Dari Longtail

The Dormouse

### Secret Heart's Desire

I want to be more than just a dormouse! I desire to do more; be more than what my story limits me to. I’ve got personality as big as a house! I wish others would see that…see me as more than just a mad-mouse.

### My "Magic" Touch

When I sleep, I remember all my dreams perfectly. I can do anything and everything I want in my dreams, which is why I like dreaming.

### Storybook Romance Status

I don’t need a girl, or boy for that matter, to tell me such shallow words of “love” and act all mushy with me in public! Honestly, romance can be sooo boring and predictable. The only kind of romance I’m up for, isn’t your average storybook romance! I want a story as tipsy and turny as my dreams!Oh well, Maybe I can only dream of such a romance…

### Oh "Curses!" Moment

I sometimes say things that seem to make others offended or upset, but I’m just stating my feelings! It’s not like they need to agree or anything. Jeez, some people really think everyone’s business is their own.

### Favourite Subject

Muse-ic class. I usually don’t get in that much trouble with professor Piper for trying to play all the instruments, all at once!

### Least Favourite Subject

Definitely Grimmnastics Class. My tail always gets tangled around my feet when doing jumping jacks..

### Best Friends Forever After

Max Godmother is.. surprisingly nice to me. I didn’t know there was someone at this school willing to look past all the fake stuff they say about me; heh, we’re even into some of the same stuff.. maybe he really doesn’t think I’m all that bad.

Darius “Dari” Longtail is a 2022 introduced and all-around character. He is the son of the **Dormouse**, a character from **Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland**.

A mischievous young boy with an over-active imagination, often tired, and/or asleep. Darius is on the **Rebel’s side** because he believes everyone has a right to write their own story, live it out how they would like. Darius is against everything “destiny”, dreading having to carry out the uninteresting and shallow destiny of his father, the Dormouse. He wants to be more than just a minor character, maybe a hero saving damsels from dragons, or even an evil villain who makes it their #1 priority to cause trouble for all those around them; Darius’s opinion on what story he truly wants to live out is always changing. Although, he is certain on one thing, he ***definitely*** does not want to live out the destiny of his father. Dari will live his life how he wants, do what he wants, and act how he wants; after all, who’s stopping him? It’s not like you can *force* him to be someone he’s not…

or can you?

## Character

### Personality

Ambitious and determined, not confined by what others tell him to do, Darius lives his life in **total** **chaos**. He follows any sudden impulses and urges, often doing and saying things without thinking first(not that he needs to think first, it’s not like he cares about the consequences of his actions…). With an overactive imagination due to sleeping so much, Dari often has trouble telling apart his dreams from reality. Many will say he’s **lying** if he shares something that didn’t really happen, but it was fairy, fairy real to Darius, real in the context of his own mind at least..

Dari will often be found sleeping during classes, if he decides the topic being taught is boring; nodding off is almost involuntary.

What Darius hates the most is **boredom**. He must always be entertained, or he’ll find a way to entertain himself. Sometimes acting like an out of control child, in attempts to make his everyday life more interesting; Darius loves playing pranks and causing mischief just to see how it all plays out. Darius never means to cause any real trouble for his friends, but a fine line stands between what he considers ‘entertaining’ and what is plain out-right cruel.

Unsurprisingly, Dari isn’t great with decisions. When presented with a choice, the eccentric mouse will often be left tongue-tied.

“Honestly, how can one choose between having blueberry scones for breakfast, or chocolate chip pancakes, or Bacon and eggs, or French toast; Ooh, ooh! Or-“

(The list goes on)

He’s quite paranoid about choices, believing if he goes one direction, what if something good will happen if he choose the other? What if it could’ve changed his life for the better, and he just threw that all away?! This irrational fear dictates his every decision, even going into things so small as what to eat for breakfast. He actually believes he’s somewhat **allergic** to choices, even small choices cause him to go into a mini-panic, often choosing to avoid choosing all together. Oh, you can’t even imagine how the destiny conflict made him feel at first; for the first few weeks after the fiasco on legacy day, he refused to leave his room; trying to sleep through the whole thing until it was completely over. Obviously, this little plan didn’t work, eventually he thought he *had* to pick a side, and was in huge relief when he found how easy it was to side with the rebels; not even questioning himself one bit after the decision. The choice between royal or rebel made him more confident about choices again, yet when he discovered an unfortunate allergie to strawberries (after eating a strawberry pie instead of blueberry) made him shut himself in his room all over again, scared to eat anything for days, thinking he’ll develop another allergie. Quite unexpected for a mouse to be such a scaredy-cat, I’ll say!

Unsurprisingly, making friends does not come easy to Darius either, as trouble seems to trail him everywhere he goes. Not many are eager to befriend or even get close to him, when he’s so **weird*,*** and **unpredictable**…

..or anyone who does must be screwed in the head! The honest reason for those who avoid him at all costs is his **lack of empathy**. It’s not like anyone didn’t *try* to talk to him at first, but immediately proving to being **incredibly** **apathetic and rude**, not caring for anything that wasn’t involved with him, or even any opinion that contradicted his own, set the stage on anything they needed to know about Dari. And ***of course*** they told their friends, who told *their* friends, who told *their* friends; and so on. Oh and let me tell you how fast rumors spread at ever after high, much faster than you can even begin to say “what?”. Soon enough the ***whole school*** had all sorts of assumptions about Dari, rumors of how mean he is, rumors of *strange* things he does when he thinks he’s all alone, even rumors of him harassing other students, which for as far as Dari knows, most not true at all. Yet, he just let the rumors spread, didn’t even give others a chance once he knew what they thought of him. He just stood there like a sitting duck, taking in all the terrible misinformation about himself without a thought of even trying to change their minds. After all, what could *he* do? It’s not like anyone would want to listen to *anything* that came out of his mouth. So, their minds were set in stone, forever after…

…And Dari was doomed to loneliness, forever after.

Another unsurprising fact, Dari isn’t exactly a star student. No matter how many times he had been in detention, or lectured by his many teachers; will Darius ever seem to learn how to **properly act** in class. Drawing on his assignments, making rude comments, eating in class any time he has a snack in his pocket; all these **disrespectful** behaviors just seem to be in his nature. The headmaster had warned him about expulsion if his unacceptable behavior continued, but of course he didn’t listen. Professor Badwolf snapped then and there when Dari threw a paper airplane right into his left eye. Now with an irritated eye, and the message written on the plane leaving him even more irritated, he ended up huffing and puffing and blowing the entire classroom down! Dari was charged with ‘destruction of property’ after that incident, and Milton Grimm had warned it was his last strike before permanent expulsion. But of course, Dari took nothing seriously. He continues acting out, no number of ‘strikes’ and warnings can ruin his fun. It seems headmaster Grimm has somewhat given up on getting this mouse to behave, as Dari’s recent antics have been ignored in the headmaster’s eye; after all, I would assume he has more important things to do than keep a rowdy teenage boy under his watch…

Ill-mannered and crude, Darius will say what’s on his mind, whenever. No matter if it offends someone, no matter if it’s inappropriate in the current situation; yes, it’s his job to let *everyone* know anything and everything he’s thinking, at all times.

Although he says he doesn’t care that others don’t like him, **self-doubt** is hidden deep down under all that confidence. His deepest desire is for people to not see him as his father, but for who he is. Yet, what if ***who he is*** is just an obnoxious, dull, dormouse? What if people don’t like him, not for all that misinformation, but for who he truly is? Really, Darius tries his best to be ‘nice’, in not anyway are his true intentions to **hurt** anyone, but he is confused on what are morals are good, what are bad; often not knowing when he is being rude, or **apathetic.**

..these flaws really take away from his capability to be a good partner, friend, even what is considered a **good person** in general…

With all the rumors spread about him, most will think Dari is just a rude, self-absorbed, *idiot*, who only cares about himself. Ok, so maybe some of this is true.. but deep down he just wants others to like him. Though the list small, there *are* people who he truly cares about, from the bottom of his heart. In all truth, he just acts confident because he’s not confident in himself. Deep-ridden with insecurities all over; he is *well* *aware* the majority of his peers dislike him. Yet he’s stuck on what to change, what if what others like, what they *want* him to be, is just ***not who he is?*** What if he can’t change, doomed to be like he is: weak**,** annoying, ill-natured, forever after?

Scared the idle gossip he hears walking through the halls is about him, he tries to distract himself from these bad thoughts by sleeping, escaping to the maybe fake, but still *better-than-reality* world of his dreams. Yet, he can’t sleep forever; he’s not sleeping beauty after all. Every dream must have an end, a disappointing return to the **real world** he oh-so hates.

### Appearance

(CURRENTLY REDESIGNING HIS APPEARANCE) tba soon

## Hobbies/interests

### Pranks

Causing mischief is almost a part-time job for Dari. Often playing pranks on his classmates, whether they be mean or just silly, no number of times his victims have gotten mad, annoyed, or upset will stop this ambitious jokester. Seeing his peers reactions often just adds to the fun.

### Art

#### Painting

A born artist, Dari had been drawing with sticks on the dirt floor of the mouse hole since day one. After a particularly interesting dream, Dari will often paint a picture to remind him of how much he enjoyed it. The walls of his room are plastered in pages and pages of scenes looking like a kindergartner’s fingerpaint. When upset, Dari will sometimes stare at one of his paintings and recall the dream he had, often snoozing off and reliving the entire dream all over again. Even when not in the mood to re-visit his wonderlandiful dream-world, just the thought of a past dream he enjoyed will turn his frown upside-down.

#### Sculpting

Dari also enjoys working with clay(and occasionally other substances, whatever he can get his hands on) to create sculptures as 3-D memorials to characters he has met in his dreams; he fully believes his dream-world is another universe in its own and all of its inhabitants are real, just far, far away. Not having many friends in Ever After, his mind-scape contradicts this greatly, many inhabitants of his dreams clicked with Dari immediately. Making countless friends in his dreams, he’ll often sculpt a figure of his ‘dream friend’,considering it a smaller version of the person themselves. After he makes sure his roommate Max is asleep(because he is somewhat embarrassed by this), he will share his feelings, secrets, thoughts, and vents with his sculpted “friends”, feeling they’ll understand better than anyone else in Ever After ever could. As expected, being attached to his imagination-born acquaintances doesn’t help with the feelings of utter loneliness he faces everyday at Ever After High, missing them dearly when he is awake. He often enjoys company of people in his dreams significantly more than the company of people in real-life, as (mostly) everyone in his dream-world loves him; sharing interests, personality, and a deep admiration for their creator. When things are tough for Dari in the real-world, he sometimes wishes he could sleep forever, living permanently in the dream-world, as his life there is forever after better than it could ever be in reality.

## Fairytale – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Eah ver: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
original story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s\_Adventures\_in\_Wonderland
#### How does Dari come into it?

The dormouse is an attendant at the mad tea party, sitting between the March hare and the mad hatter. He is always falling asleep, musing nonsense when he is awake.

Dari makes it very clear he wants to be more than just a “mad-mouse”. He wants to write his own story with as many twists and turns as a hedge maze. Desiring more than his destiny as a minor character, he is determined to do whatever it takes to make others realize he is more interesting than the boring old dormouse in his fairytale.

## History/background

### Overview

As a young child, Dari had always been confused with the whole concept of “destiny”. A rebel from an early age, many times going against rules that would be set by seemingly regular parents.(His father however did not care, and did not set those rules; as he does not fit into the category of “seemingly regular parents”.) Dari believed growing up he could do anything he wanted, warp his story into whatever he wanted, though in his teenage years Dari became familiar with the rules of Destiny in the world of ever after; yet still clung onto his childhood dreams deep down.

Escaping Wonderland into Ever After was probably one of the **hardest** changes for Dari. No longer within the comfortable no-rules abode of his father, Dari had to learn the rules of destiny the hard way. Knowing he one day had to sign the **Storybook of Legends**, Dari was haunted night by night with nightmares of how **boring** and **dull** his life would be if he signed, confined to this small, minor role forever. He also feared losing his own sense of self, scared of becoming… well, ***mad***.

## Relationships

### Family

##### The Dormouse

Dari is the son of and next in line **Dormouse**. The dormouse is nothing more than a sleepy mouse with a few..mental issues. After completing his destiny, Dormouse continued in his regular days napping and occasionally attending mad tea parties. Growing up with this always-sleepy, “mad-mouse” of a father, discipline and rules were foreign concepts to Dari. However mad his father may be, a good relationship with his son was especially difficult to maintain. The dormouse spending most of his days asleep, the only way of entertainment Darius could get was by leaving the mouse hole. Many times getting lost, returning cold and shivering, covered in dirt; only to get the response of “Haha, I couldn’t even tell you were gone!” This seeming like a lighthearted occurrence to the dormouse, yet Dari only felt neglected. Being raised in a way of almost not being raised at all; Neither Dari’s physical nor mental health were in good shape. The only days Dari could look forward to were the Mad Hatter’s occasional tea parties, Dari always invited of course. Compared to the moldy cheese his father had gathering cobwebs back in the mouse hole, the Hatter’s Blueberry scones and Earl gray tea were a luxury. The tea parties being some of the only times his father was awake; most conversations were spent recalling the dormouse’s absurd dreams.

A life **so boring**, the only fun and thrills being a *fake* world inside your own head; one thing became certain to Darius.

He never, never after wanted to live that life.

Looking at his old man, it became more of a fear than a hope to one day carry the legacy of this hollow shell of a mouse.

### Friends

Growing up around the mad hatter and his daughter, Dari was bound to become friends with **Madeline Hatter**. Another friend made in his childhood includes **Kitty Cheshire**, encountering the young were-cat while lost in the woods.

#### Gal T. Mare

Dari was surprised how Gal was able to see past his eccentricities, and even befriend him. Most kids at his new school scared to look past Dari’s surface, he appreciates Gal’s curiosity and understanding nature. She also enjoys going wild with him at times; and you know what they say: the more the merrier! She even once made him a cake for their shared birthday, leaving Dari in **total shock**; as being the only instance anyone had *ever* gotten him a cake, or even cared for his birthday.

#### Max Godmother

Being paired together in the same dorm, Max and Dari instantly hit it off. Sharing a love for humor, mischief, and both craving entertainment, the two are an unstoppable duo when in the mood to cause trouble. Dari appreciates how Max doesn’t mind his bold personality, and sometimes even wishes to be like Max, being able to handle his own emotions significantly well. Dari is flattered Max likes him for who he is, and considers him his **best friend forever after**.

### Pet

Darius owns a toy-mouse named **Terry.** He often lets loose his feelings to Terry.

“Terry is such a good listener; why: he never interrupts!”

Does he realize Terry can’t interrupt, nor listen for that matter?

### Romance

Darius is not exactly the *ideal* image of a perfect Prince Charming. His eccentric personality and way of not abiding to rules often **repels** people instead of attracts them.

### Enemies

Though not his goal to make enemies, his inability to follow rules, and overall **absence of a moral drive**, makes it **bound** for some people out there to not want anything to do with him.

## Quotes

* “ Life is like a slice of aged cheese. Unpleasant and stinky to some; yet aromatic and flavorful to others. Whether you enjoy it or not depends on you; if you don’t like it, maybe it’s you who needs to change. After all, the cheese didn’t do anything wrong! ” -Darius, having a long and deep conversation with his pet toy-mouse, **Terry**.
* (more quotes TBA)