Choco

base by joy ang
Choco 	Choco
 	
Art By 	radar
Background 	Background
Creator 	radar
Coder 	code base by changes by radar
Attribute 	professionalism
Element 	leaves, blood
Animal 	jaguar
Color 	forest green, yellow, dark blue
Character 	Character
Nicknames 	sprout (parents)
Age 	26 (hy)
Gender 	male
Orientation	gay demisexual
Occupation 	prosecutor (formerly), detective (formerly), inventor
Tribe 	leaf
Relatives 	darien (sibling), petunia (mother), orchard (father), hortus (uncle, deceased)
Residence 	bright harbor (currently); wasp hive (formerly), shady oaks (formerly), wesport (birthplace; formerly)
Allies 	europa, chalice
Enemies 	darien, criminals, difficult people
Likes 	europa, court dramas, chess, tinkering, logic puzzles, riddles, tea, perfection, impressing others, being right, murder mysteries, puzzles, photo albums
Dislikes 	cooking, darien, incompetency, psychics / fortune tellers, idiots, snakes, elevators, earthquakes, difficult people
Powers 	keen observation, intelligence
Loves 	europa (boyfriend)
Weaknesses 	seismophobic, mildly claustrophobic, bad social skills, perfectionist
he / him • gay demi
appearance
main scales that are poblano green slowly fading into a gradient of increasingly yellower shades of green makes choco's design interesting, but not particularly special. his underbelly doesn't seem to follow suit with his main scales, consistently staying a light green. this would also be said about the dark green scales that dapple his body, but from his shoulders onwards, they yellow with the main scales.
near the midpoint of his tail, the gradient goes in reverse, ending with the tip of his tailing being the same color as his head and the top half of his neck. his membranous "sail" is a pepper green with a yellowish green emanating from the base. the edges of the membrane are dark blue-green, blending in with the lighter greens and yellow-green. the leaf drop at the tip of his tail is similar in color to this, but the yellow-green is obscured by the dark blue-green.
his wings follow a similar suit to the leaf drop on his tail, however the yellow-green isn't as obscured and is seen highlighting the scaly sections between the membranes.
his sharply curved horns are a dark, muted jungle green, a color that is also seen sporadically throughout his body, though they're relegated to his wing spurs, nose horn, and talons. though if you want to be technical, choco's talons have a darker shade of this color. his eyes are a dark blue to green gradient with slitted, cat-like pupils. a drop of black mascara is seen coming from the corner of his eyes and is just big enough to be noticeable.
he additionally wears black, square-framed glasses that have no other use than ornamental purposes. the lens are made from reinforced glass. choco holds himself up straight to look as professional as possible. he typically has his arms crossed in from of him in his neutral position with a look of general neutrality on his face, though his gaze is rather intense.
personality
*generally acts unfriendly towards strangers, has terrible social skills so he only really talks to the people he like... actually knows how to talk to.
*level-headed and always seems calm when on the job. but loses his temper when dealing with difficult people. if there's one thing that can really rile choco up, it's childish behavior, distrustfulness, and indecisiveness.
**also just people who refuse to cooperate with him when all he wants is answers.
*seems like he's well put together, but he absolutely isn't. strives for perfection and gets frustrated and angry when he doesn't achieve that. when he works on something, he puts everything he can into it.
*used to, when he was angry and/or worked up, find himself wanting to throttle the person that was the cause of such emotion. often bottled up his anger and frustrations until he inevitably exploded. thankfully went to anger management before it shortened his lifespan by 30 years.
**now he just takes deep breaths or just plain leaves the room when he's angry.
*enjoys logic puzzles, murder mysteries, and chess. probably does newspaper sudokus when he's bored.
*often when he's touched by a kind gesture or is genuinely enjoying something he considers to be "stupid," he plays it off as though he doesn't care or hates it.
*has no experience with romance, but he's getting there.
*while ranting or passionately speaking about something, he often looses his sense of reality and gets lost in his own words.
*strives to be nothing like his sibling... because he hates everything about them. really he just doesn't want to devolve into an emotionless a**hole like them.
*gets more disorganized and scatter-brained the more invested he is in something. always was into the whole red-string on a cork board sort of stuff.
abilities
*photosynthesis and stuff. i think that's the only ability leafwings have.
**doesn't really need to eat because of his photosynthesis, but chooses to because that feels normal.
*incredibly observant and intelligent. is also really good at chess if that counts for anything.
history
* hatched in a small, seaside town called wesport to petunia and orchard. grew up in the shadow of his slightly older sibling (sister at the time), darien. they were a science prodigy and an incredible inventor.
* admiration for his sibling soon turned to bitter envy ever since the 2nd grade science fair incident. also hated how they got all their family's admiration and praise instead of him, so he just figured he'd work twice as hard to beat them.
* didn't have an amazingly positive relationship with his parents when he was younger because they often overlooked the incredible stuff he was doing in favor of darien's work.
* did have a decent relationship with his father and uncle, hortus, though. it was much better than the one with his mother and darien. both his father and uncle were defense attorneys and occasionally his father would bring him to particularly interesting ones to watch on the sidelines.
* choco's love and curiosity towards becoming a lawyer grew as a result of this. he also started binge-watching law dramas with his father.
* one day, he met one of the new kids attending his school. he was a shy, meek nightwing named europa bright. he didn't talk much and at first, choco didn't even give him a second glance. soon though, he was forced to work with him as part of the science fair project he was doing.
* really got to know him then and they started bonding over their shared interests in law and noir films.
relationships
darien • sibling / rival
the two have both a sibling and workplace rivalry going on. is pretty certain they're trying to sabotage him. they've been at odds with one another since the 2nd grade because of a dispute over a science fair project. from the very start his parents favored them over him because they were a child prodigy. this can only be said because they could recount the entire periodic table from memory and build "complex" machines at just 6 years.
from that day onward they've been nothing but condescending, mocking, and insulting towards him while their parents did nothing to discipline them. even to this day, the two are still at odds with each other in a constant battle of envy and passive-aggressiveness. in truth, he's jealous and bitter about the fact they received more attention and admiration from everyone than he did when they were younger, and he can't help but say snide remarks whenever they're even brought up.
darien and choco are fiercely competitive with one another, though only choco takes it to a passionate level in an attempt to one-up them. despite having an undying hatred of them, if they're ever in imminent danger, he will come to their assistance and help them as best he can. they are still his sibling after all and despite all their bickering, he still cares about them. while he definitely would say he hates them, he wouldn't let them die or get seriously injured if he could prevent it.
negative
europa • boyfriend / former rival
despite not starting off on the right foot and being enemies for the longest time, what truly changed choco's mind about him is when he defended him after he was falsely accused of murdering someone. at first, choco was incredibly off-put by his romantic feelings towards the nightwing, which quickly led to him moving away for a long period of time. the two have since started dating for quite a while now and while choco in inexperienced at this whole "romance" thing, he's getting a hang of it.
very positive
chalice • friend
europa's assistant. while certainly more wild and livelier than both choco and europa combined, she at least knows when to calm down. chalice enjoys light-heartedly teasing him, something he has rather... mixed feelings for. is impressed with how far she's come and will continue to support her from the sidelines.
positive
kintsugi • childhood friend
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very positive
petunia • mother
had a rougher relationship with his mother than he did his father.
positive / neutral
orchard • father
has a stronger connection with his father than he does his mother. though the same issue of favoritism still clouds choco's feelings for him. he still admires him because of him being a pretty well-known prosecutor. it was something that remained from childhood to adulthood, and it was what first inspired choco to work in the criminal justice department. the most time the two spent together in the leafwing's younger years was watching court dramas on the television. it was certainly something he enjoyed doing with him.
after recently visiting him and petunia, he certainly has a more positive view of both. and despite all his complaining about their treatment of him in the past, they've both changed for the better over the years. choco can recall many good memories of all the time he spent with his father, namely the times orchard took him to his place of work and told him stories about the more... interesting clients he had. still finds his jokes to be funny, even after all these years.
would say for certain that both his parents are on good terms with him and he really does genuinely love them despite what all his complaining about them might make you believe.
positive / neutral
elara • acquaintance
despite only officially meeting her once, he certainly has strongly negative thoughts on her. that one point in which they did meet didn't leave a good first impression. it was about 2 or so years ago when they first met, he wished to have a chat with europa over the proceedings that had happened in court, but was met with a queer sight indeed. europa, rather annoyed the black smoke rising from his snout talking to a wasp-like nightwing who had a strong look of disapproval and judgement on her face.
the only reason elara was there was for jury duty... at least that was the only assumption choco could make, as she did appear to be at least present to witness everything that has just transpired. the two acknowledged him immediately, europa quicker than elara. and when she laid eyes upon him, choco could feel her judgmental gaze pierce his heart. has never been fond of her and finds what she did to his partner to be unforgivable. would punch her in the face if he weren't so gentlemanly.
negative
trivia
*has a tic in his left eye that usually appears when he's angry or scared. his tail also twitches in a similar fashion to a cat when angry or displeased.
*cat person, but really doesn't have the time to take care of one.
*fidgets with his ears and tail when nervous. has also taken up the habit of drinking when under stress in social situations, but only when alcohol is provided.
**doesn't do well with moderation.
*has seismophobia (fear of earthquakes) and claustrophobia (fear of confined places). has a particular disdain for elevators and will only use one by force.
**his seismophobia is particularly bad, as whenever the ground tremors, he falls to the floor and curls up into a ball, though he is also prone to getting anxiety attacks or just straight up fainting.
**both of these phobias were gained from the same "traumatic event" that occurred when he was much younger. what this event was is known by few due to how little choco talks about it.
*accident-prone when in the kitchen. refuses to cook after a fire-related incident occurred at his apartment. now mostly eats instant ramen, microwaved dinners, or takeout... unless europa is there.
**his favorite food are pierogis... specifically the ones made by europa.
* definitely not of vampiric descent.
*very allergic to garlic.
*can always enjoy a bad pun every now and then.
*avid tea enjoyer and chess obsessionist.
*has a certain disdain towards snakes after europa came into his office being attacked by one.
*childhood crush was the character noir black from the show of the same name. this was his favorite show growing up.
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Category:Characters
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Category:LeafWings
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