Robyn Hart

***Robyn Hart*** is the player character of *Cryptid Crush*. A new arrival in the seaside town of Longhope, they hope to uncover the cause and way to prevent a deadly curse upon them.

## Profile

### Appearance

Robyn is a human young adult. Robyn has a light brown skin tone and messy, brown hair. They wear a knee-length jacket over a t-shirt, jeans, and laceless black boots. An outer space motif is present in their design, as their clothes commonly feature stars and UFO designs on them, leading Atlas to privately suspect them of alien origin.

Depending on player choice and preference, Robyn's appearance can be customized. Hair length and style, facial hair, jacket color, headwear, glasses, and other accessories can be chosen or removed at any time in conversation with Atticus.

### Personality

Robyn is a friendly and compassionate young person, willing to turn the cheek and forgive Madhouse for trying to murder them and their friends out of sympathy for his predicament. They are generally polite and respectful, though they will frequently crack light-hearted jokes with people they are close to. Despite their open-mind toward monsters, they are quite jumpy and easily surprised, reacting with fear when Atlas suddenly lands at their meeting spot.

## Biography

### Background

As a child, Robyn was menaced at night by a young Atlas, who was attracted to the light of their room, which Robyn left on out of fear of him in the night. After numerous encounters, Robyn endeavored to capture a polaroid of the cryptid and prove his existence. Upon his next visit, they took a picture but the bright flash of the camera stunned Atlas' sensitive eyes and caused him to plummet to the ground. When Robyn opened the window to check on the insectoid creature, he climbed up to their windowsill and introduced himself, explaining why he regularly visited Robyn's window, before he fled at the sound of Robyn's mother approaching their room. Due to the photo's poor quality, their parents did not believe Robyn's claims.

Soon after this meeting, Atlas approached a dismayed Robyn outside, attempting to cheer them up by drawing them together with his feet. He provided them with a feather for additional proof, before fleeing at the sound of hustling bushes nearing them. The two would become close friends as they grew.

After reaching adulthood, they took several jobs, including working at an electronics store and a seasonal haunted house attraction. When they moved from their childhood home, they began to have foreboding nightmares and feel a sense of dread during the day. Eventually, the phantom cat Taro appeared to them and declared herself their guardian angel, revealing a curse to be upon them, which they set out to undo. Having recently moved into the town of Longhope where Atlas lived, the two plotted to make use of local spectral radio host Madhouse Mike's knowledge of the supernatural to uncover the nature of the curse, despite Mike's unseemly subject matter turning Robyn off listening to his broadcasts.

### *Chapter 0: Dead Air*

Late in the night, Robyn drives toward Elkhorn radio station with Taro, briefly stopping for food at a gas station. Upon arrival, the two are met by Atlas and his friend Jamie, who breaks through the building's fence. The three investigate the building, and Robyn discovers various pieces of the studio Mike has defiled in some way. Despite this evidence of his presence, the three decide not to bother him and leave the building quietly. Before they can do, Mike blocks their exit and invites Robyn and Atlas on to the show, which they accept as a chance to learn more about Robyn's curse.

The two happily partake in the interview and continue into a game of trivia, but despite Atlas' rampant knowledge of the show, Mike asks increasingly obscure questions to stump him before tricking him into drinking a contaminated can of soda. The drink allows Mike to possess Atlas and attempt to kill Robyn, leading to a fight when Robyn calls on Jamie for help. After defeating Mike, he leaves Atlas' body and attempts to control Jamie, only to be forced out by their innate physiology. He then fights the entire group in a half-demonic form, only to be defeated again.

Mike makes a final desperate bid to overtake Robyn, bringing their soul to a realm between those of the living and dead. He catches Robyn before they fall and prevent them from passing on, but insists on taking their body. Robyn admonishes Mike for his actions in the studio, and offers their body, but Mike finds himself unable to take it and returns Robyn to the mortal plane. They awaken soon after, and the group leaves in Robyn's car, tired and no closer to solving the mystery of the curse. On the way home, Robyn's phone reveals the miniaturized Madhouse possessing it, who Jamie attempts to swat at, distracting Robyn from the large lupine creature in the road and causing a car crash which knocks them unconscious.

## In Battle

### Stats

* *(Uniquely to Robyn, all Check stats are variable and determined by player choice)*

## Relationships

* **Atlas**: Robyn and Atlas are childhood best friends. The two have been close for decades, having similar interests and similar excitable, headstrong, and paranormal-loving personalities. Robyn tends to be the more logically thinking of the two and often acts as a voice of reason when Atlas comes up with a particularly dangerous idea, such as remaining partially possessed by Mike.

* **Taro**: Taro is the guardian "nyangel" of Robyn, and was sent to protect them from their deadly curse, though Taro is lazy and not particularly competent at the role. The two's relationship is similar in dynamic to that of a normal cat and its owner, as Taro constantly demands food and attention from Robyn while still acting aloof and superior at every opportunity.

* **Jamie**: Jamie is swiftly befriended by Robyn on the night of the investigation of Elkhorn radio. While initially sharing no connection other then being mutual friends with Atlas invited on the same excursion, the two quickly bond over their shared exasperation with Atlas and his various quirks and get to know each other better from there.

* **Madhouse Mike**: Prior to meeting Mike, they held a negative view of him due to his disturbing subject matter, which was only worsened during their first meeting, where he attempted to possess Atlas and murder themself and Jamie. Upon hearing his desperation to escape the radio station, Robyn sympathizes with him and attempts to help him move on. From there, the two develop a deep friendship, with Mike being a constant companion in Longhope as they try to help each other with the respective issues of Robyn's curse, and Madhouse existing beyond his legacy at Elkhorn.

* **Oz**: In spite of Oz's intimidating appearance, Robyn is never anything less then cordial and polite to the wolfman. Oz returns this cordiality, though seems otherwise apathetic to the human, reacting with bemusement when Robyn begins to lose their focus and ramble about their situation during a "conversation" with him.

## References

1. ↑ *Age given as "20ish" in the character information sheet.*
2. ↑ *"My fan theory is that [Robyn] is actually from outer space. I think it's the outfit."*-**Atlas**, theorizing over Robyn's origins in *Cryptid Log #5*.