle would start all over again.

At first, this left Denji a mess. Frequently crying and upset over little things. He lost the ability to make decisions for other people when it came to even things like 'Do you want to want an apple, or an orange?' Afraid that if he would pick the wrong one, the other person would be upset, or angry.

Eventually, Denji grew sheltered. All while during this, his parents would call it a 'phase', telling everyone that it's a phase, and, it will be over. Eventually, Denji started to realize that, perhaps it was, and, started to forcibly suppress when he would be upset, holding it back.

Which brought another 'phase' his parents would say, at 13, they said it was puberty. 14-15, a phase. Over time, he grew unemotional. He started to get into computers--Locks, chains.. Anything that can be broken without brute force, he got interested in. It was a puzzle that needed to be solved. Cat's cradle, for example, Rubix cubes, among other things.

During highschool, around Grade 10, he had what he calls a 'breakthrough'. Others would say he snapped. His grade were rather high at the time, as were most years. Teachers would claim 'He is intelligent, but, holds back', or, 'Refuses to participate in group work, needs to learn to open up to others'. His tech and computer teachers would put in that '--intellignet, and, when he figures out something, he does not bother trying to hide it, an example would be freely playing games in class, despite the fact that our firewall blocks such things. Somehow found how to break through and instead of causing damage, he defragged the networked hard disk drives and adjusting the virtual memory controls on his computer.'

Opening up when he was young ruined this due to how other people treated him, he was really, just bullied. Voluntarily, he took counseling through the school, only to be pulled out the next day by both parents yelling at the school, and 'how dare they' and, that it was a 'phase'.

He got rude remarks in school from classmates, strangers.. His teachers, often would yell at him for defending himself. Someone throws a book at his head, he can't even glare at them without the teacher telling him to 'ignore them', or, ignoring what happened in general. Denji would fall back on what he used to do, remain calm, relax.. breathe.

One day, it had been moreso worse than usual. Waiting for the bus, he had picked on, it was cold and wet, almost enough for ice and snow, but, not enough. Already in a bad mood, he simply tried to turn around and slither away.. Ignore them. Unfortunately, the vice principle had caught them, and, Denji was taken into the office for somehow making fun of them, offending them, giving 'equal punishment and that it's everyone fault', even though he did not provoke them.

It is that day, however, that on Denji's permanent record that he was listed as unstable, rude, 'upsetting', and easily provoked. Only between Denji, and the vice principle know what went in that office. However, stories were made up of what happened, even by teachers.

Denji changed very quickly, almost like he snapped. His clothing style, 'unkept' appearance, a dirt-bag really. His emotions were harsh, sleep pattern changed, and, work effort went entirely out the window.

Fueling the fire for this now, is both of his parents. Telling people it's a phase, which, in reality what Denji is hoping, and afraid of. That he'll grow out of it and be normal. After many years of having to hold it all in, and, then being able to let his emotions out like this.. Having to trap them inside again would drive him nuts, which, the deadline is getting more and more close as the school year starts to end, now in Grade 12, his senior year.

Residence
Central City 'suburbs', just, many houses that look the same. He takes residence in the entire basement, the door often locked. Very few, including his parents go down there, often ignoring Denji when he is down there and simply knocking on the door, leaving something by the door for him to come and grab it, only to lurk back down into the basement.

Abilities
Denji, if he had some sort of fighting pattern, a style, would be surprisingly efficient in combat. Unfortunately, he is a teenager who thinks he knows everything, and this has several downfalls.

His main 'weapon' of choice, is taking the clip-off strap from his bag, and attaching one, or both ends of it to the end of his laptop, which, is reinforced and /very/ tough, hard to damage. He uses it as a flail.

He also has claws. They are very unkept due to chewing, chipping, scratching.. Breaking. If he took better care of them, it's likely they could grow fairly large and be useful.

He has fangs. However, it is often painful to bite into someone due to the fact that they can squirm. Not only that, but, they can likely move their arms, legs, or something to fight back. Not only that but, it's a 'dirty' move. On very small animals, it has a light stunning effect. On larger mobians/humans, it feels mores like whatever body part he had bit had fallen asleep, due to venom, a sort of cool, tingling feeling.

His coils can squeeze, and seriously harm another, like one can hurt someone by kicking. However they are slow, clumsy sometimes, and if fighting more than one person they are useless as Denji becomes immobile when wrapping them around another. Not only that, but, they are a large target.

Due to the coils however, and, how snakes often break ribs, Denji has a higher than usual pain tolerance. However, weapons such as sharp knives, swords, needles, or anything that doesn't immediately turn blunt can pierce through and cause VERY much pain, as the scales heal slowly.

He also has the ability to extend, or, 'hide' his claws in his fingers. Although they do not hide completely, the tips are rather rough, and damaged. They can be a fairly good weapon, but, extending them too far to be useful can cause pain, and, even slice the tips of his own fingers, which can be very painful.

Strengths/Weaknesses
Strengths: * Tough scales * Strong coils * Claws/Fangs combo * Ability to see infrared/smell with tongue * Able to withstand longer periods of time without food/water due to slow metabolism and unable to make own bodyheat

Weaknesses: * Immobility when wrapped around others with coils/small places * Sharp objects puncture skin. * Lack of sleep. * Lack of combat experience/pattern and skill * No 'real' weapons * Easily upset and/or angered * Slow healing when it comes to flesh-related wounds

Items
* Messenger bag: Just a navy, dull green messenger bag. Usually carries laptop, keys, food, books, and cellphone. * Cellphone: Slider, qwerty keyboard. Generic. * Laptop: Reinforced with several types of metals and plastics, along with a solid-state HDD, two battery packs, shock absorbers, among other things, this laptop was made to be 'portable' for someone who would be in a less-than-friendly work environment for most electronics. Usually the poor thing finds itself being used as a weapon, however.

Bits o' info about him
Denji, at the moment, has very little 'combat' experience aside from dealing with bullies. So he'll sometimes fight, but, often times he is disorganized, he has never really 'practiced' (yet.)

Angsty, angry, and easily upset. However, it is more than likely he would be happy to join you on a super-happy-sunshine adventure.

He is a nerd, a geek, he loves figuring things out. Usually though, he wants to do this by himself, on his own. He does not enjoy working with someone breathing down his neck constantly, and looking over his shoulder, least you want whatever he is working on quite literally in your face.

He is neutral neutral at the moment. I didn't want to say he is 'insane and chaotic neutral', however, he would likely often break laws on a regular basis, do his own sort of thing.

On a more of a note on his 'stability' he is not insane, he is stressed, angry, and has a few problems, however I am leaving it entirely to RP to see what direction he will go. It is likely his alignment will change over time depending on who has the greatest effect on him. (Good, bad) and if his little problems start to progress to being called a mental illness or not.

He is afraid of most bugs, but, is unusually fond of bees, centipedes/millipedes and spiders.

Something I want to develop over time is him gaining an ability--Still pondering, but, even when (if) I decide, it'll probably grow slowly/gradually.

He also, will not stop growing. Although it is slowed down, snakes don't stop growing until the day they die. (Meaning, he'll probably eventually be strong enough to fair well enough in combat, if, he does.)

He can see into infrared and is electrorecptive, he can 'see' without needing to see, heat, energy, and such. His eyesight is not all that good, although he can still read most things if he squints, or, if it's close enough to him.

His claws can 'grow' at will. Really, they grow all the time and simply hide deep in his fingers/hands. They are thick, the ends tend to be chipped and ruined/gross looking. He rarely uses this as a weapon as it's more of a desperation move, simply because of how much damage it can actually do to himself, sinking in, and out of his fingers. Not only that but it can leave scaring as evident on the palms of his hands.