#remiel 'remi' lynxwiler verse > teenager

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continued from here with @evildecd​‘s charlie lorne!

      The whispers had seemed to get worse as Remi grew, despite his parents and his doctors all telling him that it would get better - that the symptoms would ease up over time as his child’s imgagination faded, or whatever bullshit they liked to feed people. They were wrong, though, because of course they were wrong. 

      At least he wasn’t alone.

      Hunched over and curled up in the very centre of the blanket fort, Remi could feel the weight on his chest lessening, his muscles relaxing as he worked on remembering to breathe and kept his eyes on his friend. Charlie was safe. They were both safe. (They had to be, they were inside a fort: those were the rules.)

      He shook his head and scooted closer to Charlie. “Nah. Just... other voices. I never get a good look at ‘em, they’re just... quick shadows. Don’t think it’s the clown though...  just somethin’ else. My parents say they’re not real but...” Remi shrugged slightly, reaching for a large blanket not currently being used as a wall and draping it over himself, holding his arm out and inviting Charlie to wrap up in it as well. “They’d pro’lly say that about Pennywise too.”

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CHARACTER PROFILE: Remiel Lynxwiler

NAME: Remiel ‘Remi’ Lynxwiler

AGE: Verse dependent: in his original story he’s 12-13, but as of right now I’ve only written him in his teenager verse.

GENDER: He identifies as a cis male, though as far as his style goes he’s very gender nonconforming.

SEXUALITY: He had no idea what sexuality he was - or even what it was - until much later in life, as he grew up in a highly sheltered environment. The older he gets, however, the more and more sure he becomes that he’s gay.

ALIGNMENT: Antihero/hero depending upon his mental state; chaotic neutral.

FAMILY: Only child, lived with his parents until he managed to move out.

LIKES: The colour silver, clovers, raccoons, pirates, Disney films, 80s music and films.

DISLIKES: His parents (with good reason), mirrors, the dark, graveyards, tomatoes (he haaaaaates the taste), churches, anything with a spongy or jelly-like texture.

STORY: Remi is from the novel tentatively titled “In The Mirror”, a story that I’ve worked on for a few years now. He is a boy that sees things - creatures, people, spirits, and more - that no one else can see. When his parents find out, they as religious folks begin to worry that Remi has schizophrenia - which in their circles is signs of demonic possession. The story follows Remi as he struggles with his own identity, and with the very real creatures he faces danger from. They’re not hallucinations; they’re real, and nobody else can see them, which means he has no one to seek protection or aid from. He’s on his own.

BACKGROUND: Remiel was born to two very religious parents, who wanted to name their firstborn son something special; and as they saw him to be their little angel, they decided to name him after an angel. When asking fellow townsfolk for suggestions, they liked Remiel, not finding out until later that their choice of angel wasn’t from the Bible at all, but from the offshoot the Book of Enoch, something that left a bad taste in their mouth but was irreversible. Remiel began to show signs of being “different” as early as the age of five. At first his parents assumed it was the usual imaginary friend phase, but the darker and more horrific the invisible beings Remiel described became, the more terrified his parents became that he was possessed by a demon, which caused schizophrenia. But no matter who or where they sent him throughout his life, there was no one able to “exorcise” him. So as life went on, Remiel suffered in silence, too afraid to mention what he saw, not wanting to go back to the camps and ‘doctors’ that claimed to be able to free him. But the older he got, the more intense his ‘visions and hallucinations’ became, and by the time he became 12, he only had so many options - give in to the voices he heard, that promised to make his life better, or continue to fight against them.