Cyprin Matheny

### Physical Description

Cyprin has a relatively strong build, has messy ((I say messy, but it's not that messy. He just makes is messy with him running his hand through it *all the time*)) black hair, light brown eyes, and tan skin. He doesn't ever wear the uniform, and usually wears darker colors.

## Personality

Cyprin is usually a bit cold and careless around people he doesn't know or like, but if you're close to him he'll usually lower his guard for you. He isn't really one to talk about his feelings, but he would hands down listen to you rant about your problems for hours on end, and probably give you some advice afterwards. Cyprin also almost *never* talks about his backstory and is really touchy when it's brought up and will bring up all of his walls and probably snap at you, so if he does tell you about it you're probably someone special to him. He has a soft spot for dragons too, and they helped him through some dark times. He's also flirty and gay/bi (I honestly don't know by this point), and he's still discovering that part of him. Cyprin also isn't one to fight (I say this and then you guys have seen what he's done '^^), he usually tries to get out of them because there's no point, but if anyone hurts one of his friends, oh ho, you're about to get beaten to the ground buddy. A lot of the time he also feels like he's caused too many problems for people and will usually bottle up his feelings until he breaks under the weight of them all.

## Backstory

Cyprin grew up in a small town near Bluekind family. He has a younger sister, a mom, and a dad. When his sister and himself were younger, his mom used to take them camping in their backyard and let them sleep under the stars, teaching them the constellations. As Cyprin got older and went to school he had a small group of friends, and was happy and got along well with mostly everyone. About three years ago, when Cyprin was 14/15, he mom's health became really low and she started to get sick a lot. It was a pretty poor town so they couldn't really do much to help her, nor could they afford it if they went over to Bluekind city. Over the next year she got worse, and Cyprin couldn't bear to be at home much, watching his mom die. And, one day, she got really sick and did die. Her death *crushed* Cyprin, as he had been really close to her. He then entered a deep state of depression, shutting himself out of the world. He pushed away his family and friends. His grades plummeted. He started getting into countless fights at school and almost anywhere else. One day, though, he met a wild Skylight Striker flying past. It didn't pay much attention to him as it landed, but himself and the Skylight Striker continued to go to that same place every day. Their bond became closer, and it kind of pulled Cyprin out of his depression a bit. He thought that dragons would be the only thing that were able to make him happy, so he saw the application for WIDR, and he took the opportunity and signed up. Becoming a bit more happier, he started to hang around his house again. Seeing his dad, his little sister, he knew that he needed to start to care for them, especially his little sister. He knew that he needed to be that older brother that his sister needed. So he did. His bond with his family grew stronger, and he usually kept a happy face with his family, giving him the careless and relaxed demeanor that you know today. Even though he got better, it never fully went away, and it still sometimes haunted him. One day, against all odds, he was accepted to WIDR. Not wanting to leave his family, he was weary, but his dad and sister encouraged him to go, knowing that it was what he loved. So off he went, on a new adventure, not knowing where it would lead him or who it would lead him to.

## Events in Roleplay

(Age 17) Cyprin kind of stood off with Darrow at the beginning, but they've decided that they're not that bad. Cyprin and Mina are kind of friends, though they argued whether something bad was going to happen during the mission in Driftbog. Cyprin continued to pretty much laugh in everyone's faces when something did, because he was right. Cyprin continued to antagonize Mina about it, but became a good male character by apologizing. In Blazing City Cyprin caught an Emberfang Eater, who he named Adara, and had a semi-date with Raven at the Emberfang hatchery. Before they took off for Breezefield, however, Cyprin met Jaime, a Scientist on the research team his age one night, both unable to sleep. They discuss the constellations, which triggers something in Cyprin.

The following nights, while they're on their way to Breezefield, Cyprin has insomnia and does not sleep, thinking and sinking back into the pit of despair that had been tucked away. One night Jaime finds him in there, and he tries to comfort him, Cyprin telling him about what happened to his mom (literally no one else on the ship has been told about this). Jaime tries to give him some advice, to think of someone to live for to distract him, but Cyprin responds about how no one would want him so there's no point in wanting someone. Jaime freaking responds with "I would. I do." ((REEEE)) Cyprin looks up, and that right there folks was the moment that he realized he wasn't straight. They eventually **KISS** ((again REEE)), and they go back to their rooms, contemplating what just happened (IT'S CANON NOW, **JAIPRIN IS NOW CANON** AHHH)). Sadly though, Cyprin is still not able to sleep, his thoughts even louder, but not depressing that night.

The next morning they land and they head off for the Breezefield mission. The group split up, leaving Tas, Cyprin, and Jaime to find out some information about what's going on with the races. Tas ends up going to a bar and getting a drink, drinks it ((whoa dude you shouldn't have done that you have no idea what's in there and it probably is the reason why you did what you did)), and *doesn't pay for it*. Great. After arguing with the bartender Cyprin tries to pay him so they can leave, but the bartender *doesn't notice*. By then Cyprin is exasperated with everyone and everything in this town, including Tas ((and excluding Jaime :>)), and he stands back and watches as Tas gets beat up and thrown out the bar. While this is happening, though, Jaime kind of has a panic attack, and they end up holding hands for a brief amount of time, Cyprin trying to comfort him ((again, REEE)). They then head back to the others, where Tas is humiliated and the others will never let him down for it. At that point Cyprin is being relatively cold around Jaime, like a jerk, so it makes Jaime feel bad ((even though he DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG AND HE'S A PRECIOUS BEAN THAT EVERYONE MUST PROTECT)). So, in short, they precede to head to the races, all die from anger/disgust as they watch the Runningwinds raced, and went over to the jockeys to ask them questions while Cyprin distracted the announcer/boss guy. They come back at midnight and pick up Astrid and three Runningwind Racers. They sneak them onto the ship and they pretty much immediately take off, not wanting to be caught.

The next day Jaime finds Cyprin pacing on the deck. Cyprin profusely apologizes and Jaime, being a loving bean, forgives him. They then decide to meet in Jaime's room later. Later, Cyprin arrives at Jaime's door, but seems reluctant to knock a bit ((hmmmmm)). He knocks anyway, and Jaime just says come in because the door was unlocked. Jaime notices that somethings wrong and Cyprin just tells him that he's stressed and confused, following up with how he feels bad and feels like he's caused it to kind of be a one way relationship. Jaime disagrees, being the best person ever ((that Cyprin could never deserve yet here we are)). The next day Tas finds Cyprin on the deck and talks to him, believing that Jaime had been acting strange. Cyprin acts like he doesn't know anything while Tas asks him questions, Cyprin giving him suggestions. Cyprin ((like an idiot)) suggests maybe it had something to do with a relationship, and that narrows it down enough for Tas. He then asks some more questions, finds out that Cyprin knows something, then starts listing names. Cyprin turns into a blushing idiot, which only confuses Tas until he realizes that he mentioned Cyprin. Tas figures it out, shocked. Eventually they kind of get to talking about how it started and all that, and they go on a walk, Cyprin apologizing about the other day with telling everyone about the bar fight, with Tas telling him that it's fine.

So a few days later, it was Friday, and the crew had a game night! It resulted in Jaiprin getting revealed to the crew, and Darrow attempting to break-dance, which Cyprin luckily recorded ((:>)).

(So I haven't updated this in like f o r e v e r, so we're going to get to the point) SO, Alexander starts being rude to every intern and apprentice he meets and bullies them. Cyprin hears about this, and gets pretty annoyed. One day he's out in a city (I don't actually remember where they were then) and he meets Alexander. Cyprin's already heard of Alexander and already doesn't like him, and then he finds out he homophobic. This stuff happens and Cyprin flusters/scares Alexander (They kissed and I still regret it to this day) and Cyprin broke Alexander's watch. Skip about a week later and while Alexander is scared of Cyprin, he *hasn't stopped*. So, what's the only reasonable reaction? Cyprin catches Alexander bullying Gwen a bit and snaps, beating Alexander up a lot, and eventually tossing him off the edge of the ship into water far below, spectators desperately trying to stop him but failing miserably (Though Keah got pretty close with the Jaime bit). Cyprin gets beaten up by Fern and gets a minor concussion, where he lays on the deck while everyone's still freaking out, completely without emotion. After all this stuff that happens including a soft Jaiprin moment that would break your heart, Cyprin and Alexander are demoted to Dragonkeeper Apprentices.

Cyprin precedes to work as hard as possible and try to get into as little trouble as possible (which eventually doesn't work), working insane hours, getting no sleep, and almost never sitting down. Also throughout this Cyprin does feel ashamed of himself for what he did, but does not regret it, and learns to live with his decisions. So anyways Cyprin has works so much that he's been accidentally neglecting Jaime, which leads to a very sad Jaiprin moment that again would crush your soul. Cyprin kind of goes through a conflicting emotions faze, and he absolutely hates himself for neglecting Jaime, and he doesn't want to cause him pain. He even *considers breaking up with Jaime,* and when he explained all this to Harrison, Harrison told him to do anything but that and to *talk to each other.* Cyprin more works it out on his own, but he still does as Harrison suggests. He spends more time with Jaime and *takes care of himself*, and him and Jaime are happy.

Onto a soft Jaiprin moment, which Cleo *i n t e r r u p t s*. She legit though just ships them hard while Cyprin is like absolutely terrified and Jaime just acts cool. She asks them questions/talks to them about some... let's say more dirty stuff. Jaime just stays silent for it while Cyprin is clearly very annoyed and plots to kill her later. Eventually they part ways, and a Jaiprin moment which melts your heart and leaves you very flustered. The next morning Cyprin is actually *happy for once,* and Keah tells him that Cleo told l i t e r a l l y e v e r y o n e about the night before, and Cyprin goes off to hunt for her. He finds her and confronts her about it.

She sees nothing wrong with what she did, and she fires back how he should be grateful that everyone on the ship doesn't really care and care for him because no one really mentioned it. Then she mentions the whole Alexander incident, which strikes a nerve in Cyprin. By then he *absolutely hates* when someone mentions the incident, and wishes that they'd all forget it. Having found something Cleo feeds all of her doubts and worries to him but twists them to apply to him, which works incredibly. She talks about how he couldn't escape his past and it'll just leave a broken shell of a monster of him. Nobody could help him, not even Jaime. How broken things were tossed out, and the only person left who wanted him, Jaime, would eventually toss him out to. At that, Cyprin completely snaps and tackles her to the ground, strangling her for a second. He tells her that she's wrong, and seems to crumple inside himself. He gets off of her, horrified, and profusely apologizes before sprinting away, terrified from what he's done.

He's confronted and comforted by various people who see him upset and he reluctantly tells them what happened. He does, however, leave out the part of strangling Cleo, too terrified with himself to tell them, and scared that if he did they would turn their backs on him and throw them out, like Cleo said. (I will eventually add on since this event is still a wip. Also remember how I said I would put it straight to the point? Well I l i e d to myself and you. I'm sorry for that and I'm sorry if you've actually read through all of this)

## Quotes

"I became the very thing that I swore to destroy."

"Let me just sit here until I die."

"Yeah, I don't like to deal with jerks. I finish them."