Angelonia (Verglas)

“cowardice is the way of the survivor."
𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔞
he / him ♦️ alchemist / roboticist ♦️ bi ace
Angelonia was never entirely liked by the public as a whole. But he couldn't care less, he's too busy working on his alchemy experiments. Hoping one day he'll make it big and finally get out of the deep mental hole he's stuck in. From the very beginning he wasn't rich, with his adoptive parents just barely making it by each day. His mother was a starving artist and his father was running a business that was quickly going bankrupt. He was told from a young age that money was everything and he internalized that for the rest of his life.
Angelonia 	Angelonia
 	
Art By 	radar
Background Information	Background Information
Creator 	radar
Attribute 	desperation, greed, cowardice
Element 	gold, silver, sulfur
Color 	purple, magenta, light purple, blue
Song 	
MBTI 	istp-t
Character Information 	Character Information
Aliases 	angelo, rainwing, pinstripes
Age 	38 (hy)
Gender 	male
Orientation 	biromantic asexual
Occupation 	alchemist, roboticist, sketch artist, mechanic
Tribe 	rainwing
Residence 	rainsmokes
Relatives 	melody (adopted mother, deceased), flint (adopted father, deceased), aperture (adopted older brother), memento (adopted older sister), curiosity (adopted younger sibling)
Allies 	curiosity
Enemies 	most dragons, aperture
Likes 	money, cats, success, fame, being right, himself, tinkering, night time, his family, meat
Dislikes 	depression, dragonets, insults, asking for help, winter, failure, dead end jobs, murder
Abilities 	normal rainwing abilities
Weapon 	broom
Loves 	n / a
𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢
His appearance when out in public and when at home seem dramatically different from one another. Angelonia's normal appearance consists of deep lavender main scales and magenta that goes to his back and on the top of his head. Stronger magenta stripes can be seen going down his back as well as on his ears. The spines going down his back are a waikawa grey, with an even deeper version of this color seen on his horns. A thin row of pale pink scales are seen separating Angelonia's pale lilac underbelly from his main scales.
The RainWing's ruff is rather small and tends to droop when he's sad. In color, it is a light purple with deeper purple stripes appearing in every section. Very small, silvery purple speckles dapple the membranes of his ruff, covering everything. The same color used for Angelonia's horns also bejewel the sides of his body in the form of small triangles. Two nicks are seen on his right ear, received when he got two earrings pulled during a fight with a colleague of his from when he worked at a diner.
His wings are similar in pattern to his ruff, with the exclusion of the stripes. Light purples covering the membrane, fading into a deeper purple when nearing the edges of the wings. And, just like his ruff, small silvery speckles are seen blanketing everything. These speckles are perhaps a little more noticeable on his wings than on his ruff.
Angelonia's expression doesn't fail to look smug, charismatic, and confident. Even if it's simply a façade to hide his inner struggles. His eyes are rose sachet, and are often reek of relaxation. Like the rest of his tribe, he has a rather long prehensile tail. Though, compared to most RainWings his age, his tail could be considered rather short. His longest fangs don't protrude from the top jaw as they aren't even present in his mouth anymore. Angelonia's build is wiry and lanky, his shoulders seem to be in a slouched position from all the times he's bent over his desk writing things down. In general, he looks unkempt and messy.
His wings aren't particularly large, but when spread out to their fullest extent, they do make him look a bit bigger than he really is. His snout is average in length and is slightly crooked. He doesn't wear that many accessories, with the only thing he wears being a rather messy pinstripe suit that he's always forgetting to take off. Additionally, he may wear thick goggles and black gloves while doing experiments. Various old scars can barely be seen all over his body, mostly on his arms, shoulders, and face.
When going out in public, he has a subconscious habit of changing his scales to resemble that of a NightWing, even though it's painfully obvious that he's a RainWing. Though his NightWing color palettes change every now and then, they are pretty good at staying consistent. Ashy blacks and greys along with silvery scales covering his back and well as going down his sides as teardrop-shaped scales. Dark blues and blacks playfully cover the undersides of his wings, with small, silvery white stars scattered across the membranes. He generally tries to hide his ruff by making the same color as his main scales.
He attempts to hide the smell of alcohol and chemicals with a tangerine-smelling perfume.
𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶
To the common folk who interact with this dragon, he appears nothing more than a greedy, self-centered, money-grubbing, snooty jerk who can't help but act cynical and sarcastic towards anyone he so much as looks at. And, indeed, he doesn't make much attempt to appear more than that to the public eye. For the most part, a lot of people can't stand being around him. This is either due to Angelonia almost always acting bitter and angry about even the smallest of things in public, or just because his apathetic nature brings down the mood.
There is a deeper personality to this rather shallow-looking individual, it just doesn't rise to the surface often for public viewing. Angelonia isn't happy with his life and often finds himself feeling depressed and unmotivated to do anything. Though he doesn't actively talk about this issue with anyone but himself, and occasionally his younger brother, Curiosity. Having grown up learning and valuing money above all else, and also seeing how successful and happy and rich his two older brothers, Aperture and Observance, are, Angelonia tends to measure one's happiness and success by how wealthy they are and believes that if he gets rich, he too will be happy.
At least, that's what his plan is anyway. That's why he became an alchemist in the first place. Not because it was his passion or that he was good at it, no, it's all part of a three step plan that he's putting all his hope into to be happy and rich and famous. The steps are simple. "1. Discover a scientific breakthrough using the art of alchemy, 2. profit off of said breakthrough, 3. become rich, famous, and happy!!!" This plan is taped to the wall of his laboratory.
He seems in denial about the whole plan, so convinced that if he just follows it he'll be rewarded when in reality it's nothing but a dead end. After all, this plan seemed to work for his brother, Aperture, so why wouldn't it also work for him? Angelonia tends to get defensive whenever someone talks about the flaws in his plan and goes silent whenever someone asks what will happen if his plan fails. In truth, the RainWing has no idea what he'd do if the plan fails, it's his greatest fear. Because it means he'll have to find an alternative way to get what he truly desires, and that might include putting in hard work and commitment he's not and probably never will be ready for.
The kind and caring attributes of his personality really only shine around those close to him, particularly with Curiosity since they're his closest relationship. While he tries to play off any kind gestures he makes, he does genuinely like making those he cares about happy. Besides, Curiosity has already done so much for him, they deserve it. Angelonia isn't usually one to attend family gatherings and the like, but it's not because he doesn't care or doesn't want to see his relatives. It just... always feels like he's not supposed to be there, like he's some kind of third wheel or uninvited guest. This feeds back into his tendencies to isolate himself when he feels he's used up his worth.
Angelonia often contemplates how miserable he is to himself, but never does anything to help cope with it. When something promises to make him happier, he goes in with the expectation that it will take immediate effect and will be an instant cure-all. Of course, such promises will never be delivered and he'll forever be disappointed in it. This is his thoughts of therapy, something that he unreasonably thought would immediately take his problems away, but never did. Such disappointment caused him to forever hold a grudge against therapy and he's incredibly stubborn to not go back even when he's told repeatedly by his brother to do so.
It's pretty clear from that example that you can tell he's impatient. And that is the truth for most things, with the exception of his work.
He's rather reclusive, not leaving the house often unless the circumstances require him to. The cause of this isn't due to any sort of social anxiety (in fact, he has no trouble conversing with most, it's just a matter of who is willing to talk to him), but mainly due to not wanting anyone to distract him from his work. After all, he's already doing a great job distracting himself from his work. Perhaps it's just general laziness, or just not finding the right motivation to do it, but Angelonia isn't exactly passionate about what he does and mainly only does it in hopes for potential profit.
Much like his father, the RainWing is incredibly money-anxious and can get so worried about taxes and finances and the potential of something bad happening that he literally can't mentally handle it without having panic attacks. Though he tries to keep a clear mind and a casual, sarcastic, and carefree façade when talking about it with Curiosity, who is the one who does all his finances for him. He never was one to be completely transparent about the issues he's dealing with, after all. One of his biggest fears, besides his three-step plan not working, is going broke, plain and simple.
Angelonia isn't someone who's good in a confrontation and is actually quite cowardly when things start getting physical. This is mainly due to the fact that the RainWing has no idea how to fight anything that isn't the size of his palm. He's easily intimidated by anyone who is bigger and stronger than him and it's highly unlikely he'll ever interact with them due to this fear. He thinks of cowardice as the way of the survivor and isn't exactly ashamed of the fact that he's a coward.
The things that anger the RainWing the most are snobby rich kids and kids in general and being patronized by others. Though the latter makes him more jaded than it does make him angry, and he tends to not react to being patronized as he's used to it by now. He only seems to care when it's coming from a child. He doesn't seem to be above pretending to be charismatic, witty, and complimentary when asking for money from people or to hide the fact that he's incredibly flustered. This is despite the fact that it's so blatantly obvious that just about anyone can see right through this shallow façade of disingenuous emotions.
𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶
 
*abandoned as an egg by his biological parents and was adopted by a nightwing family.
* lived just about his entire life in rainsmokes, a somewhat run-down suburban town in the nightwing side of the rainforest. it's one of the older towns in the nightwing territory and as such, most of the population are nightwings. societal prejudices against rainwings and icewings are also very much present.
* grew up in the poor side of town in a small, one-story house. his mother, melody, was a talented painter, but didn't have any means of getting her artwork out there. occasionally she'd have bouts of melancholy, which often were caused by and hindered her ability to paint.
** angelonia liked watching his mother paint... mainly because of the pretty colors. while melody appreciated the audience, angelo was a bit... messy or distracting at times. occasionally he'd accidently knock over paint vials and track it all around her studio. or he'd do his own "art" on the walls or floors.
** never got angry at him, melody was always patient and kind. stress and her bouts of melancholy could sometimes make her a bit snippy, but it was never too bad.
** was still told to not to paint on the walls and floors and to ask her if he wanted to paint... and also to use the cheap kid paints instead of the expensive stuff she was using.
*for the most part, she just sold her work at a small art gallery nearby that the family owned. his father, flint, was an accountant, working the financial side of the business and seemed constantly worried about money and spending.
*he was also a mechanic and hobbyist tinkerer since he didn't want to blow a bunch of money on a professional mechanic to fix broken machinery. he also really enjoyed just going to the dump and tinkering with machinery, most of the things he "made" or "fixed" he'd sell... with no refunds. he wasn't exactly the most noble person out there. he just wanted the money to continue to support his family and the art gallery.
**flint would teach aperture and angelo all the skills he knew since he... wanted at least one of them to become a mechanic so they could save money on fixing things. taught them this knowledge when they were around 5 or so... not when they were infants.
**angelo actually enjoyed tinkering and fixing stuff. aperture was more interested in robotics, but he did learn these skills since... that would help him.
**angelo enjoyed going to the dump with his father and getting stuff that they could fix or harvest for parts. he liked just... making stuff with his dad... and would also help him sell it by... idk... being cute or something. definitely picked up his father's... charisma... here.
*was showered in love and attention from his parents because they had no clue how to raise a rainwing dragonet and wanted to make sure they didn't kill him on accident.
**they were still clueless on rainwing society and social norms, so... they didn't teach him that.
*grew up as the second youngest of 4. with aperture and memento having already hatched about 3 years prior to him. curiosity would hatched 3 years after angelo. for most of his earliest years, angelonia started off homeschooled since his parents were concerned about uh... him facing discrimination so early on. also budget restrictions.
**flint acted as angelo's sort of... street smarts teacher... he also taught him about the importance of money and tactics he could use to save money... which angelo didn't really understand at the time. aperture would often be the one teaching him how to speak and read. he actually seemed to want to teach his brother.
**his older brother was a little better at teaching... since he was somewhat patient and was well-versed in a variety of subjects. though he was also... a child, so he wasn't always the nicest when he did lose his patience with angelo.
**he still had times where he acted as though angelo was either smarter or dumber than he really was.
*finally, his parents enrolled him at hibiscus academy, the cheapest, and only, school in rainsmokes. wasn't a very social kid and most of his peers didn't really talk to him either, unless it had something to do with him changing color.
*at some point got his venomous fangs removed. this was something a lot of the older nightwing communities did to "keep the public safe."
*most of the adults that worked there, with some exceptions, always patronized him... while they weren't blatant about it, it was always in their underlining tones. some or worse than others, but they all had something against him.
*usually stuck with aperture or memento, though he bonded the most with aperture because they had similar interests. looked up to and admired his older brother since he was very talented even at a young age. aperture was, in general, a very fast learner and was academically gifted... which gained him both admiration and envy from angelo who... struggled a lot.
*he found most subjects really boring, and the teachers weren't helping. would eventually enjoy science and history when he reached middle school since the teachers were nice... and weren't bigoted.
*had to deal with discrimination and bigotry throughout middle school and into high school. took a significant toll on his mental health. fell into... unhealthy coping mechanisms because of it.
*parents died a few years after he graduated from high school, melody from sickness and flint from "unknown causes." that really sucked.
*couldn't afford to go to college after high school, making him one of the only dragons in his family to not be able to.
*got a cheap apartment and lived on his own for about 7 years (started when he was 19 and ended when he was around 26). moved back into his childhood house when his parents died.
*was mostly isolated from his family during the entirety of when he was alone, working minimum wage jobs at fast food restaurants, cafes, or diners. never could keep a job for longer than a month, always either got fired or quit.
*the last job he actually held was one at a diner, but he quit it after... something really bad happened between him and one of his coworkers. just... a little argument.
*when his parents passed, angelonia was given the house (because his other siblings uh... didn't want it because of... the neighborhood), curiosity, now freshly out of school and a full-fledged lawyer, decided to stay with him. mainly because they needed a place to stay since they lived in dorms all throughout their years in college and university.
*angelo really needed a roommate, just someone to help him out because he was... struggling to say the least. not only emotionally, but also very much financially.
𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔰𝔰
Angelonia's move set is certainly an interesting one. His ability to change the colors of his scales as well as having a prehensile tail that he uses as a pseudo-hand. Though he isn't particularly good at using it as such. The RainWing is incapable of spitting venom like most of his tribe. This is due to the fact that his venom-spitting fangs were removed because of a regulatory law in the town he grew up in. Angelonia has various other skills, all of which have varying degrees of usefulness and skill.
The three that he uses the most are his knowledge of alchemy and robotics as well as his sketching abilities. While his alchemy skills are... less to be desired, his sketching and drawing capabilities are excellent. He's also exceptionally good at "picking" locks using a self-taught technique he calls the "Angelo Special," which usually consists of breaking the locks off of the doors rather than picking them (though he's also capable of doing that too, but he finds this technique easier). And surprisingly enough, this actually works more times than it fails. Though it is quite destructive.
Perhaps his most useful skill is that of his knowledge and understanding of machinery, which goes hand in hand with his robotics skills as the two overlap quite often. Angelonia is actually quite good at fixing household machinery. From the coffee machine to the washer, with enough time and resources, he can... attempt to fix it. While he seems to act like these were skills he acquired in recent years, they were developed in the times when he used to build things with his brother, Aperture, whom he has since become estranged from. He calls these skills of his "practical."
Angelonia's fighting capabilities are, put it simply, not good in the slightest. Nor is his accuracy when throwing things. His social skills are perhaps his strongest ability, though he is no smooth talker. And while it isn't much, the RainWing is also has a knack for solving riddles particularly quickly.
𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭𝔰
please roleplay beforehand
very positive
curiosity
Curiosity is Angelo's roommate and younger sibling. He finds them very efficient and dependable and has them go to the grocery store (the actual grocery store) and get his groceries. There's only one problem he has with their shopping, they always "forget" to buy the two things at the very bottom of the grocery list that Angelo shouldn't be buying. Then HE has to walk all the way to the "grocery store" (the convenience store) to buy them. Then Curiosity gets mad at him for buying them and steals them when he's asleep.
Finds it annoying how they keep pestering him to go to therapy and AA meetings and boring stuff like that. He doesn't NEED that stuff, he's already got a trusty plan that will solve all his problems. This is totally not used as an excuse to not go. They also keep poking around in his head when they're bored and it's rather annoying.
He loves having at least someone around the house and enjoys their company... even if they can be annoying sometimes. The two often spend quality time together binge watching and making fun of old sitcoms and court dramas. In general, the NightWing has done way more good than harm in Angelo's opinion. They support him during his depressive episodes and when he's having panic attacks and while he might not seem appreciative of them, Angelo cares deeply for them. He just so grateful they're still willing to put up with him and wouldn't know what to do without them. It's always been one of his greatest fears that they'll abandon him.
positive
melody
Angelonia was close with his mother, as she was the one who brought out his more artistic and creative side. She always encouraged his artistic abilities, but he never felt like he could ever match her skill. It was always nice to know that she and Flint were always there for him, even through the worst of times. Angelo still feels guilt over not being there for them when he moved out and during their last moments, considering himself to be a bad son to them.
When he was younger, he never really understood Melody's struggles with depression and anxiety, only now, after struggling with them himself, does he truly sympathize with her. The RainWing doesn't really talk about either of his parents, unless explicitly brought up. mainly because talking about them brings back too much guilt and sorrow. He still misses both of them dearly to this day, occasionally thinking about what they'd think of him now, occasionally thinking back on what he could've done better to make them happier.
positive
flint
Angelo had a rather normal relationship with his father, and while the two weren't particularly close, he always had some fondness for the times they spent together. Always found him charismatic and witty, something the RainWing himself adopted. While he found Flint to be one of the smartest dragons he knew when he was a dragonet, in retrospect most of his "life lessons" weren't actually that helpful. Though he did end up learning a few actually useful skills from him, all of them having to do with money in some way.
This mainly included money-saving techniques as well as how to manage one's bank account and do taxes, that kind of stuff. Flint worked on the business side of the art gallery he co-founded with Melody. Much like his mother, Angelo wishes he had spent more time with him after he moved out, being too caught up in work to visit them. He still feels guilty for not visiting them, it's a period in his life he agonizes over what he could've done differently.
positive / neutral
memento
Memento is Angelo's "older" (older by two or so weeks) sister who he isn't quite certain what she does. The two don't interact very often due to how reclusive Angelo is and how much Memento travels. He doesn't have any strong opinions on his sister, but he does think of her positively. Something that can't be said about most of his siblings whom he's interacted with as an adult. While having very different views on the world, they certainly can bond over certain things. Particularly campy movies and despising winter.
very negative
aperture
He never was on good terms with his older brother when the NightWing left for college, mainly due to the fact that he used to mooch money from him. The RainWing is envious of how successful and rich he is, seeing him as some sort of financial role model, trying, and ultimately failing, at copying his technique. He's the reason Angelo took up alchemy, because it was slightly related to what Aperture does, which is astrophysics, and it requires no skill.
When they were younger, the two definitely had a more positive relationship with one another. With Aperture being a sort of role model that the RainWing looked up to. He always admired his older brother's intellect, something he still does, even though he doesn't like admitting it. And as such, he was one of the first dragons Angelo ever went to if he had questions, after all he was the eldest sibling and was one of the smartest dragons he knew. The NightWing also piqued his interest in robotics, the two often spent time in their garage making and fixing machines with spare parts.
After the last time the two met, when Aperture said some very harsh things to him, he never wants to see or think about this NightWing again. His words hurt the very fabric of his being and are the reason for several recent mental issues Angelo deals with, namely his fear of being abandoned and his distancing from family events. He gets anxious and uncomfortable whenever his name is mentioned or he sees someone who vaguely resembles him. Ever since the argument, he's never asked his older brother for money nor set foot anywhere near his place of residence, thinking it best that they never see each other again.
positive
nostalgia
nostalgia was angelo's former homeroom teacher in middle school, and was perhaps the best teacher he ever had. found him to be caring to a fault, but also very emotionally sensitive to what others have been through. even then he never shied away from talking about the darker side of history, warts and all. always did find him a little mysterious, though, and still to this day wonders what other knowledge he's hiding behind closed doors. respected his passion for teaching and history, but never fully understood it as a dragonet.
the hybrid was the first one who caused angelo to mentally cave in and reveal his deepest insecurities. in some ways, he was the closest thing he had to a therapist growing up and it certainly changed him for the better. nostalgia helped him find healthier ways to cope with the tribal shame that buried itself deep within the rainwing's heart and angelo truly thanks him for getting him away from the very damaging method he was using at the time.
𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔞
 
*moral alignment is chaotic good.
*love languages are acts of service, gift-giving, and quality time.
*right-handed.
*hates playing board games because he's very competitive, but also terrible at them and always loses in the end, putting him in a bad mood for the rest of the day.
*owns a journal his one-time therapist gave him as a means to get his thoughts and feelings out. it's... semi-effective... while he finds it a decent way to just get his negative feelings out in a private manner, it doesn't really help him deal with the thoughts and feelings he's getting out. while on some pages he writes about things, on others he draws sketches of robots.
*hates dentists because of the fang surgery he had to go through as a dragonet which was stressful. despises camping after a near-death experience left him afraid of getting lost, he's also not the biggest fan of the outdoors. hates blades (particularly knives of any kind) because of... the incident.
**also hates being sneaked up on or jump-scared and will punch anyone who does that to him.
*has mazeophobia, intense hemophobia (due to the incident), and algophobia.
*inspiration taken from a few characters from different medias. the strongest inspiration was a more comedic interpretation of a character from a video game.
*always takes the last donut.
*was part of the beetle scouts when he was a dragonet. quit after a near-death experience at one of the annual beetle scout camping trips.
*has almost died twice and both times emotionally and physically scarred him for life. 
**prefers to just ignore them... like a healthy person would.
* despises snowmen and he isn't quite sure why. just something about how they stare with dead eyes into his soul, silently judging him just angers and scares him. is perfectly fine with snowman decorations and pictures, but actual snowmen annoy him. will kick down any snowmen he sees, whether or not someone is still working on it or not.
*due to not growing up around rainwings, angelo doesn't quite understand the emotion-based color-changing of his scales too well. also doesn't have that much control over the emotion reaction color-changing, leading to him being easy to read for those who understand the colors.
** this has often led to him accidentally offending other rainwings when in conversation with them because... his scales show the feelings he tries to hide... which is typically boredom or irritation.
*has more fondness for meat due to growing up in a nightwing family. though he does have a fondness for sweeter, juicer fruit, like pineapple.
*favorite color is purple, if that wasn't already clear from his appearance. also fond of hot pinks and magentas, but prefers to gloss over that.
* has a shirt collection of a bunch of "nostalgic" shirts he's owned from over the years. memento often gifts him shirts from her travels across the world.
*would own a cat if curiosity weren't incredibly allergic to cats and fur in general. he has a fondness for cats and often buys things depicting cats on them.
** doesn't like dogs, thinks they're noisy and too dependent on others to care for them.
*his original description, done by intergalacticfly, is as follows: "kind but rather greedy rainwing drake raised by nightwings and believes himself to be a witch. plans to one day use alchemy to make himself as many rubies, cats and gold as he wants."
*angelonia is a genus of tropical american herbs (family scrophulariaceae) having long racemes of light purple flowers. 
**angelo actually doesn't know what his namesake looks like, only knowing that it's a type of flower. or at least something to do with flowers.
*has met his biological mother at some point when he was either an older teen or young adult. isn't fond of her, a sentiment that is returned by the rainwing herself.
*coughs or gags when he's physically uncomfortable, as such feelings make him sick to his stomach.
*has a particular fondness for peanut brittle.
*hatching day is july 15th, making him a cancer.
*owns a dark blue and silver striped flip phone that he's had since high school.
*once saw a giraffe on a pantalan show and now gets uneasy whenever he sees one (specifically their necks). thinks "they're demons that escaped from the darkest pits of the nightosphere."
𝔤𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯𝔶
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