Scode

Mar 2020- Feb 2021

**Scode**, formerly **Scotus Subere**, is magic\_windsock's persona, and is predominantly used to represent him on his Close Friends Instagram stories. To date, he is magic's least favorite character.

## Profile

### Personality

Scode tends to be either heavily distressed or very excited, often broadcasting his emotions through nonsensical text. Nothing he says or does makes sense, and he is prone to having mental breakdowns if provoked.

### Appearance

For his original design, Scode had a circular head with an X-shaped left eye, which leaked a colorful liquid of unidentifiable flavor. For clothing, he donned a simple T-shirt and pajama pants. Scode's color scheme changes every time someone blinks in his presence, and no two people will see him with the same colors at the same time.

For his redesign on February 27, 2021, Scode adopted a more sharp, polygonal form. His clothing varies depending on the season, but he is mostly seen wearing an unbuttoned flannel shirt.

## Biography

### Retreat

Scode was first drawn by magic\_windsock on December 29, 2019 at 2:51 AM, but would not make another appearance until March 17, 2020, shortly after local quarantines were enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. His original name, Scotus Subere, was not given to him until March 19. His inclusion in magic\_windsock's Instagram stories were often used to express his nostalgic feelings towards the past, such as music he enjoyed a preteen. On March 26, magic delved more into Scode's lore, noting that his leaky X-shaped eye was actually a puncture, and his entire body was filled with dark matter. The leak was caused by his excessive repression of emotions, and since his current self was overshadowed by people’s perception of his past self, the leak could never be repaired. During this time, Scode rarely made any appearances outside of magic's Close Friends story, though he did show up on some public stories as a way to cover magic's face.

### Distance

After around four months, magic temporarily retired Scode from being his persona on July 1, due to his belief that Scode was not doing anything good for his mental health, and constantly retreating into nostalgia through him would likely worsen it. Scode remained dormant for around six months; however, he appeared once on magic's Close Friends story, wherein he wanted to use Scode to broadcast contemporary emotions at some point in the summer. He ultimately decided against this, throwing a handful of Jolly Ranchers into the void for Scode to chew on for a little while longer.

### Renewal

On January 1, 2021, magic\_windsock reintroduced Scode while celebrating the New Year, using him to mask his face while answering his followers' questions on Instagram. This time around, magic did not use Scode as a means to dwell on the past, but instead depicted him as being more down-to-earth. He received his first major redesign on February 27, 2021, in which his body appeared more polygonal. A few weeks later, magic admitted through Scode that, as opposed to the year prior, he was beginning to feel less nostalgic about the past. This new era seemed more hopeful for Scode, especially in the summer after magic turned 18, and was thus able to legally consume alcohol whilst rambling about how much he loved Owl City.

### Tranquility

Although seldom used after 2021, Scode occasionally appeared on magic's Instagram story to talk about mundane things, namely music and current events. Once magic's "scode" highlight collection reached a limit of 100 stories, he ended the collection with a special drawing of Scode. This particular drawing had glowing details, and was accompanied by the song "FLASH CASANOVA" by Yabujin. A "scode2" highlight collection was made shortly after, which continued to archive Close Friends stories that featured Scode. "scode2" would mainly follow magic\_windsock's real-life endeavors.