#TS OC: Mephisto

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Aphelion, the porcelain mind.

Trivia:

- Love interest! There is no curse or route, he is the route.

- Stockholm syndrome for a God. When playing Aphelion's route, you are fighting to free him from this God with the promise that he will cure your curse.

- When 'crying', his eyes pop inside of his head, leaving his sockets empty. The entity residing in it's body cries in place of the sockets, the tears being Ichor.

- The entity's blood is Ichor, but Aphelion itself does not bleed!

- Ball joints creak and groan when he walks, it's not incredibly loud but it's noticeable when up close. If you're curious, you can always look up videos of ball jointed dolls, ASMR ones for better results!!

- Pupils glow purple in the darkness.

- Can hold himself upright usually, but in a weak state can end up ragdolling, only being held up by his strings.

- His strings can sometimes turn red.

- Despite it's height, people are not scared of him! It's something to do with the entity inside of him. The aura it emits is calming, like being in the center of nature.

- The only thing on his face that moves is his eyeballs, and those can pop out of place. They can even be replaced! He technically doesn't use them to see.

- The entity is his life force/soul, but Aphelion seems to be separate from the entity. The details of Aphelion's sentience without the entity is unknown.

- His voice claim is Chaos from Hades, aka Peter Canavese. His voice is an echo that feels like it resounds in the back of your skull.

Mephisto

- She/It/One/Oneself (like "One knows more than you think, it is all in one's plan.") ((omniscient third person))

- 16'5"/500cm

- May 5th Birthday

- Her form cannot really be perceived unless she willingly shows herself to you.

- Based on/Inspired by Mephistopheles: Devil's messenger and a powerful demon of trickery and hatred. Mephistopheles is said to be a genderless entity, and is able to shapeshift into any form it deems suitable. So naturally, I'd make Mephisto able to shapeshift, but she ultimately likes being fem presenting.

Lore fragments:

If the god that held me so close in their hands were to crack my porcelain frame, would the blood that seeps out show that I was cared for? ...Will there be blood?

There will not be blood, for I do not bleed. The thing that seeps out of my joints and the holes in my armor is a disease to the people around me. The people who tried to pick me up and handle me with care, just as my love, my God, once did. They always dropped me. Did my god instill fear into their hearts? Was my God full of envy? Do they still love me? Does humanity still love me?

...Where is everyone? Where... are my strings?

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Truly a Fish in a Birdcage. A doll that does not fit into the freedom fit for a bird and yet locked in the cage that ties the bird down. He does not belong in the cage. He does not belong in the sea, either.

He was created for them, his God, his love. That is what he believes. They picked him up and held him so close, each string tied to incomprehensible, unseeable hands.

So now why does his love, his God feel like a cage themself? The humans who had treated him with kindness despite being a fish out of the sea and tied to a bird feeder behind bars, they didn't make him feel like he was in that cage. So why did he hurt them?

Why are they red?

Why are my strings red?

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It's strange that the tip of my blade doesn't hurt me. It strange that the things I do to others do not hurt me. My body is fragile and yet I can be rebuilt. The cracks on my surface can be mended and I will continue like normal. I will continue to dance, sword in hand, until I cut my strings.

My strings.... my strings are stained red with the blood spilled by the tip of my blade. I cannot cut them. They are indestructible. Why are they indestructible? My God, why do you trap me, so? You say you love me and yet I wander aimlessly, cold and alone. This body is not capable of warmth. I can only look beautiful. You found me beautiful didn't you? If so, why don't you hold me in your hands anymore? Why do you not walk along side me? Why is there a parasite inside of me, feeding off of my essence? Why does this parasite hurt people? It drives them mad, and they try everything to shatter me.

I don't want to hurt people, they created me. I am housed by anything but a human. The hands that built me are the ones that avoided me after I was complete. I laid bare and let the critters of the earth inhabit me. If I was built to be forgotten, why do I feel? Was I... ever supposed to feel? Was that you, my... love, my God? Was it the parasite inside of me?

Please my God, do not abandon me.

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"If I was built to be forgotten, why do I feel?"

"I will continue to dance, sword in hand, until I cut my strings."

"This body is not capable of warmth. I can only look beautiful."

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"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."

He wants to. Oh, he wants to. Those strings, though. They're barely there, invisible to the human eye, but they are red and the blood weighs tons onto his body. They're so heavy, he cannot move them. His God has him spinning in circles, a dance curated only for them.

They watch as porcelain feet prance over cobblestone tiles and pirouette in the town sqaure. These people watch in amusement, but no one knows just how beautiful their beloved doll is. Only they can see how beautiful he is. And by their name, he is gorgeous. And he belongs only to them.

He is wrapped around her finger.

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Aphys voice rings like an echo. Since his mouth is static and nothing else on his face moves, theres no way for him to speak. However, he does have a voice. It feels like it echos in your mind, like through a church. Your mind is his church and he is belting a hymn to you.

More art below!! No stat sheets yet I think.

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i forgor all of their playlists too oml

Aphy's playlist is a mix of both him, Mephisto, and him being influenced by Mephisto

Hemlock doesn't have a playlist yet 💔💔💔

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The name is Zenith Petrichor, welcome to my TOUCHSTARVED side blog!!! My pronouns are zey/zem/he/it and I'm agender, cupio/aegoromantic, and aegosexual (aroace for simplicity)! I am 18 and diagnosed ASD, ADHD, and OCD!! Enjoy your stay!!!! :3

Current OC list for TS:

Ais route: Eizan, AMAB He/Him, Hound BG

Kuras route: Pavlov, AMAB They/Them, Alchemist BG

Vere route: Zephyr, AFAB Zey/Zem, Unnamed BG

Love Interest: Aphelion, no sex, He/It -> Mephisto, shapeshifting god, She/It/One, Tied to Aphelion

Leander route: Hemlock, AMAB He/They, Alchemist BG

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All of these OCs exist in the same universe at the same time.

Hemlock doesn't have a character sheet yet, and Mephisto isn't getting one. BUT I do have character details for her.

Eizan is my most important MC, he was the first MC I created and the one that got the most... creative juices flowing. Eizan is also my most powerful OC, his power is just sealed away (hence the connected lore). And I have a bias towards Ais so I mean I just project that through Eizan, in fact, I projected a LOT through Eizan. 😭

Oh yeah! The URL is foreshadowing :3