Muckpop

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* Survivor
* Corrupted

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**Current Roleplay Status:** Alive, Uncorrupted

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## Appearance

Muckpop is a tall, purple melted-looking lollipop. He wears a cloak with purple stains on his hood and torso. His stick is black and also wears a belt with a red-hilted, grey dagger attached to it. His head is covered with purple goop that drips down from his head. His right eye is covered with the purple goop from his head and only his left eye is visible. He wears a stone bracelet that has various colors, the pink Tourmaline gem in the middle being the one Moth gave to him.

## Personality

At first Muckpop appears to be silent. He's unemotional and reserved, and rarely speaks to anyone new and would come off as eerily mysterious. He normally does not want to engage with anyone he doesn't trust or know, making him act quite intimidating at times, especially with new people. With his silent nature, he is naturally observant and alert to his surroundings to the point where he can tell if someone is nearby or if someone is behind him. Despite his reserved personality, he has an empathetic side to him that he rarely ever shows. He could pick up on what someone is feeling, but due to his restrained emotion, he isn't always the best at comforting, at least not with words. But his empathy is easily overshadowed by his rationale. He thinks with logic and reason, and tries to not let his emotion get the better of him, even with how tempting it can be. While he may seem strong, safety is his first priority. He knows when and when not to back out of a fight.

But with closer and trustworthy friends, his demeanor is a little different. He is the listener of the group, and is mostly the one who keeps the group grounded. He has the habit of acting as a sort of "guardian", which sometimes leads to him being protective of his group of friends. While he may still be quiet, he lets his more awkward side show, especially when starting conversations. But for the most part he acts laidback and loose when surrounded with his closer friends. And at rarer times, he would seem more lighthearted and amused. He may not seem like the guy to have these kinds of friends with his brooding attitude, but rest assured that he will risk his life if it meant protecting his own kin.

## Backstory

*(Note: This is not the main story and is only an AU to fit the RP. I'll only reveal what's needed to be known.)*

**CHILDHOOD**

Muckpop had lived most his life within the walls of the most secure city in the world. The city he lived in was on a small island surrounded with water, separating itself from the mainland. The only thing connecting to it would be the great long bridge that extended across the water for miles. With that being the only entrance, it was also heavily guarded and barricaded with walls made of the finest material that an object could find. Even some of the most the strongest, trained warriors on the planet had also happened to be here, which helped the city become one of the last remaining cities that stood for years, earning its title of being the safest city from the Axion. But unlike many other cities, this city had a guardian council, a group of dedicated and qualified objects who play different roles for the sake of protecting and serving the citizens. Slimepop and Blackberrypop, Muckpop's mother and father, were apart of this council. Slimepop trains and leads the military of the city while Blackberrypop leads the farming and agriculture committee. Muck was blessed to have such talented and respected parents in society, but it couldn't say the same with himself. With the amount of respect the objects had with his parents, it easily overshadowed him as well, making him feel alienated from society. But the most huge factor with his insecurities was his appearance and his weaknesses. Kids his age despised him, calling him a freak of nature or a mistake to his parents. Of course, none of this was true, but it greatly affected Muck. His parents quickly noticed, and soon decided to let Muck be homeschooled instead. Muck's life moving forward had greatly improved as he was surrounded with a lot of good objects, his parents included. He had a really nice tutor for homeschool, who was also a good friend to Muck's parents. His parents also contributed in teaching Muck what his tutor couldn't. Blackberrypop would sometimes teach Muck the ways of gardening. They studied various plants together and experimented with all sorts of seeds and took great care of them. Blackberry also showed Muck farming, since that was also an important factor of leading the city, which in simpler terms, it was his job. His father lets Muck come with him to meet his team of farmers and work with him from time to time. On the other hand, Slimepop taught Muck how to fight. She'd give him basic training, from fighting stances to dodging exercises, but because of his condition, some parts had to be improvised. Instead of long, grueling hours of extreme training that Slime was used to, they'd take walks along the green hills and through the luscious forests that surrounds the city. It was a more tame exercise, but it did help Muck greatly. She emphasized more on Muck's sense of surroundings, since she'd never imagine her son ever needing to actually fight. They lived in a small cottage house, somewhere farther away from the city where they'd be surrounded with nature. They purposefully intended it to be this way, since the family preferred to be in an isolated, quiet area where it was just the three of them. Blackberry especially wanted to have space for his own personal garden, where he'd be able to study different sorts of herbs and plants with Muck. It was a good life, a life that Muck was grateful to have. But he'd have never been able to predict that the worse would soon come to his doorstep and take everything away from him.

**THE AXION INVASION**

No one would have ever imagined the events that would soon transpire, but it was an inevitable fate. After years of many failed attempts, the Axion had devised a plan that caught the city guards off-guard. Soon, the walls of the great city had finally been torn down, and Axion soldiers came flooding in the city gates. What once was a glorious city that held it's walls high and strong was now about to be turned to rubble. Slimepop, who was immediately alerted of this attack beforehand, was at the front lines with her trained army, ready for bloodshed. With her spear wielded strongly in her grip, she shouted for attack. They charged, letting their arrows fly and their swords clashing against the metal of Axion's weapons. But somewhere far away from the fight, Blackberry, his team of farmers and the other councils members with their teams tried to lead the citizens away to the emergency exits. But the Axion had already thought far ahead, there were already soldiers flooding through the exits as well. The council member and his team who was in charge of the emergency boats had been ambushed. They were all trapped. With this new revelation, chaos had finally begun to ensue. Many object citizens ran for their lives, hoping and praying that they'd be able to escape this nightmare, but all of them would soon meet the same fate. Various objects were being bundled together and surrounded by Axion soldiers, who held their rifles and guns at them with no remorse. Screams of fear and anguish echoed the streets, and with the sound of a barrage of bullets, blood had splattered all across the pavement. But amongst all this chaos was Muck, who stood stiff in the middle of the street as he watched the fires begin to rage at the far side of the city. This was supposed to be a normal evening walk through the city, and just moments ago he was visiting his local café to grab a cup of warm tea. How could he have known that this would even happen? He couldn't process what was going on in front of him, it felt like everything in his head was starting to blur, unbeknownst to the fact that an Axion soldier had spotted him. The Axion Soldier charged at him, but right before Muck was about to get caught, a huge vine sprouted out of the ground and slapped the soldier away. Muck then felt himself being carried away. It was Blackberry. He carried Muck in his arms with a look of urgency and fear on his face and ran as fast as he could back to their home. When they finally reached their destination he placed Muck inside and told him to keep the doors locked at all costs.

"No matter what happens, you'll *stay inside* ok? Don't ever step outside until I say so."

Muck was horrified at what was going on, and instead nodded in understanding, unable to get a single word out. They share one last moment together, before Blackberry shuts the door, keeping Muck inside. He turned around with a face that you'd rarely ever see on a gentle man like him. With Axion Soldiers already discovering their home at the far edge of the city, Blackberry stood his guard and raised his arm to summon towers of vines, creating walls of thorns surrounding the building. No matter what happens, he had to protect his son.

On the other side of the city, Slimepop was fighting a losing battle. Many of her soldiers have perished, and she along with the other remaining warriors were the only ones left. They all had fought valiantly, but even that wasn't enough to counter the huge number of Axion soldiers that even their army couldn't compare. Slime knew they weren't going to win this. There were just too many of them. Objects were dying left and right, and as a leader she had to make the tough calls. With shame and regret filling her heart, she yells for retreat. The most important thing now was to save the surviving citizens from the Axion and escape. The warriors quickly dispersed, and Slime headed straight back to her home at the far edge of the city. Her top priority was to make sure her family was ok. She had been incredibly worried of her own husband and son, what has become of them while she was gone? Soon enough, she saw Blackberry forming barricades of thorny vines around the house. Their eyes finally met, and Blackberry lets a gap open between the vines to let his wife inside. Slime quickly enters the house, finding Muck scared stiff on the couch. Slime quickly hugged him, letting out words of comfort to ease her fearful son.

"It's ok.. it's going to be ok. We'll get out of this, we'll find a way to escape. I promise you."

Even with those words of affirmation, Muck was still in a state of shock. He wanted to believe in those words, he wanted to believe them so hard. But how could they possibly even escape from this impossible predicament? Will they even make it out alive? And if anything.. what could he have done to prevent this? What can he do..?

**THE ESCAPE**

Slimepop opens the door to check on Muck. Blackberry was still outside, swatting out soldiers who were climbing over. He couldn't hold them off much longer. Blackberry shouts to Slimepop to run while he stays to hold the soldiers off. Slime didn't want to, but knew her top priority was Muck. Looking back to see her husband one last time, she ran for it. She picked Muck up with ease and held a spear in her other hand and bolted to the emergency backdoor. Blackberry pushed soldiers away with his vines. He wasn't a fighter, he never was. And soon he'll meet his end.

Slimepop was running with Muck, carrying him with one arm and using the other to push away soldiers with her spear. Muck was watching the whole thing, to afraid to even scream. His childhood home was now up in flames. Slimepop was running towards the bridge. This was their only chance at escape. But alas, soldiers were pouring in from the other side. She made a quick stop and was about to turn around, but then she saw soldiers were also coming in from where she came. They were surrounded, and she knew well that she couldn't fight them all at once. She set Muck down, telling him to jump. Muck refuses, he didn't wanna lose his mother too. The soldiers were starting to march in. With no other choice, Slimepop pushes him off the bridge. She then picked up her spear in a hurry and fought the soldiers off. It was one pop vs. a thousand soldiers. Muck was underwater, sinking ever-so-slightly while looking up at the surface. Everything he loved. Gone. He soon rises from the surface and swam to the main island, away from the city. He managed to escape.

**ALONE**

Muck was left to survive all on his own. He stayed in a nearby cave after the incident. When day finally broke, Muck went out to see in the distance that his city is now in ruins. He then spots a broken spear on the shore, revealing that his mother wasn't able to make it. After some time trying to process everything, he takes the blade of the spear and goes back to his cave. He stays in that cave for weeks, surviving off of fruits and berries he could find. After some time he finally got the courage to go out alone, taking the spear point with him which now acts as a dagger.

**MEETING FIN**

After some time, Muck finally finds a town. It was bustling with people, but there were also Dark Forces soldiers roaming about in this area. Muck was hungry at the time, and in order to grab some food he'll have to steal food from the marketplace. He finds himself near a stall selling fruit. He manages to steal an apple and runs away, but the stall owner catches Muck stealing and chases after him. Muck continues to run, about to run out of breath before someone snatches him and hides him in an alleyway. Muck manages to get away from the stall owner. The pop that helped Muck had a mask with antlers and was around the same age as Muck. The unknown pop revealed himself as Caffeine Pop, or Fin for short. They become friends, then Fin shows Muck to his base right outside of town.

Since then, they became partners in crime, stealing food and supplies for their own gain. Fin showed Muck the ropes on how to survive, and so Muck was heavily influenced by Fin. They also had their own moments, hanging out together in the forest and would sometimes have fun. Fin always bragged about his adventures, and despite being good to Muck, there were moments where he'd put down Muck's ideas and had a sort of controlling attitude with him. This went on for a few months until Fin comes up with a big heist plan of sneaking into the nearby Axion facility in town.

**THE HEIST**

## Trivia

* Muck's goop acts like honey/slime, so he doesn't drip as often. Only makes a mess when he's staying in one place for too long like sleeping. Which is why he wears his cloak often.
* Because of his goop, Muck has a sense of cleanliness. He'd clean up after his messes and would also clean up for other people if he wanted to. He likes to organize things.
* He hates water. He learned to swim just to be able to get out of it faster.
* Before the Dark Forces, he had an interest for photography and scrapbooking.
* He has 'Exercise Induced' Asthma, explains why he hates running or any activity that includes him moving around too much. This also causes him to have a lack of stamina.
* He likes tea. Green tea to be specific. But he does try other kinds of tea if available.
* He had the Shadow Stone for a year and a half. While he may know what it's mostly capable of, there's still a lot he doesn't know about the stone.
* He has a right eye, it's simply covered with his goop. He has poor vision and Achromatopsia in his right eye due to it being deformed at birth, so he prefers it covered to be able to see properly.
* His favorite kind of flower is the lotus flower.
* Muck has Claustrophobia (fear of small spaces) and Cleithrophobia (fear of being trapped).
* If he were to make his own cereal, he'd pour the milk first.

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