#talon romero ✧✧ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀᴘ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ

[ofenigmas]

(Sean Teale) [THE TACITURN]. Please welcome [TALON ROMERO (HE/HIM)] to Huntsville, WV. They are a [32]-year-old [VISITOR] who lives in [TOWN]. You may see them around working as a [FIREFIGHTER at FIRE STATION]. Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive. 

BASICS

NAME: talon demetrius romero

BIRTH DATE + AGE: january 16, 1991 – 20:33

GENDER: male

PRONOUNS: he/him

ORIENTATION: heterosexual

OCCUPATION: firefighter at fire station (former mechanic)

BIRTHPLACE: huntsville, west virginia

FAMILY: hector valencia - father (alive), mary-beth romero - mother (alive), beau romero (older half-brother - alive), rhea edward romero (older half-brother - alive), gladiola romero (older half-sister - alive?), hawthorne romero (older half-brother - alive), mallard romero (older half-brother - alive), phoenix romero-sawyer, (older half-brother - alive), cassius romero (younger half-brother - alive), luis valencia (younger half-brother - alive), robert romero (younger half-brother - deceased)

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: sean teale

EYE COLOR: dark brown

HAIR: dark brown

HEIGHT: 6′3″

TATTOOS: minimalist pentagon tattoo on his left forearm

SCARS/BIRTH MARKS: small number of minor scars from childhood, heart -shaped birthmark on underside of knee

PERSONALITY

ZODIAC: capricorn sun, aquarius moon, virgo rising

MBTI: intj, the mastermind.

ENNEAGRAM: 5w6, the problem solver. self-preservation/sexual subtype.

ALIGNMENT: true neutral / neutral evil

TEMPERAMENT: melancholic

ARCHETYPE: the kinslayer / the outlaw

ELEMENT: earth

ASSOCIATED CHARACTERS:, geralt of rivia, robbie reyes (agents of shield), bellamy blake, warren peace, rhysand from acotar, luke castellan, zuko from atla, maybe dick greyson/robin (teen titans).

AESTHETIC: being lost in a forest in the dead of winter, a silhouette of someone alone in a cemetery, a murder of ravens, always looking over your shoulder, hidden smirks, fists clenched, dread in the form of a foreboding thunderstorm cloud over your head like a cursed crown, checkmate on a chessboard 

tw: death (including significant other), murder, blood, gun injury

talon is the third to last child of the romero family, the younger end of the middle. because of this, most of his half-siblings were halfway or already grown by the time he was born.

in early childhood, talon didn't really socialize with anyone other than his siblings and his books. he had some understanding of his family's reputation, but only enough to know most people thought he was just another person to be wary of.

a middle school talon often wondered who his father was, if he had a family just as large as the romeros out there somewhere who didn't know about him. he learned to internalize this after mary-beth showed no interest in revealing his father or if he even knew talon existed. still booksmart, he was also known to get into fights at school when provoked about his family.

in high school, he was much less prone to being provoked, but still wore the tough outsider kid reputation. he made a close group of friends and even fell in love. perhaps the romeros were not so cursed after all.

a few weeks before graduation, lying on a third-story rooftop with his girlfriend of two years mandy, they discussed their future, going to community college, transferring to WVU for a couple years, and returning to open his own local bookstore. instead, his dreams came to a swift halt as mandy lost her balance and fell off the roof to her death.

despite having been lying on the roof and not even touching her, talon blamed himself for her death. this was only worsened by someone starting a rumor that he must have pushed her. he skipped his diploma walk, stayed in the back of her funeral, and ditched town shortly after.

unsure what to do with himself, talon used dna test results he'd done a few months prior and managed to find his half-brother in florida, who introduced him to his birth father. or... at least, tried to. hector valencia had no interest in bonding with or acknowledging his son he'd never known existed.

talon ended up rooming with his half-brother luis and luis's fraternity brother oliver. it was meant to be a temporary situation, as talon was desperate for finding an income far away from either his hometown or his birth father, but talon was just desperate enough to agree to oliver's methods for "quick cash".

the jobs started out innocuously enough, mostly dropping off oliver at sketchy locations and driving them both home. easy enough. one of oliver's connections even managed to hook talon up with a job at the local mechanic shop. eventually, the jobs grew more dangerous, and talon became well aware he was playing "getaway driver", but at this point he didn't much care.

about a week ago, oliver didn't show up, and talon tracked him down only to discover he'd been shot, a deal gone wrong. he'd refused to go to the hospital, and despite talon's attempts to help, he was too late. he realized how this looked, yet again. if he called for help, he'd be blamed for his involvement, and there was nothing left anyone could do for oliver, so he ran.

no idea where he was going, talon eventually found himself in west virginia, where he hadn't stepped foot in 15 years. feeling just nostalgic enough to drive through town on his way north, talon soon discovered... there was no way out?

generally has no desire to get close to anyone as he feels people who get close to him have a mysterious way of meeting an untimely end.

is still set on leaving town, it hasn't settled yet that this is an impossible task.

currently works as a firefighter.

top 5 theme songs:

destructible - siiickbrain

Uh-oh heads a junkyard so cold midnight graveyard ... Wake me up cause I wanna get away from the trauma can anyone make this better? Every time my hearts under attack I I slam my skull into a wall ...

Uh-oh I feel hollow Seems like there’s no tomorrow Head hurts it might explode Uh-oh need a restart I’ll send you a postcard

empty - letdown 

You don’t know the hell I’ve been through. You don’t know the price I paid. You can’t see the walls I’m bracing, time I’m facing all my days. Every bit of man I once was. Every bit of love that I could have. Setting into motion All the other fear I had. Nobody help me, I'm not cold, I'm empty.

devil doesn’t bargain - alec benjamin  The devil doesn’t bargain It’s useless, don’t do this It’s hubris to try He’s ruthless, you knew this I can see that you’re sure You can change him but I know you won’t He’ll only break your heart again It isn’t worth it, darling He’s never gonna change He’ll never be Prince Charming He’ll only do you harm.

cut my fingers off - ethan bornick 

I fear the people I love most And a disappointed face My unconditional blindfolds And a life that I could waste (ah-ah) Now I never sit up straight And I don't fit the mold -- Lone wolf, thought I'd do better on my own (ah-ah) Lost in a survival TV show

go to war - nothing more

We arm ourselves with the wrongs we've done Name them off one by one Let's go to war

Screaming at the ones we love Like we forgot who we can trust Screaming at the top of our lungs On the grounds where we feel safe Do we feel safe?

— CONNECTIONS: (***most of talon's connections will need to be made on the dash***)

FAMILIAL:

HALF-SIBLING - { 8 / 9 } - open: luis valencia (negotiable on name and surname)

PLATONIC:

INNER CIRCLE - { 6 / 6 } - clara jones, eliana kapur, james brennan, mandy thatcher, ruben hobbes, hanna hobbes - the people in huntsville talon would have once considered his closest friends and his "family". they have matching tattoos.

ROOMMATES - { 1 / 1 } - james brennan - talon will need somewhere to live and is probably sleeping at the fire station rn

ACQUAINTANCES - { 1 / ? } - morgan vovk - anyone who has lived in town over 15 years could have met talon

CO-WORKERS - { 2 / 5 } - phoenix romero-sawyer, riley saunders - others who work at the fire station

ANTAGONISTIC:

ENEMIES - { 1 / ? } - jasper sinclair - anyone who judged him for his closed off nature growing up, or who he hated for mocking his family

DISLIKED - { 0 / ? } - anyone he's met upon arrival and been rude to since

ROMANTIC:

none open currently

OTHER - feel free to hit me up with any other ideas you have as well !

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @ofescapisms (morgan)

talon is a bit more than a bit drunk at this point, attempting to process everything he's learned from this fun festival where he's gained nothing other than bad news and somehow accidentally winning a floral umbrella. when the bartender asks him what the strangest thing about being back in town is, hearing jasper's boisterous laugh from across the street, he blurts out, "me saca la piedra que el sinclairs vivir después de a pesar de todo". he takes another swig of beer, before glancing at -- "morgan vovk ? " he slurs. after a considerable silence of still ruminating on the bartender's words, he glances back at morgan. "do you not have cable here, then ? you don't have commercials ? no geico gecko ? "

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @wanderinglcst (matt)

It's mostly the mead that has Talon interacting with strangers, but he is yet again glancing in the direction of someone beside him. It's been a long enough that perhaps he knew all of these people once and he simply doesn't recognize them; an odd thought. "Is there any adequate food at this event ? Something other than..." he pauses, expression discombulant as he looks down at the little cursive sign, "'scrumptious maple bacon cupcakes' ? What's next ? Beef muffins ? "

[ofenigmas]

lana Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time Hidin' all of our sins from the daylight There's darkness in the distance I'm beggin' for forgiveness (ooh) But I know I might resist it, oh

jasper Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care This lust is a burden that we both share Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time You and I drink the poison from the same vine Try to follow your light, but it's nighttime Please, don't leave me in the end

talon Telling myself I won't go there Oh, but I know that I won't care Tryna wash away all the blood I've spilt There's darkness in the distance From the way that I've been livin' Can you spare any mercy that you might find If I'm down on my knees again

[ofenigmas]

His first stop upon not being able to leave town is to visit the town cemetery, to make sure that name is still carved into marble in this wretched town. Perhaps, if it isn't, this is all some strange dream as his long-term memory revisits his past against his wishes. Talon has no desire to be in Huntsville, only a split-second decision to drive by his family home on his way through West Virginia, and yet... here he walks. He's caught up enough in his own thoughts that he barely registers another person until he sees her manage to trip on the sidewalk a short distance ahead of him. His legs are long enough that he manages to grab the woman by her forearm to keep her from slamming face-first into concrete. He looks her over in silence, debating how to ask vital questions he needs answers to, instead going with, "Who in their right mind where high heels to a cemetery ? "

Open starter    

Location: outside of Huntsville cemetery 

WAS she contemplating on the thought of potentially hooking up with anyone just so she didn’t focus on her feelings and emotions? yes, there was another thought to head over to the fight club and just allow some other pain that was not her own consume her. this was life, as they called it, forever stuck in a place that had fucking monsters at night. yeah, it was the usual time where she wanted to be reckless, and not care for the consequences.

she had passed by the cemetery, the thought of her friend dante crossed her mind, however she didn’t want to think about the past, what could have been. where she would be now. lost in thought she failed to see a crack in the sidewalk, and her heel got stuck in it, as she propelled forward, about to land face forward to the ground. 

[ofenigmas]

when: day of the flower festival where: flower festival who: @ofxlilac (chloe)

talon would never attend the town's little festivals even a decade and a half ago, not unless elya or clara or... not unless he'd been dragged. yet, he's ... experiencing some form of prolonged nightmare, or else... some sort of phenomenon he can't seem to comprehend is keeping him trapped in the hometown he shouldn't have even been week enough to drive through. he needed to eat, however, and he... figured perhaps none of his ghosts would attend this festival over the diner, so he'd gone here, instead getting caught up having a bit too much mead. it's this little detail that has him leaning towards the nearest stranger in a conspiratorial fashion. "were you aware that... hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is an actual word ? "

[ofenigmas]

Talon cannot help the dumbfounded expression as he watches someone he's quite certain is his older brother conversing with a small child who referred to him as Daddy. What did he expect ? That his family would stay frozen in time in his absence ?

He's still staring when Duck calls him out, and Talon who has already lost track of his mead intake, approaches with just a bit of imbalance. "Wondering why an entire family tree dropped from the face of the Earth," Talon retorts, which... is something he has wondered a number of times over the years, that may have played some small part in his decision to drive through Huntsville. "You... You have a child ? And it's... what shall I call it ? A village-sized apocalypse ? Don't tell me we're somehow at fault for this."

"Daddy, can I have another little pie....?" Duck glances up from his work, taking another long drink from his lemonade and sitting his carving knife aside. "I've only had like, four." Robin insists, dangling from the counter's edge, Brute sat obediently beside the boy. "And they're tiny so they don't count that's what ya say about th' little cups of spicy water you're always drinkin'-"

"Robin, bud, hush." He sighs, standing up with a groan. "You don't need anymore sugar, yer gonna be a nightmare when we go home. here." He reaches into his pockets, handing over a couple ration cards. "You take these and go get whatever you want, a snack, somethin' t play with, whatever. Just take Brute with ya, and behave, okay? What do we do?"

"Say please and thank you, tell the grown ups if I need help, and if anybody tries t' touch me in the bad way, start screamin' and bite somethin' off so they can't lie t' the cops about what happened."

"Atta boy. Get goin." He insists, watching the kid run off before leaning against the counter with a groan, head set against wood before a shadow tells him someone else has arrived. "Hey what can I get- Holy shit." He's a hell of a lot older from the last time Duck's seen him, sure, but call it a brother's intuition when he lets out a short bark of a laugh. "Ain't you a sight for sore eyes, what the fuck are you doin' back in Huntsville, Tal?"

@ofenigmas

[ofenigmas]

"I see. We're going straight for the expletives," Talon muses, swirling his glass of mead. Normally, her actions would leave him entirely unmoved, but he's just drunk enough that he stumbles backwards a step in surprise. He only needs that moment to recover, latching his hand around her wrist in a firm grip. "You can have this back when you're done being violent," he informs her, eyes narrowed in something that resembles annoyance. "What do you want, Clara ? My gratitude ? Thank you, Clara, for your inability to tell me half of our fa-- most of the town is buried ? Including my brother ? Thank you."

EVENT: Flower Festival WHERE: Main Street WHO: Talon Romero ( @ofenigmas )

It had been an eventful 24 hours for Clara Jones. It started last evening, when in the first hour of her shift at the watchtower, she had spotted a lone car driving into town. It had continued when she had discovered that the man in said car was none other than one of her best friends from high school who hadn't been back to Huntsville in fifteen years. And finally, it had reached the tipping point when come morning, she woke up to discover that he was nowhere to be found, and then had to spend the entire day with his older brother without telegraphing how worried she was.

So, when she saw Talon hanging around the outskirts of the festival area, clearly alive and well, she was - to put it mildly - fucking livid. "Hey asshole," she greeted, stalking up to him and straight up shoving him in the chest with as much force as she could manage. "I saved your goddamn life last night, and then you just fucking bail without, I don't know, saying anything? You almost gave me a heart attack! I've been worried all fucking day that something horrible happened to you and yet, here you are, just casually chilling at the flower festival. What is wrong with you?!"

[ofenigmas]

Talon is observing one of the flower arches when he hears the scrape of shoes on pavement, only managing to turn in time to get a glance of Eliana Kapur barreling into him. Unsure whether out of an involuntary reflex to keep the impact from knocking them and the nearest flower arch over or whether he just can't repel this small moment of peace from his past, but Talon relents and wraps one arm tightly around her as he keeps them both from toppling over. Home. The word strikes a sense of reality back into him, that this place... it simply cannot be his home anymore, not when so much has happened. "Elya, I... This isn't..." There is no good way to say it, so he only carries on. "I can't stay. I'm just looking for a way out."

who: @ofenigmas (talon)

Elya saw the somewhat familiar head of hair and did a double take. Surely her mind was playing tricks on her. Talon left before the paradox. But no matter how much she blinked he didn't go away. Talon was home. A pain in her chest that had grown dull over the years resurfaced sharply, and she could feel herself choking up. A part of her had hoped he never came back. Never got caught up in the paradox like the rest of them. That maybe he'd moved onto a new life and found some closure. But god, the rush of relief when she had confirmation that he was still okay. It was enough to get her feet moving, closing the distance between them as she broke out into a run. The instant her arms wrapped around him she was already crying. She hadn't seen him since he ran off after that awful night. She'd lost two of her best friends at once. Elya wanted to be mad at him but she just couldn't find it within herself. Finally she calmed down enough to step back, her voice coming out just a whisper. "You're home."