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name;
Calix
It means 'Chalice'.
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gender;
male
couldn't think of him as anything else >u<
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age;
currently he is about 27.
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name;
Calix
It means 'Chalice'.
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gender;
male
couldn't think of him as anything else >u<
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age;
currently he is about 27.
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personality;
some things may make more sense if you read the history first ;3
Calix talks in crimson!~
protective || trustworthy || troubled || low || sweet || easily embarrassed
some things may make more sense if you read the history first ;3
Calix talks in crimson!~
protective || trustworthy || troubled || low || sweet || easily embarrassed
- personal. Calix is always trying to help those he loves; he'll do anything for them. Sometimes this can get him in to trouble, especially when he acts like an idiot trying to help someone who obviously doesn't want his help. Excuse me!? What do you mean, 'those who don't want it'! Who doesn't want a little bit of help every now and then? This makes him a very trustworthy and secretive person; if you open up to him, he will never tell anyone else. Like ever. He hasn't found a single, legitimate reason to tell a secret since Leo came along, and probably never will. But please, I don't like lugging around everyone's secrets. I really don't need to know... Sadly, Calix is also very troubled; he is usually a very honest and coming-clean person, but because of Corrie he has many insecurities and sees himself as a bad person at times... but could never actually tell her about her past. Please don't talk about that >n< This makes him a pretty upset, low, and depressed person most of the time. It's hard to make him laugh, but I know this one trick to make him- SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Well anyways, despite all this once you get to know Calix he is the sweetest thing ever. I mean like, ever. He'll do anything for you. Once he even baked me- Ara, please, too much information! But sadly he's a bit self-conscious... if you haven't noticed that yet.
story;
( Corrie is my JMD ;3 I included her so that, if I win, they'll have an amazing relationship<33 )
( Corrie is my JMD ;3 I included her so that, if I win, they'll have an amazing relationship<33 )
- Stepping off the bus in the deepening twilight, Calix looked around nervously. The driver had just told him that he had passed his stop already and unless he’d like to stay on the bus for another hour or so, he’d have to get off now.
Or in the bus driver’s words; “If ye’ wud ge off now, ‘r e’ll add ‘nother hour to ye’ fair!”
Calix had trudged off the bus quickly, dropping a handful of crumpled one-dollars delicately in the outstretched hand, not wanting to touch the greasy, oiled palms of the old man. He now stood, staring out into the empty streets and listening to the retreating bus. There wasn’t a lit lightpost anywhere around, only down the street aways towards the direction of his house.
The clattering sound, perhaps of a tin can, echoed throughout the streets. Normally he would of disregarded the sound; it was rather normal, the kids of his neighorhood loved to play kick the can and other games like that and the sounds he would hear from his window would meld into his daily life. Not really interested in finding out what caused the disturbing sound, Calix backed up into the large warehouse he’d always wondered about- it had gone unused for years and it hadn’t been bulldozed.
The light flick of a shadow in the moonlight convinced him to step into the empty building. It was immediately pitch black except for the light that filtered through a hole in the ceiling, illuminating the grotesque scene. The first thing Calix noticed was the horrid amount of twisted, broken skeletons littering the area; from the shape of the skulls it was obvious he was walking in a graveyard of his own. He nearly yelped out in fear, but the moment he opened his mouth the horrid scent of the bodies that had not yet deteriorated. Gagging, he covered his mouth with his jacket and moved to leave.
“Leaving so sooooon?! Most stay for a whiiiiilllle... Corrigan over heeerrrreeee’s been over for a couple of yearssss, actually.” the eerie voice sounded like a snake, the hissing accents putting an emphasis on the vowels. He could hear the shuffling of bones as they’re pushed to the side, clattering against each other. Calix whirled around, pushing his back against the wall; his paw felt for the door with no evail.
“He-hello?” Calix croaked, the fear obvious in his voice.
“Oh don’t worryyyyyy, chiiiiilllld. I’m againsssttttt harminggg the chiiilldreeeennn.” the voice hissed, distinctly male. “But that doesn’t mean you can leavveeeeee, younnnngggg oneeee.”
Nodding hurriedly, Calix shuffled towards the door nonetheless. “I’d s-stay... but I think I... I... I- I....” he groaned inwardly, the scent of his fear clear in the air.
“Be QUIEEEETTTTTTT!” the figure hissed. “Youuuuur not leaaavvvinnnggg until I sayyyy so, CHILLLLDDD!” it screeched at him. As the figure moved closer he saw, to his horror, it was another dragon.
“Weeelllccommeeee to my aboodee.” the dragon hissed, it’s wings spread out behind him as it approached. “Normmallyyy, you’dd beeee deaddddd by nowwwww, but I have a ruulleee withhh chillddreennn.” By now they were face-to-face. The dragon moved his snout to Calix’s ear, whispering.
“They donnn’ttttt tasstteee righhhhtttt.” The warm, moist air from his mouth blew over Calix’s face, he could tast the gore and blood like a metallic sheild that slammed against him. He fought over the urge to faint; fainting, no doubt, would give the cannibal the chance to do anything, anything at all to him. He flinched away at the dragons word’s and closed his eyes in disgust.
Pulling away, he backed off from the dragon. “Ple-please!” he begged, seeing the glint of malice in the... the... the creatures eyes. He didn’t dare call the thing a JMD, it wasn’t... right.
“Diddn’ttt I telll youuuu? Theyy don’t tassssteeee RIIGHHTTT!” Calix flinched as the thing raised it’s voice. “Fiiinnneee thhennn.... leeeaavveeeee. I guessss youuuu didn’tt notttiicceee one, smallll detailll.” The cannibal looked at him, a crooked smile on his bloodied face. Calix’s eyes flitted across the room, not wanting to see the gore and horrors in the room but wondering what the creature meant.
“Nottt at yourrr surrounnddinnggssss chillldddd, but at meeeeee.” Reluctantly, Calix rested his eyes on the deranged thing before him. Only then did he notice. A small, wiggling bundle strapped to the back of the creature; a soft, blood splattered pink cloth, and Calix looked at the cannibalistic creature disbelievingly. The cloth was embroidered, with love no doubt, to say ‘Corwenna.’
“Y-you... you’re... you’re a father?” he said, quietly, not believing it.
The thing... the JMD... it’s eyes softened, and as he unstrapped the bundle from his back, he looked at it with the love Calix could never believe could come from such a being.
“Her... her mother would never let her stay with me... she would want her to live a normal life...” he looked down, obviously ashamed. “The little girl has seen enough gore for the rest of her life, and shouldn’t grow up isolated from society like this...” he shuddered. “I’d be a horrible father to keep her here... to raise her like, like me...” he looked to Calix with a sad, restless look; like a beaten man, looking to his jailkeeper. “Please...” His hiss, probably for show, was gone. He came fowards to Calix and dropped the bundle right before him.
- Calix looked at the pitiful little wrapping of cloth... a corner came undone as it was placed delicately on the bleached floor, and an adorable little snout poked through the folds. Tiny little giggles erupted from the bundle, an Calix couldn’t help but laughing softly at the little girl’s spirit. Facing the cannibal, he nodded.
“Thank you, young man... your name?” the dragon asked, stumbling into a skeleton as he tried to look closer at his little daughter. Calix caught the man with his paws, surprising himself; he never expected to care about the cannibalistic dragon. The thing smiled at him, but not in the malicing way before; this was a friendly smile that Calix returned, albeit a bit dimmed though.
“I’m Calix... who may you be?” he asked in return, wondering aloud.
“I probably shouldn’t say... but you can call me Leo. Would I be able to see her sometimes?” he asked, picking himself up.
“I don’t think that would be best... you know, since you’re a cannibal an all...” he wondered what had urged Leo to be all horrific and such before. “But if you come over, at night, to my home... I’ll tell you how she’s going.” he realized he’d probably have to give Leo his address, and internally slapped himself for offering up the information.
“No, you probably aren’t comfortable with that anyways... I’ll look from afar. But if you hurt her-“ Leo looked at him with a fire, one that burned into Calix’s vision and left him with a clear warning.
“O-of course, I could never think of harming her!” Calix’s fear bloomed internally, and he scooped the child up softly as if looking only to hold something. Leo’s features softened and he motioned to the door.
“You better go, someone could be waiting for you.” he said, leading Calix to the door. Calix held the bundle delicately in his jaws, stepping lightly. He would say something except for the baby in his mouth, so he just nodded and said what he could with his eyes.
“And... please... don’t tell anyone about, err, this.” Leo motioned to the horrific warehouse he called home. “I feel horrible for saying this, but I don’t want to have to hurt the people you love... because someday, my Corrie will love them too.” Leo melted into the shadows then, silently, like a ghost. Calix was alone on the street, convinced that he would never tell anyone. And he realized then that it would take a lot more than willpower to never spill this secret... especially if something happened to, per say, someone he knew.
He padded down the street with his precious charge in the direction of his house, he wondered how he would keep the child- Corwenna- he corrected himself- a secret from his parents but still let her go to school and have friends. Friends would be easy, but school... that would be hard.
What did I just get myself into? Calix was a straight-A student, one who knew all of his teachers personally. His school had limited staff; you stayed with the same teacher all throughout elementary, and got a new one in Middle school and another in Highschool, with limited classes otherwise. His parents had sent him to a private college, and he’d seen how much that would cost. He groaned as he realized he’d probably have to take that job at the icecream stand his friend had offered him, to start saving for this little girl. He almost considered putting the child in the system when a soft paw batted his nose. Giggles erupted from the bundle and Calix couldn’t help laughing through the cloth in his mouth.
Calix approached his house when the idea sprung in his head. It was about 8 o’clock, meaning he had been in the warehouse for about an hour. Flipping on his cell-phone, he speed-dialed his friend, Sarah, hoping she’d be willing to teach little Corwenna how to read and write during her free time. He knew it would take a lot of her free time and dedication so it was a long shot; he was glad that she was a super close friend of his, and had a lot of private tutors. She was super nice so most likely she would be willing to let the girl slip in on her tutoring classes.
Again his mind slipped to Leo; it had turned his point of view on, eh, criminals of late. All of them had families and people they loved; he tried to dispell the images of skeletons in his head as the resurface in his mind. He decided that, to keep Corwenna the happy little girl she was then, in that little pink, blood splattered bundle, he would never tell her about her father. He would say she was found on the side of the road or something. Something less painful, but not a total lie; she could never believe that she was actually related to him, it would break her heart horribly when the truth came out. But the innocent little girl in his bundle should never have to think that she is changed because she’s the spawn of a cannibalistic serial killer... he shuddered.
“Hello?” Sarah had picked up, at just the right time.
“Oh, hey Sarah... I kinda have a problem, can I meet you at your house?” Calix said quickly, stuttering a bit. He was already heading over to her house right then, whether or not she said yeah. “Oh, just forget it I’m coming over anyways.” he muttered, closing the phone.
“Um... okay.” said Sarah, to the dead phone.
Calix knocked on her door, pounding a bit harder than he meant to. Sarah opened with a rush.
“What’s going o- What is that?” Sarah was all eyes for Corwenna, even though she couldn’t see the little baby only the wiggling bundle. Calix pushed past her and up the stairs, into her room, Sarah on his heels. When he got into her room, he set the bundle on his bed and undid the folds, snuggling the little baby and making her giggle again.
“Where in the world did you get that!?” Sarah asked in surprise, keeping her voice down so the rest of her family wouldn’t hear.
“And why did you bring it here!?” she added.
“I need you to get her tutored somehow. You’re the only person who knows I have her, so shush. And I need you to help me figure out where I’m going to keep her.” he said swiftly. “Her name is Corwenna.”
Sarah looked at him in alarm at first, but softened when he heard the girl’s name. “You’ll be Calix’s little Corrie, won’t you hunny?” she said, nuzzling the girl. “Don’t worry she can have my neice’s old crib, and I can keep her in the closet.” she said, winking.
“The closet? Are you kidding me?!” Calix shouted, remembering to lower his voice after. “That’s abuse! She needs 24 hour care!” he whispered angrily. Sarah just rolled her eyes and went to her closet, opening it. I had forgotten she was rich because it was huge.
The closet, literally, could fit both of them and the baby with like 4 feet between.
“So I see what you mean.” Calix muttered, defeated. “So where’s the crib?” he asked, tired and ready to go home before remembering his parents were on a year-long trip, they had left a week and a half or go. “If she’s staying here I’d like to stay with her.” he added, and Sarah nodded. “I’ll get some blankets and you two can stay in the guest room until we can get the crib down.” she led them to the guest room where Calix flunked down on the bed, curling around his precious charge.
“I’ll protect you, Corrie.” he whispered to the precious little girl snuggled to his side.