Perch

> ....Oh. You have yet to find out about this place's little...lie. They never find out. I fear for your safety,but your just like the others. Bravo to you though. You made it so far..But your end is drawing dangerously nearer by the second. You s-should go now. Time is running out. You cannot stay here-
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**Perch is a unknown semi-aquatic reptile-like hybrid. They are a former 'scrapped' creature of Vex Lab. They are child to Silt and Siblings with Greenheart and Rust. It is unknown who their father is. Growing up, Perch was constantly reminded of his parents treachery. He tolerated this at first, but when Snail and Stalactite arrive, things take a deadly turn. Everyone constantly compared him and Stalactite brutally play fought with him. He grew bitter and resentful, later on jealous of Snail. He tries to decide whether or not murder is justifiable, first killing snails, then sneaking up on Snail, wounding them severely but feeling guilty, not killing them, throwing them into ice cold water. Stalactite was upset about this, the two argued, Perch and Stalactite then fought in blows, Perch was scratched on the snout the same way his mother, Silt before him was. Instead of stopping, he wore a crazed smile. Stalactite was wounded and he nearly finished her, until Jared intervened and took the blow for her. It wasn't until their 'punishment', he was dismembered, his right arm, then his face, they used them for parts, now trapped within the lab with other 'scrapped' creatures, he replayed those moments, they didn't regret it, but now escaping from this underground punishment, helping his new friends, and exacting revenge on those who trapped him, along with Stalactite. Perch's revenge had yet to be fulfilled. Even though he never wanted to be like his parents, he followed in his mother's footsteps, becoming bitter,depressed, and alone like she did, but unlike her, he managed to break free and make amends with Stalactite, and even though he loosened up on them. He currently lives with Greenheart,Rust, and his other friends and allies.**

## **Personality**

**Perch is lonely,stubborn,blunt, adamant, cold, snarky, deceptive, violent, and calculating. He has no sense of right and wrong, and no qualms in hurting others who wronged them. He was rather a creature of few words or none and often snarked at others. He is sarcastic and cruel on certain occasions, especially when he isn't treated well. After being dismembered, he becomes rather depressed and bitter, but less murderous and slowly learns to open up to others, and befriending the other creatures who suffered. He often makes face puns, and is rather clumsy and irritable. He is loyal to his friends and allies and violent to his enemies. He becomes a lot more mature and resigned as the story goes on. He's a lot less talkative and often tries to warn newcomers. He is very socially awkward and shy.**

## **Appearance**

### **Before Punishment**

**Perch is shadow black, wearing a suit and reddish-black tie, he has yellow eyes. He has sharp teeth, short, sharp and effective claws,a scarred snout, and odd cat-like paws, and a thick, slimy tail. He wears a emotionless, worried, or sometimes, crazed expression.**

### **After Punishment**

**Perch is thin in frame with a tattered suit and tie, a ripped off right arm, a thin skeletal like left leg with half the real flesh on it, a ripped tail, and a messy eyeless, bloody face. And strange cat-like paws. His expression is unknown, but usually appears angry, worried, or fathomless. They are strangely a bit taller than before**

### **End of the arc**

**Perch seems to grow a little more in size. He regains his arm and he has a half broken mask he holds to hide the right side of his lost face. His tail is fluffier and his suit seems less tattered. His pants have a few scratch rips. His suit tie is still ripped. He has wings now. his leg seems less like bones and his left foot still seems a little messed up. He's still smaller than Rust,V and Greenheart. He eventually regains his face.**

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Manipulation and Deception**

**He was strangely intelligent and blatantly aware of his conditions even before his punishment. He was able to convince and trick others without even trying. He could also puppet master souls and inner demons of others, usually on accident.**

### **Strength and Combat**

**They weren't very strong, but they held on tightly and are good at combat, they could smack with their tails, or use their claws and teeth. Usually since they have one arm they are often underestimated.**

### **Shadow-sight**

**They can see shadows or other shadow creatures in shadow sneak form.**

### **Hybrid benefits**

**They have tough skin, they are rather strong willed, they have paws which can enable climbing, their tail can be used as a weapon, or a block. They are good at swimming, stated to even be better than Stalactite.**

### **Dark Empathy**

**He is a dark empath. They can understand the desires and feelings of others, but with dark impulses. Greenheart was the first to realize this after Perch had violently murdered Tawny.**

### ***Hypnosis***

**Since he regained his face, he now has his eyes again,his gaze hypnotizes those who look at him,hence to why he wears his mask. He never really uses this power,as he's constantly seen with a mask on,only showing his face to those he trusts.**

## **Relationships**

### **Silt:**

**It is unknown how their realationship was like, but in a few encounters it wasn't very good. Silt often manipulated him and destroyed his innocence. She threatened him and physically attacked him on multiple occasions. However Perch did seem to love his mother, despite what she did to him and Silt possibly loved him too, in her own twisted way. When he kills her in their final battle, her last words were: ''Not bad for a blunt-scape, you will never forget me, I'll walk in every blood-soaked dream you have, that is a promise.'' before collapsing lifeless, he buries her, and often pays tribute to her. The two seem to be on rocky terms.**

### **Stalactite:**

**Perch hated Stalactite with a burning passion, even when he met her, he looked at her bitterly. Stalactite doesn't like him that much either, he makes her uneasy and knowing who his parents were, she often picked on him for that the most, she was notorious for comparing him with Snail, which infuriated him to the brink of insanity. He often snarked at her and criticized her in return. After coming to forgive each other their thoughts of one another improved significantly.**

### **Snail:**

**Perch despised Snail. It became clear early on, he would belittle them, threaten and manipulate them, and physically attack them, however Snail never seemed to catch this until he nearly murdered them. As Perch later progresses in life, he still dislikes Snail, but doesn't have that much urge to kill them as they did in the past, due to his adamant behavior he never truly was able to forgive Snail, or admit he was wrong in his actions towards them.**

### **Rust:**

**Perch is often annoyed at Rust. However he described them as ''The only one I could trust with my feelings in all of eternity.'' which means he does care about his older sibling. And their interactions are rather positive. They are physically affectionate with one another. Rust describes Perch as ''kind of awesome.'' when first meeting them. They have a positive sibling relationship.**

### **Honeybee:**

**Honeybee was one of the creatures he met when he was dismembered horribly, she was a mother figure to him and mentored him. She taught him how to fight with one arm and how to get around easier, and healed him when he was injured. He doesn't like her over protectiveness, but he cares for her. She often carries him around like a kit whenever he is extremely tired after a mission, or just reliving the memories of when she first took him in. He secretly sees her as his mother and nearly called her that on multiple occasions. Honeybee is also caring and friendly towards Perch. They often hug,nuzzle,and joke with each other. They are shown that have a strong bond, shown as when she gets captured by Corrupted Stars, Perch is devastated and does everything he can to get her back, even to go as far as cutting open Tawny's stomach and throat rather violently when she blocked his way and questioned what he was doing, Honeybee reprimands him for this whatsoever, showing that she does correct him on multiple occasions as well. They have a caring Mother and son relationship.**

### **Kinja:**

**Kinja saved Perch from Stalactite on multiple occasions. He cares for her, but thinks she is annoying, and her cheerful personality makes him uncomfortable. They have an uneasy but friendly relationship.**

### **Holly:**

**Perch saves Holly from drowning. When they meet, he looks up to her and sees her a friend and idol. She mentors him and grows to care about him. Whenever he feels stressed he feels the urge to go to Holly and talk to her about it. They have a positive relationship.**

### **Raion:**

**Perch does not like Raion. He is often annoyed with them as they often use him as a 'chew-toy'. However he saves him from shadow hounds and Raion saves him from Lians in return, so they have a positive relationship.**

### **Junto:**

**Perch and Junto often argue with each other. Perch thinks Junto is annoying and Junto thinks he's psychotic. However they ease up on each other a bit after Perch saves his brother Raion and Junto saves his sibling Rust.**

### **Newt:**

**Newt and Perch are exes. The two are rather resentful and distrustful towards each other. Perch distances himself from her. Showing no care for her. Newt is often bitter and saddened every time his name is mentioned.**

### **Thrush:**

**Thrush was the only creature who was ever nice to them and accepted them for who they were. They acted like a mentor and parental figure to them before their punishment. When Thrush is murdered, Jared and Perch were the first to grieve. They had a friendly relationship.**

### **Jared:**

**Jared and Perch had a rather rocky relationship, Jared got on their nerves, and Perch injured him on accident trying to murder Stalactite. However as they mature,they grow friendlier toward each other, Jared is displeased with Perch when he finds out about the poisoned rabbit idea from him. However although not wanting to murder, he still helps Perch by acting as bait. They have an uneasy but friendly relationship.**

### **Spire:**

**Spire is Perch's uncle. Spire often trained him, gave him advice, and took care of him, despite his sister's wishes. He nearly dies protecting him when he and Silt fight, and is outraged at Zii'Ro and Bluebell for trying to manipulate him. He will protect Perch in any way he can.**

### **Greenheart:**

**Perch loves his oldest sibling with all his heart. She is the first one to accept him when he comes out as a bi-romantic demi-boy, and is supportive when he and Newt become partners. Greenheart meets him when he is very young, and gently teases him, calling him a ''strong willed outspoken'' rather lovingly. Greenheart often lets Perch vent and talk out his feelings with her. They have a caring sibling relationship.**

### **Tawny:**

Tawny: \* swipes Perch's cheek lightly with a paw\* What are you doing here? It dangerous to-

\*Perch lunges at her and ends up c/tting her stomach open\*

Tawny: .... \* she falls to the ground writhing\* ...Why did I ever trust you...?

\*Greenheart attempts to heal her but the wounds are too deep, Tawny dies\*

Greenheart: How could you do that?! That's against the Code! It wasn't even in self defense....You murdered her for no reason! What is wrong with you?

Perch: ...

~ Perch and Tawny's first on screen interaction

**Tawny was a guard for the corrupted stars but she was rather friendly, she was one of Perch's first friends when he was punished to Novocaine Facility. Their friendship and bond they had is unknown, but it can be implied it wasn't very good, as when Tawny attacked Perch lightly with outstretched claws and asked him what he was doing, he responded with tearing open her stomach. As she writhes in pain on the ground her last words to him are, "Why did I ever trust you...?'' Greenheart is the first to yell at him saying that it was against the Code to kill her in such a violent way, especially when it wasn't in self defense. Honeybee later reprimands him for this. He does seem to mourn for her in the end.**

### **Flake**

**Flake is Rust and Perch's biological father. Flake wanted to spend with his kits, but Silt forbade him to have a positive relationship with their own kits. It is also revealed that they have half siblings, Virtual Error 248, Cold Dagger, and V.T. 95 from their stepfather, who Silt and Flake refuse to name. They seem to be on neutral terms.**

### **Cold Dagger**

**Perch thinks Cold Dagger is a coward and thinks they were a fool for trusting V.T.95.**

### **V.T.95**

**Perch is very hostile towards V.T.95. They hate that they tried to murder them and often chases them away on multiple occasions before having to be stopped by Kloni Staff.**

### **Eclipse,**

**Perch seems indifferent with Eclipse. Eclipse doesn't like being around Perch,he seems somewhat terrified of him. Perch finds no interest in listening to him.**

### **Wildflower**

**Perch thinks Wildflower is annoying and has threatened her many times,much to her and Eclipse's horror and dismay.**

## Random Facts/Trivia

* Perch is a biromantic-demisexual.
* Perch is the youngest out of his siblings,but he thinks the most rationally out of all of them.
* Perch hardly ever flinched whenever someone looked at him,faceless or not.
* He is easily overpowered by Greenheart and Rust,but they always go easy on him.
* Perch always follows reason over emotion to an unhealthy extent,often always closing off his feelings to focus on more ''important things'' like missions,taking care of the daycare for Kloni,helping Newt,etc.
* It is unknown how Perch can still even navigate the world around them or even live without having a face,it is heavily implied that they probably didn't have eyes even when they did have a face.
* Half of the reason why Perch lost their face was for design simplifying purposes,to add more to their character besides being a Snail hater,to make it a challenge to write a POV with them,which got easier over time.
* They are in 3rd place alongside their siblings for being the most used character I have,1st place going to Code-25 and Roji, 2nd place going to Lucid and Junto
* They could never cry,only on rare,and really tough occasions though.
* Perch loved iced chai tea or anything iced in general,they disliked warm foods.
* Perch was the most well-written character I ever had.
* Perch probably met Lynx and Wildflower once in their lifetime,they probably got annoyed with Wildflower.
* Perch never met Eclipse yet,and if he did,he'd have to have Greenheart and Rust accompany him,as they do not trust him with someone like Eclipse to be alone and not kill each other for a long period of time.
* Perch dislikes sugary foods.
* Perch is afraid of thunderstorms,forest fires,needles,and unknown objects and substances due to the trauma they had in Vex Lab and Novocaine and with their mother Silt.
* Perch hates food pranks
* They love mixing black licorice and vanilla flavored ice cream together.
* Perch loves lofi music more than he likes to admit.
* Perch does not like being in large crowds.
* He is claustrophobic.
* Perch was originally going to be aro/ace.
* Perch does not like it when people get overly affectionate with him.
* Perch is probably going to be wearing a mask at the end of his character arc.
* There is a lot of inconsistency when it comes to drawing his lost arm.
* His mask symbolizes the innocence that was taken away from him,it breaking and him holding onto it symbolizes the torment he went/seemingly still goes through and how he will never let go of it.
* One of Perch's old designs with a face had him wearing a fedora,this has been scrapped,but its possible the fedora might return in a more recent one of them.
* Perch seems to somewhat dislike modern technology.

## Gallery (WIP)

### Age

14 and a half19 and a half (in next generation stories)

### Enemies

Lin,Mii-Chi (sometimes),Stalactite (Sometimes), Vex Lab, Lians, Silt (Sometimes),Snail (Formerly)

### Likes

His sibling Rust, Being alone, Holly, Spending time with Newt, being free, people who let him think

### Dislikes

Snail (formerly),Vex Labs, Humans, Stalactite, Being compared with Snail, People judging him just because of who his parents are, people underestimating him just because he has one arm, Newt in danger,Honeybee in danger, His friends in danger, Greenheart and Rust and danger, Rust picking him up by the head, Greenheart's teases (sometimes)

### Relatives

Cochineal (Grandmother;Deceased) Un-named Grandfather(Deceased), Silt (Mother;Deceased), Flake (Father;Deceased), Un-named stepfather (Deceased),Rust and Greenheart (Siblings), Virtual Error 248 (Deceased),Cold Dagger (Deceased), and V.T 95 (Half-siblings),999,Melty,Loafty, and Milk (Adopted kits), Spire (Uncle;Deceased)

### Nicknames

Failure, Impertinent Worm, Psychotic (By Novocaine Facility), Chew toy (by Raion), Strong-willed outspoken (by Greenheart), Awesome (By Rust), Perchie (By Coldstone), Neph. (By Spire), Half wit (by Bluebell and Zii'Ro)