Pomelo (Bronze)

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It's BronzeRattle's oc! It's also very old and very much outdated. Feel free to read, but Pomelo is due for a revamp sometime in 20XX, so expect some epic cringe.
==Appearance==
"You are what you eat, so I became a pomelo!"
Pomelo is a perky pastel orange RainWing with lime green and yellow frills. His eyes are rich brown and have a blue ring around them. His underside is paler, separated by a dull reddish brown. The spikes on his back are pink. Pomelo has a complicated array of blue to green gradients on his limbs, supported by pink scales on his legs. His spikes are light pink, and he has green/blue with rose patterns down his body.
The RainWing has a very long prehensible tail. Blue and pink scales run down half of his tail.
Pomelo is a little larger than other RainWings, but the size difference isn't very noticeable because he's only 5 years old. He walks with a limp in his back left leg.
===Scale colors===
Blue and yellow scales may briefly flash down his neck, body, and/or tail. While relaxing blue and yellow scales pop up in the orange color and shift constantly. Opening his mouth or holding an expression for a moment automatically makes the scales above his mouth turn these colors until he changes look(like in the ref).
He's not keen on showing emotions on his scales, so a drastic change in color is due to a powerful emotion.
Instead of becoming red or orange when angered like the rest of his kin, the red line between his underscales and upper scales becomes brighter red or orange. When scared his back spikes briefly turn greenish-yellow.
==Backstory==
Through some tragedy, Pomelo hatched on a deceased RainWing in heavy rain. He was too young to really know anything: he just scampered off into the forest, leaving the two other sibling eggs to chill by themselves in the rain. Pomelo wandered around, eventually finding the RainWing Village. There, he learned what RainWings could actually do, taught by a much older mentor known as Passiflor. 
Pomelo, according to the RainWing, was "highly incompetent". He couldn't remain still for long, and once he was taught about the dizzying array of fruits the RainWing snuck off to the fruit trees during any second of free time. Pomelo was particularly into a specific citrus fruit known as the pomelo: a large greenish-orange look alike to the orange which grew occasionally in the rainforest in small groups. The small RainWing would climb up the thorny tree, somehow unscathed every time, and grab loads of the huge fruits. He liked them enough to the point where he made his scales orange and greenish to match the citrus. Whenever Passiflor tried to fly off after him, he'd get scratched and torn all over from the thorns. Eventually, he gave up and just waited for naive Pomelo to finish eating so he could give him a mouthful and a yank on the ears. Unsurprisingly, the young RainWing was soon named Pomelo by the mentor after a few times of his shenanigans. 
He did stop after a few months, but not voluntarily. During one of his daily eating sessions, he had expertly climbed up to the top of the 50 foot tree, taunting the mentor while blissfully eating away at the fruit in talon. He leaned back a bit too far because without warning he tumbled. Pomelo was battered and bruised, thankfully falling without hitting his head on any of the branches, but did something to his back left leg that left him with a permanent limp. After the incident, Pomelo refused to climb trees anymore. 
The RainWing didn't want to give up eating pomelos though. As soon as he was well enough to walk without help, he approached the pomelo trees with fury in his eyes. Using the venom training he'd been taught about, Pomelo arced his mouth and shot a teeny amount of venom right at a low hanging branch with a pomelo attached to it. It melted straight off, slightly away from the fruit. He did it a few more times before the grumpy RainWing called him over. Pomelo was suddenly alert during the venom shooting training, and eagerly asked for more sessions of it. With the years, his aiming got more and more accurate. Passiflor noted that Pomelo had highly effective venom, melting more with the same amount than other RainWings. Eventually, he was accurate enough to get pomelos from the top part of the fruit trees within a couple tries. 
Once he turned four, he distanced himself from the RainWing Village and opted to stay at the western border, to which his mentor agreed and followed him. They created a small settlement there. Pomelo kept practicing his venom firing, only resting in the hot desert rays when he felt the need to. The older RainWing basically gave up and told him to do whatever he wanted. So Pomelo continued on with firing venom at further targets while flying at high speeds simultaneously.
One afternoon he was resting in the warm sun with closed eyes when he heard the sound of talking far away. Pomelo opened his eyes, stretched, and soared upwards to where the sound originated from. The closer he got, the more he realized it wasn't Passiflor but a completely different dragon. A very chilly one in fact, chanting to some rocks. Pomelo floated above with the warm air currents, shifting his scales to match the blue sky above. Through his aerial observation he witnessed the weirdest thing: the chanting seemed to affect the rocks. The IceWing made rocks float, change color, and even made a few disappear just by talking to them. Pomelo was amazed, but also terrified. If this mysterious icy blue dragon could control rocks to her bidding, what could she do to him? She walked toward the rainforest, so he zipped over the trees and rustled in a pomelo tree, picking a few from their stems. The IceWing heard the rustling and looked up when he presented her with the pomelos. She was rather flattered and hesitantly took one. Pomelo revealed himself, and the two chatted with each other diligently.
She revealed herself to be Icecap, an exiled IceWing. Icecap explained that she was exiled for her colors and lack of cooperation, but refused to elaborate more on the subject. Pomelo secretly liked her bright colors, but didn't tell her that while she talked. He took her to various fruit trees, where the IceWing ate like there was no tomorrow, and dismissed him after a couple hours. He decided not to tell Passiflor of Icecap and had her in his mind every night afterwards. She had lied his venom shooting a lot, and he kept that in mind while working on his accuracy afterwards. Icecap was a white dream no other RainWing would understand.
==Personality==
Pomelo is a pretty determined dragon, but only when he puts his mind to it. He hasn't been tested yet with any serious circumstance though, so it's unknown of his true dedication to other dragons. Otherwise, he's quite laid back like most RainWings and active, but can be slow moving sometimes. He only becomes slow when eating, one of his favorite pastimes. He's very naïve and doesn't realize the consequences of his actions until much later. Because of this he may not know what other dragons are feeling around him. Other dragons may find him a little annoying for his energy.
Despite his naivety, he doesn't like dragons peeping into his private matters(which he has very few of but still). Pomelo becomes very upset if he finds out other dragons are eavesdropping into his stuff. He's not a vengeful dragon however and forgives others easily. His feelings come and go, never remaining in place for too long.
Pomelo is very alert to his environment and highly skilled at sneaking behind other dragon's backs, although it's never for malicious reasons. He's self absorbed into fruits, and easily made bored. The RainWing talks a ton, yet has trouble during formal talks.
==Traits==
===General===
Pomelo is taller than other RainWings of the same age, has larger wings, and a very long tail which was once used for climbing but not anymore. His limp means he is a bit slow while walking and tends to fly slightly above the ground. Besides that, he has normal RainWing physique.
=== Venom ===
Pomelo has very potent venom. Unlike other RainWings where his venom only affect organic sources like leaves and dragons, his venom can also affect nonorganic objects, but it's nowhere near as effective. It still damages the object though, just that unless it's thin it won't burn all the way through it. On actual organic sources, it burns faster than a normal RainWing's venom in the same dosage. This is helpful since it means Pomelo can use a small amount to melt through something and conserve venom.
=== Camouflage and Scales ===
Pomelo can camouflage into scenery, but he only does so when snooping around to satisfy his curiosity. He keeps his scales from changing color normally, and has developed a system that the scales on his back and lining are the only scales that really change color to emotion. If his scales vividly change color it's because Pomelo is experiencing a strong emotion. Blue and yellow scales speckle across his body. 
=== Suntime ===
The RainWing doesn't like suntime much and tries to avoid doing so, but his venom kind of relies on it, so when he sits in the sun it's for longer than typical. His scales are a little dull from the lack of suntime, yet it doesn't bother him too much. He prefers rain over sun.
=== Fighting, summed up ===
Pomelo has little experience in fighting as RainWings are a peaceful tribe. It's suspected he wouldn't do too poorly though, especially in forested terrain with little space to move around, due to his long tail assisting in climbing and his powerful accurate venom.
== Relationships ==
=== Passiflor ===
Pomelo has a love-hate relationship with Passiflor. He's grateful for his teaching, but loves to bother Passiflor by disobeying his rules. He particularly liked to get into the thorny pomelo trees and taunt the grouchy RainWing there before he received his injury.
=== Icecap ===
Pomelo secretly likes Icecap and loves to impress her with venom shooting. He also gives flowers and fruit to her, but especially fruit.
== Gallery ==
File:Pomeloheadportrait.png|Original infobox picture(made in MS Paint)
== Trivia ==
* Pomelo's namesake comes from a fruit known as the pomelo/pummelo or shaddock, an orangish or green citrus fruit similar to the grapefruit but sweeter.
** The trees are also thorny, which is accurate.
* Pomelo took the longest time out of all OCs, taking nearly 20 days due to procrastination.
* The color along is underside took 4 tries to get right, going from bright red to liver to a dull reddish brown.
* The color along the wings took about 2 hours to finish, as the color has to go from blue to chartreuse gradually.
* Pomelo is one of the few OCs colored in Pixlr, and one of the few I don't have access to the original layers because the pxz was never saved on my old laptop before it stopped working.
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