“Skel blew up the basement, Swarovski’s having a hissy fit, and Mukuro came back dragging a severed arm.
…
Such wow”
Name: Yaeha
Species: Spotted Hyena
Height: 160cm
Likes: Reading, Mathematics, Chemistry, Medical science, Fresh Meat, Bones, his families
Dislikes: Lions, Unjustified hyena stereotypes, Strenuous exercise, Being disturbed from reading, biting his tongue
Brief Overview: A book-smart introvert of a hyena. Rather disappointed by his boss, but is still loyal because he owes him. Is a pretty big shut-in who would rather stay in the den and study, a very boring person. Has about half the muscle of your average carnivore from his lack of exercise. Too bad it’s all in the neck and jaws. Prefers to go around in animal form because it makes him look smarter. Wears prescription glasses. Has a bite strength of 190. Big nerd.
Backstory: If you know more than most about hyenas, you’ll know what I mean when I say that hyena births are rather… complicated and painful. And thus, it was expected that his pack went into somewhat of a panic when he was coming out in a rather bad position, as it was putting himself, his mother (the alpha female) and the other unborn hyena pups at a huge risk. Luckily, it just so happened that a powerful doctor witch was in the vicinity collecting herbs, and with the help of some spells and medicine, he and his siblings all got out safely, and his mother was safe. As a result, he was raised with stories of how a mysterious witch doctor had saved the lives of the alpha female of the pack and her children, and as one of the main characters of this tale, he began to hero-worship this doctor he had never met, and aspired to be just like him.
And so, he quit most of his pack hunting, and began studying in an effort to eventually get into a good medical school, where he would train to be a top-notch doctor. While his pack didn’t really approve of this (a pack of traditional hunter-gatherer-scavengers needs all the help it can get), nevertheless, since they knew his motivations, they supported him such as by letting him study during guard duty, pooling their resources to buy textbooks etc and to cut a long and boring story about supportive families and schooling short, he did pretty well, and graduated!
Then came the realisation that his chosen occupation basically equated to wandering around and offering full heals of HP and MP for approximately 10G per service (it was either that or more boring lab/pharmacy work). While he was helping others, it was somewhat… unfulfilling to say the least, since those who came by were usually overleveled as heck and didn’t exactly need the healing most of the time. And it was boring. Really boring. Sitting in the most remote of places for hours on end waiting for travellers tends to get lonely and boring, wouldn’t you agree? On one fine day, he came across an advertisement recruiting familiars stuck to an old abandoned clinic, and to his surprise, on the ad was a picture of a strangely familiar man in a mask, holding a plastic scythe, going by the name of Skel. Knowing by his gut that this was the man who he had looked up to his entire life, he recited the portal spell on the ad, and teleported to the recruitment venue, landing in front of some guy in a plastic skull mask with a happily smug grin on whatever part of his face was visible and a young lady who was staring at him with a mixture of utter disbelief and either rage or exasperation. Next thing he knew there was an angry black swan flapping about, pecking and honking, and that was the beginning of the day he would find out that the kind, helpful and benevolent witch doctor was pretty much a lie, and the new life as the familiar to a delusional, egoistic, pathetic loser would begin.
Wait a second, wasn’t sitting around in a pharmacy boring and unfulfilling? Not this time, his colleagues and boss are quirky enough, there’s a bunch of interesting research notes to read, and he gets to make his pack proud by working with what is essentially their patron saint and sending home a good portion of his salary. Also, now he goes to school proper and has a fun time getting along with his new classmates and teachers(!).
Trivia:
- Was really, REALLY disappointed after his first actual meeting with his new boss; Skel had already gone off the deep end by then and was even more insufferable after having won his bet, but still decided to stay since there was always the chance he would pleasantly surprise him. Still hasn’t happened.
- His pack is rather superstitious and puts a lot of faith in the power of magic, spells and good-luck charms, and near-worships Skel (they don’t know how far off the deep end he’s gone). Nevertheless, they’re a nice bunch who get along well with each other and get a bad rep for scavenging. He has four sisters and a brother.
- He sends half his pay back to his pack, along with letters and postcards most of the time. Doesn’t have the heart to tell them what the “wise and benevolent” witch doctor has become.
- As mentioned earlier, he prefers to stay in hyena form since it makes him look smarter; after all, what looks more impressive, a freckly skinny youth poring over a book on medicine or a hyena in glasses doing the same thing? Also, he tends to bite his tongue less in that form.
- Gets along well enough with his fellow familiars, he got along with Swarovski despite their first meeting by generally being the most well-behaved of the group, and Mukuro knows him as the big, cute doggie. He doesn’t particularly mind.
- While he doesn’t like going out much (he’d rather stay in the cave and read his boss’ old notes),
- Swarovski forces him and the rest of the group to go out walking once in a while for their health.
- Goes to the local school. With classmates like Kurotsuno, Hanten and Mira, it’s no small wonder that he tries his best to avoid his otherworldly classmates.
- Can eat nearly everything, as long as it isn’t poisonous, after all, he’s a hyena. This leads to embarrassing scenes at the dining table, such as crunching his way through bones, not realising his food’s undercooked and continuing to eat it even after finding out and absent-mindedly chomping down plastic spoons.
- His laugh is surprisingly less creepy than Swarvoski’s.
- Wears a black leather jacket with a hyena face thing on the back over a yellow shirt and brown pants.
- Dirty yellow hair, with a “skunk stripe” of brown hair.
- Very freckly.
- Skin colour is the same as my other OCs, signifies that they aren't human