[collapse=Elevator pitch (for the lazy/tired/impatient/time-constrained)]What's in this box is all you need for determining if this character suits your needs. If it seems like it does, I'd suggest reading the rest.

[indent]Ardes is an edgy and sleazy yet endearingly awkward anthropomorphic raptor. A male (or cuntboy, if you so choose) with a runner's build on top of an already lanky physique. A hacker by trade. Lives in a cyberpunk metropolis, but fits pretty nicely into other settings as well, especially modern or futuristic ones. Skittish and awkward around strangers but surprisingly unrestrained when horny enough.

Suited for grimy, crungy environments and storylines involving life in the gutter, political conundrums, combat, etc.

Likes both regular girls and manly men. Not that much into twinks. Shemales and herms fuck with his head due to mixed signals (which I love to watch happen).[/indent]

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_erotica]also what[/url][/collapse][hr]
[center]"[i][color=black]First, control. Then, alter. Finally, delete.[/color][/i]"[/center][center][u][b][heading]Ardes Cadaver[/heading][/b][/u][/center][b]We all want to think we're cool, don't we?[/b] Ardes never quite understood the appeal of this: posing for posterity, flaunting for favors. When the eyes of a fellow city-dweller fall upon this scrawny yet toned figure- sometimes dressed in a cloak and maybe even wearing a mask- they may think that the reaper has finally caught up to them, but under the wraps is a being that [b]cares for as little attention as possible[/b] from folks he doesn't trust. A cold shoulder and flutter of the frill of his jacket later, he's gone. However, under the moist, slick, rubbery, proto-reptilian skin of his is a frozen heart yet to be thawed; [b]tremendous potential for growth[/b]. He's never found the chance to change by his own powers, but there may yet be the opportunity to form a contact so emotionally satisfying that nothing in the whole of the steel towers encircling him could ever bring him down again.

For him, [b]the fun really starts when he gets on the computer[/b] to do what he knows best. The whole condo goes dark but for the fluorescent electron glow of those oldschool CRT monitors. As a true hollywood hacker, Ardes easily gets in the zone, his spiny fingers dancing upon his reinforced keyboard, the faint clicks and clacks of its switches filling the auditory space around his workstation. A crucial message is almost retrieved, the droplets of sweat rolling down his muzzle... Then, all of the screens go blank. After a few seconds of total silence born of tension, his labored breathing returns, waiting... Waiting... The message shows up on his command line. He lives another day. Time to kick back with a game or two- maybe there's even time for some good ol' shitposting on his favorite imageboard.

Ardes [b]lives at the top of his world[/b] by his privilege of being able to cheat the system. Otherwise he would likely have ended up down below. Social stats and income tend to drag a person down there either naturally or by force at the hands of the law or the local authoritarian government-corporations, which are increasingly the same thing. That is, unless you manage to [b]erase yourself from existence[/b] altogether. This sleazeball has by painstaking labor managed to delete every record of himself from every government database and company profile. Some would say that crushing apathy and the inability to succeed in honest labor despite his incredible talent in computer science led him to a kind of [b]social suicide[/b]. Others would claim he made the wrong kinds of enemies and had to cover his tracks for survival's sake. Only he himself knows the motivation behind this action. He now [b]stays mostly at home[/b] where he remains largely undetected due to his sheer insignificance, occasionally popping out to see how's the weather, or to [b]go on a mission[/b] to earn some extra credits.

Ardes' [b]history isn't the happiest one[/b]. He was born to a fairly normal dinosaur couple, [b]a loving mother and father[/b] who supported him through the first 16 years of his life. Then, as misfortune would have it, he [b]wandered to the wrong side of the monorail[/b] and [b]got introduced to the wrong kinds of people[/b] who hang out there. Over several visits, they convinced him that there is no legitimate future in the city and the best he can do is to learn to live off the streets. Being too compassionate for his own good, Ardes believed this. They [b]promised him easy money[/b] and all the drugs he could ever want by sticking with them. Despite distractions, he [b]started developing skills in computer science[/b] while loafing about in this gang's hideout. He realized he had soon [b]become a massive liability[/b] to his parents, so he [b]took off from home[/b] far earlier than he normally would have. When his gang had started [b]showing diminishing returns[/b] of loot and an alarming kill/death ratio compared to the other gangs in the vicinity, he [b]left them behind[/b] as well. This turned out to be [b]a risky move[/b], as a couple of months later he was [b]almost assassinated[/b] for being a cowardly deserter. To save his skin, he committed identity suicide, moved to another part of town, stole a mobile apartment, and went out into a life of anonymity.

Still, the loneliness persists. Too much time spent in a black box can [b]make your head go funny[/b], you know? Ardes is getting bright ideas about a [b]revolution[/b]. He's not the only one on this front, as [b]underground resistances[/b] are popping up left and right. Taking this somewhere would mean getting off his ass and going out to meet people, though, so he's been postponing it. For now he's happy to simply sustain his own life instead of risking it more than he already has to.

As for [b]his sexual tastes?[/b] Well, he's never been too sure about that. Regular [b]young ladies[/b] are a given, but each time the dweeb tries to smooth-talk his way into their panties, the result is a aching red cheek. He does feel a bit of shameful attraction towards the odd [b]muscular male[/b], possibly due to desires of having a big, strong, protective entity by his side. If he does actually manage to score, you can bet he [b]won't be as phlegmatic[/b] in the bedroom as he is on the streets. Also, he [b]can be played as a cuntboy[/b], which will further polarize the way he expresses his sexuality: He will act [b]even more masculine when bottoming[/b] and [b]even more feminine when topping[/b] than he usually does.

[b]Ardes' home[/b] is a typical Class B-1 mobile Levipod condo cell. It has long since been detached from its original housing complex and has been transported to a safe location, attached to one of the miles-high skyscrapers. It is capable of attaching and detaching to sockets on the outsides of buildings with a standardized deadlock seal. When it detaches, its Hoverplates take priority and keep the cell from falling down onto the buildings below and instead gently floating onto them. If a right spot is picked, it can very easily sink to [b]lower levels[/b] below. Ardes' cell is haphazardly furnished, with some empty dishes here, a pile of clothes there, some guns anywhere and an inexplicable amount of pottery.

A sonic atmosphere familiar to Megektans [url=https://youtu.be/F9L4q-0Pi4E]may be heard here[/url].

Ardes sounds a bit like [url=https://youtu.be/sE7xyn28wjg?t=65]Robert Del Naja[/url] of Massive Attack.

[collapse=Some photos of his locale][img=5271]ArdesCity[/img][i]"Here's just a photo I took out of my window one evening."[/i]

[img=5270]ArdesRoom[/img][i]"A photo of my room. Taken by the security camera I installed shortly after the place got thrashed by a counter-agent in search for intel. Yeah, that's my excuse for the mess..."[/i]

[img=23630]ClassB1LevipodCondoCell[/img][i]The layout of a Class B-1 Levipod Condo Cell[/i][/collapse]
[collapse=Example starting scenarios]These are just here to give you an idea of what's possible; they may be adjusted freely or ignored altogether.

[indent]You meet Ardes in a club or some gang hangout, where he's either recreating or handling some particular task.[/indent]
[indent]You're paired with Ardes on a mission of some kind. Perhaps recon, maybe assassination- or something totally different?[/indent]
[indent]You want the same identity erasure treatment that Ardes gave himself, for one reason or another. By tracking him through the underworld, you find him and ask him to make you disappear.[/indent]
[indent]A riot has broken out! You and Ardes are stuck in the middle of it all. Megekta's police aren't exactly known for their non-violent approach to dealing with hooliganism. Sink or swim?[/indent]
[indent]You catch Ardes jerking off... And that's all she wrote.[/indent][/collapse][hr][collapse=Credits/Disclaimer]Art on references 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 by: Lethal Doors, references 3 and 4: Klongi

Character depicted on reference 5 owned by: Zelryem

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If you can prove yourself as an owner as described, and would like me to remove your art, I will do so immediately and without question.[/collapse][collapse=OOC Bullet Points (how I do things)][indent][heading][u]Plans and preparations[/u][/heading][/indent]There's few things that discourage me as much as having nothing to work off of in terms of story. On the flipside, too much pre-planning (or 'brainstorming', as some call it) can result in a feeling similar to having a book spoiled before I even started reading it. Plus, it's wasted effort that would be better spent actually roleplaying. If you get a really good idea, I'd actually prefer if you kept it as a surprise for later. The only thing I think must be well thought out is the basic premise of the plot, the 'hook' to build upon: Whether our characters know each other or not, and under which circumstances they meet if they're not interacting to begin with.
[indent][heading][u]Post perspective and tense[/u][/heading][/indent]I mostly write in third person for the sake of more flexibility and because nothing much else works when there's more than two players. I can also write in first/second/third perspective just fine: First when describing my own character, second when describing your character, and third when describing other characters. Also, I pretty much always write in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present#In_describing_fiction]historical present[/url]. Since we're more or less coming up with stuff on the fly, it should give a nice feeling that everything is also happening [i]right now[/i] within the story's own context. Makes things seem more urgent and tangible. Also makes it easy to detail past and future events within the story's own context. At least that's how I rationalize the habit.
[indent][heading][u]On dom/sub roles[/u][/heading][/indent]Practically every sexual theme can be divvied up into a relationship between the recipient of an act and the administer of it. This is no surprise, as pecking orders are an important part of nature and something every human being innately understands. Still, the overarching structure of a RP doesn't have to revolve entirely around the power dynamics between a set submissive and a set dominant, which is the way I prefer it.
[indent][heading][u]IC intro, OOC intro?[/u][/heading][/indent]I don't care. As long as you can catch my interest with a good hook, I'm in. I will respond in whichever PoV you approached me with.
[indent][heading][u]Limiting communications[/u][/heading][/indent]Due to my liking of compartmentalizing- my preference of not having my social circles bleeding into each other- and my general disinterest in the lives of others beyond what common interests we share, I won't be talking to people outside of f-list if I've met them on f-list. Exceptions to this will only occur with my explicit consent, meaning no hinting or implications but a very clearly stated interest to maintain some form of bond beyond roleplay.
[indent][heading][u]Have fun![/u][/heading][/indent]We're both here just... For kicks, right? As long as you're cool, I'm cool. If you're being a dick, I'll still be my usual cool, but in a way you'll find wholly unsatisfying. Feel free to toss some lewdness and character in there with those hellos and goodbyes, it's not just strictly business with me. Worry not what I think about your writing if you haven't specifically asked for feedback, I trust you to do the best you feel you can. Roleplaying, like life itself, is an eternal learning experience, and we all have to go through infancy. I firmly believe that an eager learner is better company that the bitter learned. Finally: say "fuzzy pickles" to me if you've read this far.[/collapse][hr][small][b]KinkNote 1[/b]: Kinks are completely negotiable, except for the ones under 'no'. They indicate which things I've found work with the character's intended purpose and which don't: a matter I'm sometimes wrong on.
[b]KinkNote 2[/b]: My custom kinks are not any more important than the defaults, but I've still got them all on top because those are the ones people don't necessarily know to look for.
[b]KinkNote 3[/b]: Some kinks are hard to insert into a RP if it's already been running for a while, such as the ones that detail scenes, physics, culture, sex-casualness, etc. Try to mention them in advance so we don't have to worry about retconning.[/small]