❝I don't belong here❞He briskly walked down the defiled halls; a scowl here, a bully there, none of them actually trying to become anything in their future, all lost with no direction, preferring to advocate for things they didn't really believe in rather than find themselves.
It was sickening.
Not that he cared. He was suspended. If they weren't going to care then he just wasn't going to care right back.
The only reason why he was still at this school was because it looked good on your resume.
Why was he suspended? Because this school had a system where if you got too low a score you were kicked out. He'd defended a student that was going to be booted out when the teacher had been the one in the wrong, and instead of being congratulated he was mistreated verbally and given a sentence. Ridiculous. And the student? Well they weren't grateful for the back up in the slightest!
This wasn't the first time he'd been witness to such things. It was all so corrupt he had to wonder how this was still legal.
He didn't belong here. No, he was destined for greater, bigger things than this; let these poor fools struggle.
James had a difficult time during school. No real one reason in particular at all. Just the school system in general made him realise how much he didn't like others. Not that he was ever particularly social, his highschool career simply hastened him to where his life was already heading. In fact, James has a deep dislike for how society operates in general, the way they so easily are affected by the emotional and mental atmosphere around them sickens him.
❝Sticks and stones may not break your bones, but they'll leave you lying in a ditch.❞Terrified of being accepted for who he is, as then he could
actually let someone down when he fails at something or another, he keeps absolutely everything at a safe cynical distance. One of the few times you'll see something akin to a smile upon his face is when it is Easter, or around Easter. He's not particularly religious or anything, but something about giving birth to new life particularly warms his heart, more so than any other holiday has ever done.
At that time of the year, he spends his time painting hollowed out eggs in bright attractive themes and colours, to give out to the local kids before they've spent too long in the world and it's tainted them, then they have to pay to get an egg.
He has no empathy for others that are struggling, or more to the point he's too cautious to care.
❝People are terribly dull. Plumerians are no different.
Yet I still bother with them. Why?❞Despite not wanting to fail anyone, despite having deep set issues with others, despite disliking others, he's somehow taken on the absurd task of caring for a child. He didn't ask for it, nor particularly want it, and still he's confused on how it all worked into this outcome, but he's learning to overcome his fears and actually interact with others for the sake of this one kid.
Charcoal.
Unfortunately he hasn't learnt that it's bad to spoil a child, and as such Charcoal is quite the spoilt brat.
❝I may be reluctant to interact, but I know some plumerians...I'm not completely antisocial.❞Even with that said, he doesn't know many all that well. One of the plumerians he's getting to know better goes by the name of
Flint. This plumie is just as reluctant to interact with others as this guy is, though for different reasons.
Why they talk to each other at all is simply the fact that James likes the music Flint makes as a DJ. Concerts and such is a no-go-zone for him, just like most places with large congregations of plumies and people; he wouldn't have the time regardless.
Thus he orders music from Flint personally, though they do not know each other much past acquaintances due to both of them preferring to keep to themselves. Eventually, given time, this will blossom into a steadfast friendship.
❝Lets play a game.❞He enjoys playing trading card games. This and chess make light of strategy initially, and as such it is easy to completely flatten opponents. If he actually faces a challenging opponent, he'll get lazy and not bother with even trying to win, even if he could've actually won, he'd rather lose spectacularly and people forget he lost at all, than fight to the bitter end, thus people remember that he lost. The trading card games he plays are Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Magic: The Gathering.
These days he doesn't play much of Pokemon due to how much of the older cards can't actually be used in tournaments; this forcing to buy the newer cards quietly frustrates him, and as such his interest in it over the years has waned.
Regardless he's still quite fond of Pokemon, his favourite currently being Goomy and its evolutions.
❝My job may not be flashy, but it interests me, making this world at least tolerable enough to live in.❞I'm sure you're wondering how he pays for a kid, as he doesn't really seem all that capable does he?
Well, he actually works very hard at his job; working as someone who studies how volcanoes affect the oceans' currents and various weather phenomenon. As a child, he was inspired to go into this line of work when he realised his pelt resembled different temperatures that are measured by an optical pyrometer - he thought this so cool he became quite invested in learning about it all, ending up becoming a volcanologist that could work as a meteorologist.
❝Reptiles are amazing, they use their surroundings to their advantage, something humans and plumerians should learn from.❞Not knowing many others can be quite lonesome, however he's never truly felt this feeling others call 'loneliness' though perhaps that is simply because he doesn't know what he's missing out on, to ever miss it.
The only two things he's truly close to is his adopted child, Charcoal, and his pet.
His lifestyle creates problems for most pets, as you can't really transport many pets frequently, and have them still remain happy as a lark, let alone the amount of one on one time many pets require to remain mentally healthy. As such, he's never actually owned a feathered, or furred creature, instead opting for the cool reptiles he has always been fond of.
Currently, he owns a green tree moniter lizard, with the name of BG; named as such because of James' love of bananas and gratin.
❝One of the few things that can set me at ease...❞Due to regularly visiting various islands and coastal locations as a direct result of his work, he happened to try out fishing; for when he was waiting for a report to come in, or some samples to arrive, or other such small instances of simply 'waiting for the time to pass'. To his amazement he took quite a liking to the hobby of fishing, now owning a nice little boat to go out for a little sail and fish on. He's a strong advocate for catch and release style of fishing, at times becoming quite concerned over an animals well being.
Fishing relaxes him like nothing else does to be perfectly honest.
In fact he is very fond of just spending his birthday, this being the 21st of February, just simply fishing with his adopted son - he still needs to catch on that his son dislikes camping. He'll get it eventually! Hopefully before James' thirtieth, yes?

Why I chose the name James:Originally I thought of Sebastian, but I dislike the nicknames associated with that name, so I went searching for names that gave me a similar feel, and really took a liking for Tobias, however there's already another plumerian by that name and whilst I could've pmed them and asked if I could also use the name, I really do prefer to not ask things like that. As such I went searching again and in someone's comments I really liked how they connected Tobias and James together, and this is how I learnt there is even a nickname for the name James; Jem. I really liked this and I feel it suits him and here we are!
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