Esteban De Mona

:"[Oh - I don't sting-! I mean, not unless you ask. Or I freak out...]"
Esteban De Mona is a human-hornet hybrid created by hitwoman and apiarist Veronica Mona. He is a well-respected citizen and is studying computer technology in Sunnyburg, making him the first nonhuman ever to study at Sunnyburg Tech.
==Character==
=== Appearance===
Esteban has a distinctly nonhuman appearance. He is humanoid in shape, but has a hornetlike face, with tough black and yellow skin. He has black feelers on his forehead and large black eyes with white pupils. He has filmy wings, and for this reason he has to wear shirts and sweaters with holes to accommodate them. In attire, he tends to prefer light, soft fabrics in pale colours.
===Personality===
Inquisitive, curious and eager to learn, Esteban is an ideal student. He is somewhat introverted, often wrapped up with his studies, but not so much that he refuses friendship and outings. He expresses some nervousness about being the only nonhuman in his college, and can be easily stressed out.
===Skills and Abilities===
Esteban can fly with his wings, and has enhanced senses using his feelers. Additionally, in lieu of a stinging tail, he has stingers in his fingers, like retractable claws, that contain a strong paralytic venom. He is also fairly strong, and is a very good student, with good multitasking abilities.
== History==
In the basement of the Purple Pheasant in New Trashton, Veronica Mona extracted DNA from an amber-preserved hornet found in the deserts of Mexico. She spliced this with preserved human DNA (although she never specified where she got this from). After the incubation period and some accelerated growth technology, this creature became Esteban, the first wasp-human hybrid.
Esteban then went to study computer technology in America, with his creator's blessing.
== Relationships==
===Veronica Mona===
:"[I owe her a lot, like my life, and my taste in jazz. She's not so bad.]"
Though Esteban feels gratitude and tenderness towards Vera, he sees her as a creator and friend more than a mother. Similarly, Vera views him more as an experiment and weird apprentice. Esteban will occasionally be embarrassed when his creator's antics make the news.
===Virgil Mona===
:"[He doesn't seem like the way you described him. Could he have changed?]"
Having heard spiteful tales of Virgil's selfishness and abandonment from Vera, Esteban is conflicted regarding the man's true nature. With Virgil's Sunflower Labs job leading him to occasionally show up at talks at the university, Esteban sees him as charismatic and well-intentioned, but is wary of him due to Vera's stories. Virgil, conversely, has not noticed that there's a big hornet here.
==Trivia==
*Esteban is the third known named hornet, next to Miguel, the 'very musical' hornet referenced in Dressed to Kill, and Samson, the hawk-sized hornet Vera is sometimes seen falconeering.
*He cannot speak human language, but communicates through sign language, written words and buzzing. A translation device is in the works.
**Inexplicably, the only person who can understand this buzzing language is Vera, who appears to be fluent.
Category:Males
Category:Hybrids
Category:Animal-People