Forest

A little bit crazy, a lotta bit nice. Being sane isn't a requirement for niceness, if you didn't know. Even though Forest is far from normal they still try their best not to be a bad person—sometimes it's hard to tell what people think is good or bad, though. When a dog licks someone's face they find it cute, but when Forest does it? They're a weirdo. Not that they're just going to lick your face out of nowhere...

They've never been good at following society's rules. At some point, they mostly gave up. Instead of masking their weird quirks, they leaned right into them. Meowing like a cat? Why not just let it happen, wear a cute cat beanie, live the cat life. Thinking weird things? Just talk about them, say them, let them be what they are. Smiling when they shouldn't be? Don't worry about it. Giggle all the time, even. Instead of being hung up on shoulds or shouldn'ts they just let themself be. Let other people be. Are they perfect at it? No, of course not. Who could be perfect at not being judgmental? Everyone has a judgmental bone in their body somewhere. Even that's something you shouldn't judge.

Living a life where they say whatever they think isn't easy. Being weird leaves a lot of people wanting to stay away—Forest is nice, but not everyone can appreciate niceness when it comes from someone who isn't normal. Familiar. Getting and holding jobs is difficult, and their main source of income is job hopping and temp work. Nothing glamorous, not the best paying, but it's what they can get. This means they have to hop from living space to living space often. Sometimes it's friends' couches, sometimes it's a few nights spent sleeping in their car, but most often they live in a little tiny apartment with their sister, who's nice enough to help them out despite the difficulties and struggle.

A hard life isn't necessarily the worst life, though. For all the struggles Forest has to go through, they find time for other things; people watching, video games, philosophy, anime, tabletops... Nerd shit. Lots of nerd shit. They are a bit of a shut-in sometimes, but staying locked up in the home too long makes them antsy, too. Sometimes they wander off to do their people-watching from somewhere other than a window, or to find an interesting new hole in the wall somewhere, or even to just find the most interesting and 'spiritually active' places they can. That funny little brain of theirs has left them with what they believe to be a strong connection to spiritual things, and psychoactive substances like marijuana, which they do way too often, enhance that effect on their brain. Even alcohol loosens up the little mental blocks they put on it, built up from many young years spent in shame of who they are. Not anymore, though. Now they can spend as much time as they want finding strange little spaces, abandoned spaces, nature spaces, corners of tall buildings... As many as they want. Maybe someone else could join them, too...