Socotra (CriticalPoultry)

Coding by Element.
"I'm the stranger from the mirror, our face you can't ignore. I'm the crowds of your dreams and the poet of your schemes, your eyes, your songs, as we scream, "bring it", "more". You know me from your shadows, you know me from your core, and we'll delight in our invite to drag ourselves from these depths, ashore."
Socotra/Cypher | | He/they | Writer/poet | LeafWing hybrid | Dragonsona 
This character is CriticalPoultry's dragonsona, and is a work in progress. Honestly, I'm a completely ordinary person in real life, so this'll take some interesting creativity to make it readable. I'm currently redoing this page most of the way.
Please do not edit this page. Feel free to comment & ask questions, as well as add your own sona to the "relationships" heading. This is half a deposit for my own weirdness, so try not to mind the... weirdness.
You don't know it yet, but I'm the cupid of things
That you just didn't get, that you struggled to say
I'm the saint of the paint that was left in the pot
I'm your angel ellipsis, your devil of dots
Socotra/Cypher 	Socotra/Cypher
 	
Base By 	GlamourousSneaking
Background Information	Background Information
Creator 	CriticalPoultry
Timeline 	Semi-modern
Attributes 	Good intention, chaos, loyalty
Elemental Attribute 	Trees
Theme Animal 	Ravens
Aesthetics 	Grunge, dark acadamia, urban, liminal spaces
Theme Song 	Any songs, but especially Farewell Wanderlust by The Amazing Devil (great band check, them out)
MBTI Personality 	INFJ-T
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	Young adult
Gender 	Transmasc soup of genderfluid.
Pronouns 	He/they
Orientation 	bi
Occupation 	Writer, aspiring poet
Tribe 	LeafWing, mixed ancestry
Goal 	To keep writing
Nicknames 	Cypher
Residence 	It does vary
Relatives 	His mother, father, and little sister
Allies 	Authors, his friends, fellow fans of Doctor Who
Enemies 	Those who are transphobic, homophobic, racist, ablest, sexist, etc.
Likes 	Writing, rain, music, poetry, obscure details, birds, windows, guitars, small metal trinkets, pride flags, tea, math, flow charts, analogies, puns, thunder, guitar solos, good arguments, hoodies, dark humor, books, solitude, grammar, soup, horror, trees, storms, steampunk things, lists, fantasy, musicals
Dislikes 	Spiders, group work, tsunamis, giant objects, dragons who talk a lot, not being able to explain himself, other dragons, pretending everything's alright, pop music, sports, sour cream, being wrong, most rap music, compliments, questions
Powers and abilities 	Tribal, no leafspeak, very weak foresight
Weapons 	
Quote 	"What's my favorite song? Um... why do you need to know? Should I be worried? I mean- I am worried. But maybe you're just asking a question, and... now I'm appearing rude. Well then, other dragon who likely finds me irritating and doesn't need me to narrate what their thoughts may be, my favorite song is... uh... yes?.
"Do you ever happen to see music as the world's secret way of screaming in eternal pain?"
Socotra is the sort of dragon who stands out. Not as popular, certainly, but he leaves the impression that he knows who he is. And he does, with dark humor and a confident smile. They are the sort of dragon with their head in the clouds and stars in their eyes. He sees and he dreams and he speaks, not afraid, not stuttering. Laughing quickly, trusting fast, running hard, writing down every word in their mind, late into the night, earbuds always in, the music carrying them through every fast-paced chord of the world.
Neon lights, spelling out words that hide their own brilliance behind a backdrop of graffiti.
Shelves of old, dusty books. Stained glass windows.
The rhythm of words, the invisible, infinite vows between them all.
Pianos playing scales as the purple sky full of stars whirls by through the night.
Twirling gears, spinning lights, pounding drums, it isn't all gone yet.
Not lonely; alone, save a few. Not indecisive; deciding. Fearless with words, defending his friends, holding his own.
But... this isn't Socotra in reality. Really, to most, there's only a lanky young dragon with presumably kind thoughts hidden behind her freckles and small smile. She does have friends, who she likes, and she is very grateful to have them. She's viewed as nice, but mostly a mystery. Quiet, stuttering slightly as she speaks, a clear over-achiever. Writes too many words (not enough, though, not all of them, he tells himself). Doesn't talk enough, is strange when she does. Divides everything into perfect boxes, with her survival surely depending on her ruler. Trying to be perfectly organized, yet still bursting at the seams with loose papers and old notes. Her jokes are a bit odd, her posture bad, few people are really sure who she is, and at this point they're too afraid to ask.
He's just introverted; tired of getting treated like a baby by every superior dragon, exhausted from most not noticing. But the world will keep on spinning, unless it doesn't, but then we have actual issues and are most likely all dead.
I promise you I'll be better
I promise you I'll try
But like rubbing wine stains into rugs, it's my curse
To try and make it right, but by trying make it worse
==Appearance==
(*rewriting*)
* Dark brown mainscales, ivory underscales, green highlights
*Pink/red gradient wings + tail leaf
*
*Talon scar across his left cheek.
*Minty-green sail with more pinkish-red in between
*Metal-colored scales along their spine
*Taller than average, skinny, not very athletic
*Slightly large wings
*A bit imposing-looking, when he wants to be
*Lots of earrings
Always carries a securely-fastened satchel containing: 
*One notebook and one sketchbook
*Quills, pencils, and a small pot of ink
* All of the flow charts!
*Various old rubbish
*An empty vial of nonlethal poison
*"Metaphorical space dust"
*Plans (don't ask what for; you'll regret it)
*Two knives, and extra knife, and a hidden fifth knife
*Guitar picks, bow rosin, and various extra strings
* Plenty of twine
*Medical supplies
*Seventy-nine and five-eighths of the books he's currently reading
*Cool rocks, beach glass, twigs, and other stuff he's found that day
(I think I fixed the formatting but I'm still keeping this message up that it's possibly all weird.)
"Come, devil, come," she sang, "call out my name"
Let's take this outside, 'cause we're one and the same
Our gods have abandoned us, left us instead
Take up arms, take my hand, let us waltz for the dead
==Personality==
(*rewriting*)
"So THAT'S what's back there! It leads to the stage. Did you see the stage through the window? Was it cool? But we might need to worry now... disappear for a few years and reappear as the world's foremost feared magicians... start a secret order overthrowing scratchy carpet... start a shop selling solely overly-salted potato soup... because the question is... did the stage see you?"
Main attributes: Eccentric, quick, dark, loyal
Wants to be: stoic, witty, diplomatic (in addition to what he is already)
Good at: Sensing others' feelings, writing, music
Bad at: Dealing with others' feelings, athleticism, shutting up already because he knows he's coming across as weird
Likes: Rain, music, writing
Dislikes: People, places, things
Fears: Spiders, tsunamis, prime numbers (They're lonely and uncomfortable, alright!)
Comforts: Soup, warmth, sleep
I'm the face that stares back when the screen goes to black
When your mum says, "You look healthy"
But you know she means you got fat
I'm the tales that the guests will applaud and believe
I'm the child that you just didn't have time to conceive
==Relationships==
"Oh, Hey! Raincloud, look, I found my fourth knife!"
=== Raincloud ===
* She/they
* Positive relationship
* Roommate & friend
* Met at Jade Mountain
* Bubbly, optimistic personality
* Great with other dragons
* Literally Socotra's polar opposite
* No paragraphs yet
Don't hesitate to add your dragonsonas here! Sonas only though, please. Anyone can add them even if we don't know each other well or at all. You can also ask me to add it for you.
(wip)
I promise you I'm not broken
I promise you there's more
More to come, more to reach for, more to hurl at the door
==History ==
(I've been wanting to make character pages out of lists but couldn't because I need everything I can to be organized, but I'm still gonna try, so WATCH ME DEFY THE VERY LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE AHAHAAAAA! This also has nothing to do with my real life!) 
* Hatches in the LeafSilk Kingdom with a mother, father, and little sister. 
**Normal family, normal life, you get the picture.
*Moves, and then moves to Pyrrhia, between the Sky and Rain kingdoms, near Jade Mountain 
**And as a result, is able to attend JMA
*Starts school, makes a best friend, moves again, makes a new best friend, moves again, sorta quiet
*Goes for a many-year walk on the familiar road of gender questioning, ends up with a literal ton of labels.
*Does very well in school, and is viewed as a polite yet weird nerd, which is quite accurate.
*All along creates this world with all these characters and this magic system, and vows to write books about them.
*(From here on is in Socotra's (my) future)
*wip *wow big surprise there*
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Goodbye to all my darkness, there's nothing here but light
Adieu to all the faceless things that sleep with me at night
This here is not makeup, it's a porcelain tomb
And this here is not singing, I'm just screaming in tune
==Gallery==
File:Socotra1.jpg|Base by GlamorousSneaking
File:Cypher ref.jpg|Ref by me, likely illegible
I'm working on a drawing with snow.
Farewell wanderlust, you've been ever so kind
You brought me through this darkness, but you left me here behind
And so long to the person you begged me to be
[S]He's down, [s]he's dead
Now take a good long look at what you've done to me
==Trivia== 
*The name Socotra is from the Socotra dragon tree, also known as the dragon's blood tree.
**And Cypher's a cool nickname, so why not?
**Honestly I just chose the name "Socotra" too fast.
*They were friends with Hollow, the POV character in my main fanfiction, as dragonets. Hollow's timeline isn't modern, but whatever.
*He most likely has synesthesia, and as a result pictures letters, numbers, smells, and some other stuff as colors.
*His favorite colors are green, brown, and orange
*He really likes pride flags, all of them, like... a lot.
*They're INCREDIBLY socially awkward.
*Yeah.
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Category:Occupation (Student)
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Category:Non-binary
Category:LGBT+
Category:Content (CriticalPoultry)
Category:Work in Progress