David García Martínez

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Delete

David García Martínez is the main protagonist of Lalin's Curse. He is a vedoiro, and appears in the manga Delete as the creator.

## Appearance

### Lalin's Curse

David is a bit shorter than average, with pale skin and short ash blond hair. He has a characteristic dark brown fringe that hangs down between his eyes, covering the scar on his forehead. His eyes are round and amber-colored. When he experiences heightened emotion, his eyes glow yellow.

David is often associated with yellow or gold, because his eyes glow yellow. In Season 1, David almost always wears a red scarf alongside suspenders that he leaves off of his shoulders. He is often seen wearing red sneakers and a brown duffel coat, usually wearing some sort of alien-themed t-shirt underneath. In season 2, not much of his outfit has changed. He wears a purple bracelet on his right wrist.

### Delete

In his identity as the "Creator", David's appearance was largely preserved, only appearing as a hooded entity and face in shadow. He was wearing a gray sweatshirt, darker-tone casual pants, and no shoes.

### Astral Form

In his astral form, David looks like a spiritual figure made of golden light which flutters like a candle, his face remains the same and his eyes shine an intense gold, he seems to not wear clothes when he is in that form.

## Personality

David is quiet and introverted around strangers, but when he gets close to someone he can't shut up. David is cheerful and a bit naive. He doesn't have a temper but he can act cowardly and selfish, running away from his problems and not confronting them directly. He also has a few heavy mood swings during days. Despite that, he can be quite resourceful and has a great memory.

David loves paranormal things and all subjects related to aliens, mystery, the universe, demons, and supernatural stuff. Due to a slew of strange experiences starting when he was little, he truly believes that there are more things here and there than what meets the eye. However, people around him don't take him too seriously, usually denying his theories and explanations.

He loves to watch Cuarta Dimension every Sunday and at nights he usually goes stargazing and searches for UFOs.

## History

David spent much of his early life together with his best friend and neighbor, Felix. The two of them began to develop a video game together. In the year 2010, Felix began to bully him alongside a group of people, going as far as to trash his belongings and physically hurt him. This eventually led to David's deletion of the video game they were working on, as well as his attempted suicide, where he jumped off a bridge into a river in the middle of winter. However, Felix saw him jump and immediately jumped in after him, saving his life. David was later taken to the hospital to get stitches. When David went back to school, Felix's "ex-friends" came back to bully David, but Felix began to start fistfights with them so David would be left alone.

## Delete

In Delete, David plays the role of "the creator"; a hooded figure that appears to be a small child. Throughout the graphic novel, we learn about David's backstory and his relationships with Felix, Nil, and The Demon. The book starts with his decree to delete the game he and Felix made, which is later seen to be some sort of illusion made by The Demon after David jumped into the river (he had deleted the game before leaving).

In the conclusion of the book, he and Felix make up, helping X fight back against The Demon and stopping the illusion, as well as recovering from falling into the river. X is also revealed to be the personification of the courage inside David, as opposed to just the protagonist of his and Felix's game. David gives her the name 'Valor' - which translates to 'value' from spanish - as a symbol of how valuable she is to him.

## Lalin's Curse

### Season 1

David makes his first appearance in Episode 0, watching the stars along with Coco and searching for UFOs. On his way home, Coco runs ahead, causing him to fall on his face. When he falls, he finds a broken camera hidden in some foliage and he takes it with him. Once he arrives at his house, his mom chews him out for being a bit late. David apologizes and sees Felix eating the last flan. David then invites Felix upstairs to watch the newest episode of his favorite show, Cuarta Dimension. Felix reluctantly accepts. The pair goes upstairs, and Felix asks David about his latest findings while he was stargazing. David excitedly tells Felix about "orange aliens" before Felix points out the broken camera David picked up. David tells him that he picked it up because somebody might be missing it. After this, the two sit down to watch 'Cuarta Dimension'. When the show mentions how their hometown of Lalin could be cursed, David asks Felix if he knew about the murder that took place in the woods. Felix refutes the claim that a demon committed the murder before David quickly tells him to shush while the show is still playing. David then makes the connection between the reporter's missing camera and the one he found in the woods. He puts the SD card into his computer, ignoring Felix's warnings. He clicks on the first of two files, a .mp4; which is nothing but a blank video, much to David's dismay, and the second file of an unknown type. He opens it anyway, eager to uncover something supernatural. However, this breaks his computer and causes the house's power to go out. Felix chews out David, who gives a meek "I didn't know that could actually happen," in response. David's father comes in to check on the boys, scaring them. Afterward, Felix goes home, and David is left in his room to go to sleep. He thinks about what he saw on the show. He muses about how he could be a paranormal investigator and prove the existence of the supernatural to skeptics before falling asleep.

The next morning, he is woken up by Coco. After getting ready for school, he goes downstairs and asks his father about the murder in town. His father doesn't know much but tells him the news said it was a gang fight. After pondering this for a bit, David heads out on his bike to go to school. He is interrupted by Felix sitting on top of a trash can, avoiding a cockroach. To help him get down, David squashes the roach with his shoe before noticing a trail of the bugs leading somewhere. He follows them to a worn-down building. While Felix waits on the road, he takes a peek inside the building, only to not find anything. He stands there thinking about why all the bugs gathered there before Felix shouts at him. When he is about to leave, he hears something knocking on the window behind him. Felix yells at him another time, startling him. David tells him that he heard a knocking noise and Felix dismisses it as the rain. When David insists it was a person, Felix tells him that he has a wild imagination. He reminds David that the two of them are going to be late for school, so they continue on their way.

As they ride their bikes down the rainy road, David and Felix encounter Tobias, who asks them why they are late. David tells him about the building he snooped around and how he heard a knocking sound. As they are talking, the trio runs into Tobias' mom, who tells them to get on their way or else they'll be late. Due to her sour temper, the three quickly continue to school, but not before David asks Tobias if he can ask his mom about the murder because she is a cop. Tobias takes one glance at his mom before looking away quickly because of her glare. He tells David that he'll ask her later. David fills Tobias in on what he had seen on Cuarta Dimension, while Felix dismisses it all, saying the witness could've been drunk or on drugs. Tobias agrees with him, saying it could've been a media exaggeration. David then insists that they will investigate after school to see for themselves. Felix goes along with it, saying they should turn it into a bet, where David has to clean his room for a month. Tobias goes along with this and adds that David does his homework for a month. David retaliates by saying that if he turns out to be right, the two of them have to clean his room and do his homework for a month instead. The trio agrees on the deal before their teacher bangs her fist on the board for class to begin.

After class, the three go out into the hall and run into Eric and Cody. The five boys go into the piano room and discuss the details of their plan. David says that they could go into the forest to find evidence of a demon being at the crime scene. Felix brings up that they had evidence already, but David destroyed it, referring to the SD card He then asks the other boys whether they think something supernatural is actually there. This makes Cody nervous, but David, Tobias, and Eric assure him that nothing bad will happen. The group then decides altogether to go to the forest after 6 PM.

After the school day ends, David takes Coco over to Felix's house so they can go to the forest together. He hears a loud scream and hurries to Felix's house to see him chasing away a cat. Felix tells David about how troublesome cats are because they always attack the crows. David responds by saying not all cats are that bad. After this, they head over to the forest and meet Tobias, Cody, and Eric. Eric is recording a video for his YouTube channel, so Felix tells him to make sure that he gets a good shot of him so he can "get more likes, thanks to me." This results in the other four boys laughing at him and saying things like "I have never heard any girl talk about Felix." David then further embarrasses him by saying that his mom and sisters all love Felix very much. The boys get a good laugh, and quickly after this, Coco bites her tail as David looks at her and says that she is the best girl which all the boys agree to and head into the woods.

They go inside the forest and then David asks "We know the way, right?" and Tobias assures him that they are in the correct path and tells the boys that his mum was on the case and asks the boys to not tell anyone because his mum will ground him to which the boys all agree to. The he tells them some more information, and how the victim supposedly died and what the other woman saw - the final scene, when the victim was already dead. They further theorised as to why the murderer did not kill the witness. Felix and David argue about whether the murder was supernatural or not, Eric siding with David. Then Tobi shows another weird thing about the case - scratches on a tree trunk. All the boys react to this strongly. Cody says it might have been a bear, or a wolf to which David says "it was a werewolf!"

## Powers and Abilities

### **Supernatural Skills**

**Eye Glow**: While under stress or experiencing strong emotions, David's eyes glow and take on a yellowish color.

**Healing Powers**: David has developing healing powers; He was able to unconsciously heal from a wound and supposedly also from the bruises he had.

**Telekinesis**: While under stress or experiencing strong emotions, David can move objects and people without physically touching them. Esteban points out that it may be telekinetic abilities.

**Astral projection**: David can separate his soul from his body and travel to the ethereal world, however he does not control it and does not remember how to do it.

## Relationships

### Felix López Dorado

Felix and David are best friends and family friends. In Delete, Felix tagged along with David's bullies, until David attempted to suicide and was saved by Felix. Felix fought David's bullies afterward while avoiding him at the same time. Two years later it appears that David and Felix are best friends.

### Tobias Ruiz Castro

Tobias and David are close enough to have matching friendship bracelets and they care a lot about each other. Tobias has a habit of blushing when close to David but David does not notice.

### Cody Lozano Blasco

David says they aren't really close but they are still good friends. Cody is protective over David - maybe almost as protective as Felix.

### Eric Bermúdez Parejo

He and David don't seem too close, but they are still good friends. Eric likes to listen to David's theories but he doesn't exactly believe them, but agrees that supernatural things are interesting. [*citation needed*]

## Trivia

* It was revealed by Isaky that Felid (Felix x David) is a brotp.
* He suffers from dermatophagia.
* David was originally supposed to be a comic relief character.
* The discoloration of his fringe is due to the extra melanin being produced in his hair. This was caused by the head trauma he experienced when he jumped.
* David plays as Valor in video games.
* He is asexual, but not aromantic.
* David wears the same bracelet as Felix and Tobias.
* He collects stones.[*citation needed*]
* David's red bandana formerly belonged to Felix.
* David is Isa's favourite and the character that's been with her the longest, being created in 2006.
* Both David and Félix appear in chapter 140 of the hooky comic, being customers of the store.
* David was originally made as a Sonic fan character.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 26
2. ↑ Episode 21
3. ↑ https://aminoapps.com/c/lalins-curse/page/item/q-a-p2-2018/Vbkv\_BVsvI58Z06QY2lNP1laW00NYka0xb