Cringe

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## Chris Micheals

* Artwork
* Skin

## Lore Info

### Deaths

* Unknown Death
* Killed by Appel at the Stargate opening
* Killed by Manta before traveling to Afterglow

### Allegiance(s)

Steel Heart, IRF  (Formerly)

Cringe is MindcraftCringe's second character on the Afterglow SMP, but first character throughout the Horizons series.

## Physiology

### Appearance

Cringe usually wears a brown coat with tall boots and a pelt over his cheast wound. His left arm and left eye are entireley mechanical after multiple attacks against him.

### Biology

Cringe was born as an axolotl humanoid. He had increased intelligence and mobility. After an attempt to heal a wound in the Immortal SMP, Cringe became more human-like, sporting a beard and brown hair. His gills retained from his axolotl form on the side of his head.

## History

### Backstory

**!!! WARNING !!!**

The following contains heavy spoilers. Read at your own risk.

**CHAPTER 1:**

The All-Mother was a gigantic Axolotl stuck in a contaminant chamber. Every 50 years it produced over 100 children, and out of those 100 children there’s a chance for a blue one to be born. Those born blue are incredibly smart at a college IQ the second they are born. They are extremely dangerous to humans and anyone who attempts to hunt them will die. Cringe was told at this point he was supposedly born in 1717.

After some amount of time, humans captured Cringe and questioned him. They tortured him and forced him to watch brainwashing videos. At such a young age, Cringe was tormented into a world that only the humans wanted him to see. He felt hollow on the inside. Eventually, they let him read history books for a test. He learned about earth in the 1600’s through until 1783 and learned about the American revolution. He then learned he was actually born in 1970.

He kept getting filled with images of humans killing eachother from the torture, and was eventually strapped down and shown something that gave him an extreme sense of fear. He instinctively grabbed a nearby surgeon's scalpel and cut himself loose from the restraints, but stayed in the chair.

Once the scientists came in for the testing, they looked for the equipment and Cringe slit one of the doctors throats. He then jumped out of the chair and proceeded to kill 14 more humans in a blind rage. He blamed himself after that and called himself a monster.

**CHAPTER 2:**

Cringe left the room where he was being kept to find his mother turned into a shriveled mess unable to move. He was infuriated and escaped the facility through an air duct. He began searching around outside to find shelter, untrustworthy of everyone around. He eventually found a pet shop called “Lee’s Pet Store” and hid in a box outside, only to wake to the shop's owner.

Cringe was terrified at the sight of another human, but after realizing that Lee was taking care of him when he was asleep he felt relieved and happy. Lee fed him and asked if things were alright, but was shocked when he got a response. After Cringe explained his past, Lee let him live at the shop. They became good friends and eventually a family.

In 1989, Lee was too old to do certain tasks and asked Cringe to go out to get groceries in a disguise. Cringe went, but the disguise wasn’t enough as two men in suits followed him. After he got home and began making dinner, he hid at the sound of a knock on the door. Lee answered and told them to leave, but they questioned him with pictures of Cringe and failed to cover it up.

Cringe was found out by a loud noise and was shot at, but Lee took the bullet. Cringe became outraged and killed both of them, throwing them into the street. Bystanders saw the corpses and Cringe and thought of him as a monster. He couldn’t disagree with them.

**CHAPTER 3:**

**WIP**

## Gallery

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* Other

A closeup shot of Cringe, by NatariiCringe worried of what he's done, by NatariiA group photo of Appel, **Cringe** and Natarii, by NatariiOld artwork by NoctisPuffinArtwork by AppelCyder (?)Artwork of a discussion between **Cringe**, Manta and Stuck, by Vandon

Current SkinInhabiting Christopherditto, but with clothesBefore HumanificationAfter HumanificationBefore woundAfter woundIn HidingCorrupted by Izonite

The cave that **Cringe** and Manta lived in during ImmortalA conversation between Manta and Cringe during Immortal

An early design for Cringe in the FNF Mod