Sprouts

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Sprouts 	Sprouts
 	
Identity 	Identity
Gender 	male
Pronouns 	he/him
Orientation 	
Age 	young adult
Tribe(s) 	mixed, SandWing dominant, prominent LeafWing genes
Background 	Background
Status 	alive
Universes 	Wings of Fire, Copper Wires
Occupation 	Studying Botanist
Meta 	Meta
Creator 	KitKatRainWing
Design Origin	OTA
Creation Year	2022
Sprouts is a dreamer. 
He has always been a dreamer. Ever since he was little, nothing has seemed out of his reach. He could fly up and grab the very stars if he wanted to. And while he quickly realized just how unrealistic that mindset is, it never fully went away. He could do anything he wanted to, he just had to put in the right amount of effort. This is why he's going for his PhD in botany, of all things. Having the time of his life at Nethrite University and living out his days with his best friend.
As much as he loves life right now, he's got this weird feeling that everything is about to change. Geode brought home this strange, ancient relic, and all of the sudden his life is turned upside down. Things are scary, but as long as he's got his best friends by his side, he'll make it through.
== Description==
#1d211c	horns; claws; ventral side of wings; frill at end of tail
#30362f	patches; dorsal side of wings; frill
#625834	back stripe
#a59132	main body
#fffbdb	underbelly
#da7422	leaves; frill stripes
#8d4a26	leaf accents
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Sprouts looks like fall. It's one thing to love fall and smell like fall (like he does anyway), but he literally looks like the season of fall. His colors are muted and soothing and his patterns are simple and pleasing to the eye. He looks like he belongs in a big leafpile, drinking a pumpkin spice latte. And honestly, he wouldn't have it any other way.
His main body is a yellow-green color, with a darker green stripe along his spine and green splotches all across his body. His underbelly is a soft green color, and his close-trimmed sail is a dark green striped through with orange. He has a tail barb, Pyrrhian wings, and curled horns.
Sprouts is average sized and a skinny, most of his height being just in his legs. He works very easily with his talons and they almost never shake when doing delicate work. His eyes glow like a gentle autumn day and his scales are soft to the touch, making him approachable. He emits heat like a SandWing, which only adds to this effect.
===Design Notes===
*His leaves are optional, but very appreciated 
* He has a very long tail, even for a SandWing 
*Lots of rounded points 
===Accessories===
*Leaves: 
**Sprout's leaves are part of his final project to earn his PhD. He is genetically modifying them to survive without soil and minimal water so they can be worn as an accessory.
*Knitted Things from Cozy:
**Cozy has knitted Sprouts many an accessory over the years, and Sprouts has quite the impressive collection of orange legwarmers and scarves from the crafty mutt.
== Personality==
Sprouts is probably the kindest dragon you will ever meet. He makes every effort possible to be gentle and always has the best intentions for everything. He is a beautiful soul, making connections wherever he goes and helping everybody he possibly can. He is so wonderful to be around, even when you don't know him very well.
Sprouts often has this issue with putting others in front of himself so that he doesn't take care of himself. He's learning how to be kinder and more lenient with himself, but his internal dialogue often consists of a nagging voice telling him that he needs to be better. He's learning, though. Geode is good for him.
Likes
*fall!!
*the smell of dirt
*hot chocolate
Dislikes
*too little sleep
*parties
*milk
Fears
*his work being for nothing
*losing who he has
== Abilities==
===Skills===
*Retaining Information: 
**Sprouts is very good at retaining information. He knows thousands of facts on trees and flowers and the like and can spit them out at command.
*Green Thumb: 
**Of course, Sprouts is very good at keeping plants alive. This is in part due to his ability to remember how to take care of them, but he is just naturally good at it. It probably helps that he sings to his plants too.
===Natural Abilities===
*Tail Barb: 
**Sprouts has a SandWing tail barb. Surprisingly, his venom is harmless, so the barb is better suited as a spear or knife than actual poison.
===Weaknesses===
*Dislike of Large Crowds: 
**Sprouts does not mind interacting with others, but he gets very anxious very fast when in a crowd. This has caused panic attacks before that it can sometimes take him days to recover from.
== History==
More flying in soon...
== Trivia==
*Sprouts' leaves are part of a plant species that he's genetically modifying for his dissertation and several final projects to get his PhD
*He smells like a fall candle 24/7 
== Relationships==
Geode
best friend
 
Sprouts loves Geode. So much. He loves that Geode never judges him and makes friendship easy and simple. Sprouts can tell Geode anything, and cuddles from the NightWing make him feel like nothing else in the world could ever hurt him. Sprouts actually thinks it's quite peculiar how Geode never fails to brighten his day, and how how he feels safe in his wings, and how time apart from him almost feels empty... hm...
Cozy
childhood friend
 
Sprouts and Cozy grew up together. They were as thick as thieves from kindergarted and have stayed close through all of this time. Sprouts greatly values this friendship in his life and feels appreciated and loved when around him.
Hope
good friend
 
Sprouts loves Hope!! Hope's inability to keep her plants alive causes a lot of conversation and time spent together between her and Sprouts, and Sprouts really really likes being around her! She's a wonderful prescence in Sprouts life and he loves her for that.
Gossamer
dislike
 
Sprouts has a real bad feeling about Gossamer. He doesn't know what it is, really, but something about him just rubs Sprouts the wrong way. I mean... it's probably just Sprouts' jealousy that Gossamer and Geode are spending so much time otgether recently... but still... something is weird.
== Reference==
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Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:LGBT+
Category:SandWings
Category:LeafWings
Category:Hybrids
Category:Occupation (Other)
Category:Status (Commoner)
Category:Content (-just-dandylions-)