#only mildly unsettling || Peter HC

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// Speaking of speech related things... Time for some rambling about Peter and how he talks sometimes!

On good days (which aren’t uncommon!) Peter’s stuttering isn’t very noticeable. When it does show up it’s usually with harder sounds, particularly D’s, K’s/hard C’s, and T’s, though ‘I’ and ‘a’ are the only softer ones that are often repeated. There are some longer words that if he can’t think of a shorter and easier alternative he might opt to skip it entirely and wind up gesturing to try and get his point across. There’s almost always plenty of filler words like ‘uh’ and ‘um’, but they’re typically not too disruptive if he’s calm.

It’s the bad days or particularly high-stress moments that have him repeating whole words, stumbling over certain sounds and using tons of filler words, or just giving up entirely to gesture and whine instead.

A somewhat similar habit (but not related to the stuttering itself) is repeating himself at the end of sentences, up to three times max. He’s been catching himself and actively trying not to, but that’s another thing that tends to crop back up when he’s anxious or having an episode. There are also instances he can only manage to repeat back parts of what’s spoken to him, trying to pick apart another’s words to get his own across.

Though if he hears something unexpected or a phrase sounds funny to him you can bet you’ll hear him muttering it non stop at random times for days or weeks after the fact. Picture this, he is just sitting down reading a book about different kinds of igneous rocks. He recalls the phrase ‘chimkin numgit’. He will now be saying that to himself with varying enunciation on repeat for the next five minutes and trying (and often failing) not to bust out laughing.

Repeating sudden noises or silly phrases in general is also something he does. Something nearby suddenly beeps? He will beep back without thinking about it even if he’s in the middle of a conversation with someone. Then he’ll forget what he was saying and where in the conversation he was bc the compulsion to beep completely gripped the braincell

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Pros to dating Peter:

If you’re scared of bugs or mice, he will talk them into leaving you alone

Knows just what you need when you need it. Want a hug? it’s hug time. Thirsty? Here’s some water. Hungry? he made acorn-flour pancakes with wild blackberries and honey drizzled on top. Nature’s bounty is yours for the taking

Super affectionate, but only in ways you’re comfortable with. Prefer words but no touch? Touch but no words? Both? Neither? That’s all just fine with him.

A lot more knowledgeable than he appears, he’s full of interesting trivia and practical information but you’d never know because he’s not the type to show off.

Super patient and understanding. Very gentle, but will be firm if it’s for the best. You had BETTER be drinking water every day and not nothing but coffee and mountain dew code red!!!!

Might be unable to die!

Cons to dating Peter:

‘What is that in your mouth? What are you eating? Where did you get that?’

Perpetually has an air of disease about him, even when he’s not sick.

Will bite his nails and forget the clippings everywhere

Spends way too much on bandages. Doesn't always change them as often as needed

Don’t expect any hot date nights. If you try to dress up sexy he’d probably just be like ‘isn’t all that lace itchy?’

Might have a mental breakdown walking past toy aisles with lots of MLP merchandize because he has a vendetta against horses that spans across multiple universes

Might already be dead!

Pros to dating Sanctus:

WOW! HOT a What Baabhabhiat

Your water bill will plummet

Cuddly catboy energy

Can and will gift you with gorgeous and mysterious red gemstones of any shape or size

Confident and helpful. He’ll order for you at McDiglett’s so you don’t have to talk to the cashier and he won’t eat your fries without permission

Has all the good looks of a light haired anime antagonist but without the homicidal tendencies!

Always down to clown in any way, shape, or form. Want to go to Denny’s at 3am? Want to skinny dip in the ocean at night? Want to make out during the scary parts of shrek 3? He’s there for it.

Always looking for opportunities to be complimentary and tell you everything that’s good about you and everything he likes about you. These two things do not always overlap.

Can’t be killed as long as his splash plate is hidden inside the universe on his back. Only those who are aware that it’s there can even access it anyway.

Cons to dating Sanctus:

Actual catboy issues. He will knock things over when he’s bored and will get in the way of anything you’re trying to do. That book can’t possibly be more interesting than he is! If you’re not petting him then you’re wasting your time!

The mysterious red gemstones are made of his blood and might attract the attention of eldritch gods. Also you will have to spend a lot on iron supplements for him.

I lied about him not stealing your fries, he will sneak so many fries

I also lied about the homicidal tendencies, but at least he’s not very likely to kill you specifically! (kozu ikki and zero DNI)

He’s very needy and needs some form of affection and/or physical touch of any kind every 5 minutes or he starts making deflating balloon noises and phases out of existence.

Will hide in your drinking water and cry ‘noooo don’t drink me’ in a very tiny squeaky voice when you go to take a sip

Will inevitably die a slow and violent death as the unown that make up his existence destabilize and pull him apart due to the other half of his soul being gone. The only cure for this is murder

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Snippets of Peter's childhood //

I’ve finally decided that Peter was born and raised in Galar! Peter’s more unusual traits were apparent from pretty early on, some even from birth. Even as a baby, it was as if anyone nearby could get an idea as to what he needed or wanted at any given moment as long as they were close enough. Routine health checks were fairly normal (save for the occasional vitamin or mineral deficiency here and there), but blood tests always came back with unusual and inexplicable results that were different every time. But as long as he seemed healthy enough, they just sort of... ignored it. His mother made sure to keep as many of the records as possible though. Even if she didn’t have the know-how to really make sense of the results, she was determined to find someone who did... but she didn’t have much in terms of free time to look around and as long as Peter was healthy, finding answers wasn’t a priority just yet.

As he grew, it seemed he would attract more and more wild pokemon. For the most part it was all quite positive--Peter was never in need of companionship! But running off to play with any and every wild pokemon he came across got him into all sorts of trouble more than once, and as an overworked single mother Kainé could only keep her eyes on him so much. He practically needed one of those child leashes (grookey flavored!) if they ever went to places like Ballonlea... do you know how often she’d look away for 5 seconds only to look back and see her son being carried off by drifloon??? That’s terrifying!

It wasn’t until he was about 7-9 that things reeaally started getting strange. He grew more emotionally unstable as his empathy and psychometry began to really manifest, and with these strong spikes of emotion brought a very bizarre energy that was more than a little unsettling. There may have been locations or objects he couldn’t get near without pitching a fit, but when asked to explain why he was fussing, he couldn’t verbalize it. Only to find out later that said location or object was used in something like a crime or accident, stressful situations like that. (Psychic Investigator Peter...... or pip. detective au time) This was when his mother turned her attention back into finding resources to learn more about what exactly could be the source of Peter’s unusual abilities, if only so she could better help him to cope with the changes in his life.

By that point it was undeniable to onlookers that there was something quite different about him--but humans with psychic abilities weren’t unheard of, so those around him just assumed that was the case. Some thought this was cool, some shunned the very concept (and him by extension, not wanting their minds to be read or the like), but at first he wasn’t treated very differently in his hometown because ultimately he was still the same lovable well-meaning kid he always was. The other children could at times be cruel (as children often are), but he handled most teasing surprisingly well--he knew there was little to no truly bad intentions, they didn’t really mean him harm. And in some cases he could tell if another child’s mistreatment of him came from their own trauma, and you can bet that Peter would end up saying some very ominous things that would bring to light some of these struggles, for better or for worse. This was also around the time he started to really become nosy and he didn’t yet have the tact or foresight to know when to back off, which lead to an increasing amount of tension with the adults especially, but lbr, who would be thrilled about some spooky ominous child walking up to you and suddenly spouting your deepest fears and insecurities?

I’mma stop this here for now before this post gets too long-winded (as if it isn’t already lol), but. there’s some snippets into peter’s past as a human! stay tuned for the next one, that’s when interpol and aether start to get involved and everything goes downhill. :^)

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