Adam
| Adam | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as: "Orso/Orsetto" (Machiavelli) / "Baby/Kitty" (Isaiah) / "Gato/Gatito" (Azazel) | |
| Biology | |
| Birthdate | N/a |
| Status | Alive |
| Species | Beast Experiment |
| Ethnicity / Nationality | N/a |
| Parents | N/a |
| Characteristics | |
| Height | 7'3 |
| Accent | Standard American |
| Pronouns | He/him |
| Orientation | DemiPan Spectrum |
| Occupation | N/a |
| Geography and Affiliations | |
| Hometown or Place-of-Residence | N/a |
| Birth town | EOM facility outside July |
| EOM Affiliation? | Yes; Created by them |
Adam is a rather hateful and ill-tempered creature born from the Plant-experiments of the Eye of Michael. Initially innocent, Adam has been used and abused by the EOM for years, resulting in his eventual escape from the facility alongside Isaiah. Now he wanders around Gunsmoke following the other man, unsure of what exactly he wants to do now that he is outside of the place that hurt him for so long.
Background
Adam was created in one of the labs that belonged to the Eye of Micheal; heading the project was a man named Conrad, who was involved in most of the Eye's experiments. See, the man had a habit of trying to play God- and in these attempts, Adam was created. Plant DNA was used, but Adam is far from one of the Independents- instead, he is a mere creature, a beast made far removed from the creators initial intent. Still, despite not being the exact result Conrad was looking for, Adam is an artificially created lifeform, one that is still worth collecting data off of.
Adam as a child was very bright-eyed and hopeful; he saw Conrad as basically a father since Conrad has a habit of acting like a proud father with his experiments- though he never really "parents" them. Adam was a excitable little thing, constantly wanting affection and attention from the scientists and often even drew pictures of them. He really was just a kid... However, with how excitable he was and equipped with all those beastly assets... they felt like they needed to control him, to keep him from turning on them, especially since they had plans on experimenting further on the kid. This becomes apparent when Adam has his first tantrum: he, like any normal kid, doesn't want to feel pain from a planned experiment and has a tantrum over it. He lashes out against it- which simply cements in the scientists' minds that this is something they need to control. Rather than view him as a normal child having a reaction to something, they treat him as nothing more than an experiment that needs to be controlled.
So, they begin to enact this control on him: they slap a shock collar onto him and punish him when he shows too much excitement, they begin to do more and more painful tests, and slowly begin to drown out that hope via betrayal after betrayal of trust. When he shows too strong of emotion, he is shocked and locked in cages. When he resists having the same experiments done to him that he knows will hurt, he is just hurt more, stifling of any of that excitable, happy nature he showed before.
The one person he saw as a father, Conrad, simply stabs him over and over with needle after needle, not a care to any pleading for it to end.
When a person's entire life has been this... it is inevitable that they will continue to lash out, right?
Anger develops inside Adam at being constantly abused. The problem, however, is that any anger out of the beast is viewed as something to be feared and stabilized as soon as possible: Adam cannot show normal frustration, for it as viewed as dangerous. Multiple times, the scientists have simply tranqualized him without hearing him out at all, dealing with his emotions by simply muzzling the problem instead of trying to calm him down. This anger and resentful grows more and more over time, leading to more acting out, which in turn just leads to more pain. It's a horrible cycle of emoting -> consequence -> further anger, until Adam becomes somebody who is bitter and hurt, with no understanding of how to emote outside of anger or fury. He has so many intense emotions and all he knows how to do is react violently in response to them- and he isn't even allowed to do that. It does not help either that this anger is all he is viewed as. When people look at him and interact with him, it is with the expectation that he is nothing but an angry creature. They view him as a monster, only useful to have data taken from. And... it is difficult, after so many years of this, to not accept that as a fact. He can bare his teeth and growl and spit at the humans that have hurt him, because no matter what he does, that is all they will view him as anyways. There isn't a point in cradling the human parts of himself, not when this is all he will apparently ever be.
And sometimes, when they give him drugs that cloud his mind and send fury sparking through him, he finds himself waking with blood caked under his claws and the scent of iron floating through the air, some of the scientists he recognizes gone from then on. And he knows, then, what he is capable of. What he is able to do to people. The hurting he is capable of. And, suddenly, everything that these people say about him feels real all at once, feels tangible in the most nauseating way. He never wanted to hurt people, before. But, can he really lose control of himself like that...? What if this is all he is?
And, really...What is he for to begin with? He wasn't what Conrad initially wanted. He technically wasn't even supposed to exist. These people treat and view him as nothing but a monster. What was he made for if not to be... this, then. This creature of wrath and hatred. And with all this hurt and anger and seeing himself lash out and hurt people when he never wanted to be that to begin with- he convinces himself that this is all he is. That this is all he ever will be.
And that is all he is, for a very long time. Until...
He was sitting inside his cage as usual, when someone new enters the room- Adam can tell by the scent. Something like mint... He looks up to see a curly-headed priest who tells him their name is Isaiah.
The two of them met by nothing but chance, really. Adam is less inclined to trust anyone anymore after having his trust in people basically beaten out of him. Still... they conversate, and Isaiah winds up being the first person in Adam's life to ever offer something different than pain- understanding. Isaiah visits often, and their conversations turn from small words said between bars to hour-long conversations. Isaiah, to some extent, knows what it is like to feel abused and trapped in the cage of the EOM, and is the first person in Adam's life to ever show any sense of understanding for his situation. Isaiah is different from the scientists- she does not only see a monsterous thing in a cage. He sees... only Adam. A person. Something with feelings and not just sharp teeth and claws. There is nothing else like Adam out there, but Isaiah can at least relate and sympathize with him in a way no one else has before. It is scary- but oh-so addicting.
Trust is still difficult, but that does not stop Adam from feeling sparks of hope ignite within him the day that Isaiah proposes the idea of escaping together. It seems so impossible- Adam has never seen the world outside of these white walls before- but with Isaiah... well, she seems capable. And Adam has never had anything else this close to hope before. If he dies in the process of escaping, anyways, it will be better than living any longer in this cage. Speaking of...
Isaiah breaks open the cage. For once, there is not bars or drugs keeping him separated from a person. Isaiah is... placing trust in him that he will not hurt them. It's a level of trust that Adam has never gotten with other people: the scientists have always immediately assumed the worst and punished him accoordingly, but Isaiah is actively trusting him to not hurt her. And Adam knows he absolutely can- he has felt flesh and bones between his claws, knows that he has lost control (without wanting to) before.
...The thought briefly crosses his mind. But, he does not harm them. The two of them keep looking over their shoulders to ensure their safety, but there is a trust here, tenative as it is at first, that continues to develop.
Adam and Isaiah both fight through the facility. Adam fully uses his power and assets to hurt. He is a monster after all, isn't he-? He knows what he is capable of. Blood drenches his claws and reminds him of every time he unintentially lost himself during experimentation- but this is all he is, right? He was made to be this. He fights beside Isaiah and attempts to use all he is to at least escape this cage.
The facility is large though... The two of them are powerful, but not so much that they can singlehandedly fight an entire army, no matter how violent Adam is. Luckily, as they are attempting to escape, they run into a man named Azazel, who seems to have broken in around the same time as their attempt to escape. He claims he was there to destroy the lab equipment and murder some scientists- which, honestly? Sounds pretty useful right now. Adam is not very easily trusting, of course, but to Isaiah, help is help: his fur bristles at the idea of another person involved, but it's not like he has to completely trust the stranger anyways- just long enough to get out. The two of them enlist his help to escape, and together, all three of them manage to break out of the facility.
For the first time in his life, Adam is... free. He has not seen the world outside white walls and cages, at least not that he can remember, and the sight is... overwhelming. He does not know what to do with this newfound freedom. For so long, his life has been at the whim of other people, not his own, and he is at somewhat of a loss to do with it all. He still can hardly believe he is free...
So, for the time being- and the knowledge the he would likely scare the shit out of any normal person who saw him outside of here- Adam elects to remain by Isaiah's side for now. The two of them had developed a tentative friendship after all, and Isaiah did not abandon him after escaping. That, and... her presence makes him feel things he has not before. Something akin to comfort, though the feeling is unfamiliar. So, for now, he decides to stay with her. That man too, Azazel, does not really seem to have a place to go either- so despite the hesitation Adam feels over it, Isaiah seems okay with him sticking around, so Adam begrudgingly agrees to it.
After being freed from the EOM facility, Adam now travels with the unofficial gang headed by Isaiah. He does not have a clear direction in life, for he has never had this much freedom; therefore, for now, he is focused on just living and enjoying the life free of the experiments and pain that defined his days for so long. He still struggles to adapt to all of this without that consistency, and it feels like he keeps taking steps backwards when it comes to coping with the trauma that his upbringing brought, but with these people he has come to love by his side, it's getting easier.
Traits / Trivia
The only thing he would classify as an actual "hobby" is drawing. He used to draw people when he was younger, and nowadays, the few times he has been left alone with a pad of paper and pencil, he still finds himself doodling people. It's a bit awkward and scratchy because his claws are a bit clumsy with a pencil, but he still enjoys it. He is usually too embarrassed to show any of the drawings off, though.
Adam showcases a lot of animal behaviors; whenever he is excited or pleased, his tail swishes and almost wags. When he is annoyed, his ears flick and the tip of his tail swishes. His pupils go wide when he's focused and he likes chewing on things. He even has a habit of "playing" with others, in that he likes chasing people and wrestling. All of his gang has lovingly dubbed him as "kitty" because of all of all of this- something that Adam snaps at but begins to feel warm overtime over.
Was completely unaware that he could purr. The first time Isaiah brings it out of him, he feels... complicated, over it.
Adam is typically standoff-ish, but whenever he starts getting close to people, he tends to get very protective of them- but also cuddly/clingy: he likes curling up with people and it is often that his gang members find themselves being purred to sleep.
Whenever Adam exhibits weird behavior, he acts like its entirely normal about it, usually only replying with "what" or just saying what he's doing like it's completely normal ("Oh. I'm grooming you.") He doesn't have a basis of what "normal" is for most people, hence his reactions. Most of his gang just brushes it off as another Adam quirk.
Absolutely no social skills. His reaction to most people is to either stare at them too intensely, tell them to fuck off, or act on his curiousity (e.i. realizing his hand is bigger than a person's entire face and just. silently holding his hand up against their face to check that out).
Relationships
Isaiah::Isaiah was his first friend and sense of comfort; Adam and Isaiah have an extremely close relationship built off of the fact that they were each other's first real support. Isaiah has teasing privallages, and Adam has always had a very soft spot for him: things he wouldn't let others get away with he would let Isaiah get away with.
Azazel:: Azazel and Adam were both experiments and harbor an understanding of one another from that. Adam has also picked up on the fact that Azazel is not doing good health-wise, and he finds himself grooming Azazel's stubs, wounds, and hair a lot, as his protective instincts tend to flare up with him. The two of them are also very disconnected from basic information, so they tend to not understand basic things, then get the... very wrong idea of what that something is because Adam thinks he knows and Azazel tends to go along with it since Adam seems confident. They're a little dumb together.
Machiavelli:: Machiavelli was the first human outside of the halls of the EOM who saw Adam and wasn't immediately terrified; to this day, he has consistantly treated Adam as nothing less than human. Adam is certainly... different, but despite the oddness, Machiavelli is severely fond of all of the beast's weird quirks. Adam gets intense cuteness-aggression when interacting with Vel and has a tendency to pick him up a lot.
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