Elias

Elias is a cjrp blog run by the tumblr user amongussexgif. It focuses around a paranoid man with schizophrenia.

### Aliases

Daedalus - by the narrator"my son" - by the author

## Info

### Summary

@dream-of-elias was created as a tumblr blog on the 18th of July, 2023. The profile picture is a compressed image of a human brain, set in a muddy green background. A spiral is drawn through the brain in gray, and sections of the brain within that spiral are replaced with patterns closely resembling png backgrounds and missing image sprites from video games. The blog was originally created incorrectly, so it was quickly deleted and the current blog was made in its place.

The first thing Elias did was introduce himself, laying out basics facts about himself, including pronouns, his schizophrenia, and a very brief summary of his backstory.

### Description

Elias is 26 years old. He is 6'4" tall, and his weight is unknown. The author has stated that "He's so scrawny you can count his ribs", also stating that he used to be very fit, but fell into a cycle of malnourishment. He has medium-short blonde hair that is visibly unkempt and dirty, despite him showering twice daily. His hair also appears to be very thin and "ready to fall out at a moments notice" according to the author. He has broad shoulders and large, rough hands that he keeps very clean.

## Story

### Backstory

When Elias was 18, he left home to join the United States Armed Forces. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at age 20 while on a visit to his hometown. He was let go from the army at age 24 when his schizophrenia had devolved to the point where they didn't trust him to be armed. He and his family were financially compensated, and his family used that along with other savings to buy Elias a house. His family covers all of his bills, and he uses his military pension to pay for his food, groceries, and 'toys'.

Elias owns several weapons, mostly firearms. The first time they were seen was the use of a shotgun to threaten a lizard. He also has a pistol near his bed, several knives hidden throughout his house, a hunting rifle above his backdoor, and two hatchets hanging with his keys in his living room. He's stated that he has "two shotguns, a hunting rifle, four pistols, six hatchets, a dozen switchblade pocket knives, and two butterfly knives". His driver's license has been revoked, but his firearms were never taken from him.

He's been known to brag about his emergency bunker, which he refers to as "El Bunko 2". It's supposedly stocked with five hundred thousand calories of canned food, thirty gallons of purified water, five gallons of gasoline, a generator, an elliptical bike, and a small potato garden. It's locked by a six inch thick door made of solid steel, "two of every kind of lock one can legally have", and a password. Nobody except Elias has ever been inside to confirm the legitimacy of it's contents. "El Bunko 2" implies the existence of an "El Bunko 1", though nothing is known of it. He has mentioned it once, implying it was similarly stocked, but other than that, nothing is known of El Bunko 1 or what happened to it.

## Style

### Writing

In text, Elias is mostly grammatically correct, though he will often choose periods instead of question marks or exclamation marks. He only ever uses capitalization when referring to himself with his name or "I". He does not capitalize "me", other names, or the start of sentences. Elias never uses sarcasm, and gets grumpy when others use it.

Elias's narrator is denoted by a single set of square brackets. the narrator has shown sentience beyond being a literal narrator. He expresses displeasure at many of Elias's mistakes, and concern for Elias and others. He is not permitted by the narrative to lie or conceal facts, with him losing control of his face to blurt out what he is "supposed to". He is not corrected when he tries to predict events or states he doesn't know something.

The author's notes are denoted by a double pair of parenthesis. these are sometimes used for notes, but more often just to ping relevant anons.