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Viro
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Sexuality: Unsure
Age: 13 years
Height: 4'5"
Magic type: Novel/Blinko
Likes: He likes to spend most of his time alone but every once in a while he hangs out with one of his only friends, Len. Another thing he likes to do is listen to music whenever he draws.
Dislikes/fears: Absolutely hates violence of any kind; bullies; sharp objects; doctors; speaking to anyone new; loud and sudden noises; talking about his feelings; being tortured.
Personality: Soft and fragile; Mentally breaks down easily; Keeps most feelings to himself; Very quiet; Depressed on a major scale.
Relations: Len (Best friend); Ghost (Supportive friend); Cody (Adoptive father); Nevis (Personal doctor); Parent's names unknown (Both deceased)
Nicknames: Vee (Usually only called that by Len)
The first 6 years of Viro's life was best he could ever remember. Spending good quality time with his parents as they took care of his fragile body. Though, one week after his sixth birthday, everything went downhill real fast. Late one night, Viro was woken up by semi loud sounds coming from the living room. Curious as a young child could be, he got out of bed to check it out, only to find both parents injured and scared with another stranger in the room talking to them.
It wasn't long until the stranger noticed the small boy watching him, and with a quick sudden movement, Viro was grabbed and was sat on a chair where he could watch even more. Frozen with fear, Viro sat there as he witnessed the gruesome slaughter of both his parents. Their screams echoed in his mind for what seemed like forever. This stranger let him live for he was only just a child, but he was left with a physical and mental scar. The stranger carved a symbol into Viro's arm as a reminder of that if he tells the cops what the stranger looks like, Viro would be found through the scar on his arm and would meet the same fate as his parents.
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Covered in his own and his parents' blood, Viro was traumatized, hiding away in a closet until the forensic officials and police took notice of the murder that took place. After intensive care, Viro was placed in an orphanage since none other family members wanted to take him in. It was soon realized that the stranger who killed his parents was actually a paid assassin with no name. Though that info scared him even more.
About a few years later of living in the orphanage, Viro found himself in a constant state of despair and panic. Being woken up by nightmares reliving his parents murder, seeing the scar of the symbol left on his arm every day, combined with his fear of being found by the assassin, eventually brought his mental state really low and in the potential danger zone.
School was of no help either as he quickly became the sole focus for all the bullies. His small and fragile body was a gold mine for potential injuries and bruises. During the physical attacks, his anxiety would spike drastically to the point he would blank out his surroundings and his body would constantly shake out of fear. Those type of attacks could leave him with a few broken bones and other injuries and a trip to the hospital is usually needed to treat those. The verbal attacks obviously aren't as bad as the physical ones, but it just left a dent in his fragile mind. Some comments involved the scar on his arm left by the assassin.
Soon enough, he had enough of the torment caused by the bullies and his own state of mind. With his fear of being found through that symbol, he did the only thing he could think of to try hiding it. He managed to take the small blade out from a razor and started to cut away on his arm. Though his main focus was trying to hide the main scar, his mind led him to start cutting his other arm to make things look even. At first he only did a few cuts since he couldn't handle much of the pain, but after a few months, he ended up giving himself a few light cuts everyday on both arms.
Viro managed to keep this secret hidden from everyone including the
orphanage staff and other kids for quite a long time. With no friends to be
with, he became very detached from reality as he spent almost all his time
alone with his own thoughts and feelings. Though if he had too much time alone,
those thoughts would lead to actions, and when he preformed those actions, his mind practically
shut down all conscious thought and let his body do all the work.
One day he forgot to lock his door and he was caught literally red handed by one of the staff. He was then brought to a hospital for treatment and was diagnosed with trauma based depression. Being prescribed medication to try easing him out of that depression. At first the medication seemed to be helping, but something clicked and he slowly started taking more and more pills than what was needed to take. Then while being alone with his thoughts, he let his mind slip out from under him as he downed more than half the pills in a single go.
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His attempt at offing himself was stopped when another orphan kid found him passed out in the bathroom and he was immediately brought in to urgent care. Though after he was fully healed and released, he went back to his normal ways of self harm.
Through the rest of his years living in the orphanage, he has attempted suicide in many different ways. He has tried cutting too deep, slicing major veins, hanging himself with a noose, overdosing on medication, jumping into traffic, or jumping off bridges or buildings. Though the last two ways of attempts are usually stopped before he gets too far.
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By the time Viro turned 13, he holds countless scars across this arms and neck, all hidden through long sleeves, gloves, and the scarf his original mother has made for him. School has been it's normal form of torture to him dealing with the bullies.
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Though one fateful day while Viro was sitting alone at lunch, one of the new girls in school suddenly sat with him and started having a conversation even though he barely said a word. The girl called herself Len. She surprised him every day at lunch as she sat and chatted up a storm. She eventually gave him the courage to talk back.
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Ever since then, Viro and Len has become very close in terms of friendship. She would normally be the one to invite him over or even invite herself in. They would spend long hours sending texts or calling each other over the phone about the simple and fun things. He found himself to be calm and relaxed whenever he was around or even just talking with her. She became one of his closest friends. But there was a problem. She wasn't aware of his depression and he was too scared to even tell or show her.
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Months later he started to have feelings for her that he never felt before, and he got really anxious and freaked out about what this feeling was. During one of the hangouts they had at Len's house, he made an excuse of needing to use the bathroom. After 20 minutes of being alone, Len got curious and went to check up on him, wondering why it was taking him so long. But what she found wasn't at all what she thought. Viro was lying on the floor, passed out with both wrists sliced and blood everywhere. Her and Kaltor took him to the hospital to be treated and he recovered soon after.
It wasn't long after that incident that Len would be more cautious about leaving him alone for too long. But that only seemed to strengthen their relationship together. Viro actually started to open up more to her about his feelings now that she knew his secret. And she eventually introduced him to one of her friends, Ghost, who could potentially help him whenever he starts feeling more depressed than normal.
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Going past the lightheartedness between the two, Viro was still an orphan. One of the only ones left in that particular orphanage and it was going to close down very soon, whether he got adopted or not. But just like the miracle of becoming friends with Len, a passerby couldn't help but noticed the closing orphanage. And once this man realized that Viro was the only one left, he took it upon himself to adopt him.
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At first Viro was nervous of being part of a family again, but at the same time, the man, now as his new father, Cody, gave him just as much love and support as Len did. Although this new family of his lives elsewhere, he could only video chat with Len and occasionally visit each other when both had the time.
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So Cody continued to give his new son unconditional love by bonding with Viro and give him the sense of feeling safe and comfortable in his new home. But with this new home comes a new doctor, Nevis, to keep Viro in check of his spiraling depression. Even though he doesn't enjoy being around doctors or in a hospital type setting, he's been getting used to being Nevis's patient.
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Ever so slowly, Viro's depression starts to lighten up after having all this support keeping him afloat. Though he still has those moments when everything, including his anxiety, goes out of control and he just breaks down into an emotional roller coaster. But that doesn't stop Len, or his new father, Cody, from providing him with love until those emotions fade away.
Additional Info: ~Being born as a Blinko meant a few things: he has a very pale, thin, and fragile, body which caused his hair to be a natural silver color and his eyes to be an extremely rare and bright color. Though his bright orange eyes were very appealing to his parents, it gave him very poor eyesight where he could barely see an inch in front of his face without it being extremely blurry. So glasses became a requirement for him at a very young age and will remain a requirement for the rest of his life.
~His hat and scarf that he constantly wears were a birthday gift his original mother made for him. Aside from the toys, this scarf and hat set is the only thing that keeps him feeling connected to his parents. The scarf is also used to hide the scars on his neck so no one could see.
~He has very good senses but that also means he falls victim to sensory overload. Too much loud noise and flashing lights can cause an extreme anxiety attack and could eventually pull him down a bad path.
Hobbies: ~His first hobby isn't the best kind, but he found it therapeutic for him when dealing with his depression and anxiety. He calls it scratching, but it's more along the lines of cutting his arms and wrists with whatever blade he could get a hold of.
~His other hobby is a lot more on the lighter side of things. He found he really enjoyed drawing and sketching whenever he was around Len. Though he never thought he was any good at it, he continued only because Len would give him the confidence to.
