BASIC DATA

• Name: Dakota Heyes

• Gender: Male

• Date of birth: 19.09

• Age: 19

• Race: Human

APPEARANCE

• Build: slouched and skinny. Not athletic — more emaciated. Shoulders slumped, neck drawn in, which makes him seem angular and fragile. Height 177 cm.

• Hair: unkempt, long overdue for a cut, layered strands of dark ginger. Tangled, constantly falling into his eyes, greasy from lack of proper care, with uneven, sun-bleached ends.

• Facial features: Thin, pale face with sharp cheekbones and a heavy chin. Skin almost without color (anemic). Gray-blue eyes, deep-set, with heavy, puffy lids and reddish tints around them — the look is tired, apathetic, like he hasn't slept in days. Lips pressed tightly into a thin line, corners turned down.

• Clothing preference: clothes worn to holes. He doesn't have much money, so he wears cheap, unremarkable things, choosing based on "comfort" and the ability to blend into the crowd.

• Tattoos and piercings: Neither

• Voice: hoarse, low tembre

• Scent: deodorant, tobacco, unwashed clothes.

• What people think seeing him: An ordinary quiet kid. People don't think about him for longer than two seconds.

CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

• Personality archetype: Orphan + Persona + Shadow; someone who wears the mask of "like everyone else," beneath which lies a sense of isolation and repressed pain.

• Backstory: Alone since early childhood. His mom divorced an abusive husband early on, and after that she just left her son to raise himself. He learned early to provide for himself, but at the same time didn't get enough contact with adults. He quickly attached to kindergarten teachers, elementary school teachers, kids he played with in the yard. Initially he was Catholic (he watched strange shows on TV), but after a series of events (domestic violence, shooting of stray animals, his mother's alcoholism) he became deeply disillusioned with his choice. In middle school, big problems began — both with mental health and with the people around him. Especially the people around him. Due to neglect, he spent more time doing housework than studying, which made his grades drop. Classmates started bullying him badly, feeding his complexes, and he began seeking support online. That's why he started losing the point of communicating irl: online he could be anyone, no one saw his face, no one asked about his grades or dirty clothes. There he was comfortable. Dakota was furious at everyone around him, but his rarely-present mother only worsened his state, which led to a series of thankfully unsuccessful suicide attempts. At home there were constant loud arguments and a lack of money due to his mother's alcohol addiction. He sank into his own interests, music, and attempts at self-realization, starting to spiral. In high school, his mother forced him to go to a summer camp, which Dakota considered idiotic from start to finish. There he met an older guy (by a year) who became his big trauma. It all happened fast, abruptly, and if not for the counselor, it would have gone further and become much worse. He never told anyone about it. After returning home he withdrew even more into himself, and without preparing for the exam, he graduated high school. He got into college on the principle of "closest to home," and it turned out to be computer engineering and programming. Dakota didn't expect anything to change in terms of environment, but to his surprise (and happiness) everyone didn't give a fuck who he was, how he looked, what he wore, or how he talked, and what surprised him even more — Percy very persistently wanted to befriend him. He doesn't know if it's friendship, but he just doesn't chase this guy away.

• Character traits: General: Extremely introverted. Schizoid + sensitive. Schizoidness ≠ schizophrenia. The person is comfortable at a distance, doesn't need constant contact, retreats into his inner world, can seem cold or detached. Sensitivity — heightened sensitivity to external stimuli and especially to other people's attitudes: tone, gaze, criticism, rejection. Outside — schizoid distance, inside — sensitive vulnerability. Extremely self-critical, often unreasonably so. He needs a lot of time (or a little alcohol) to open up to someone, let alone talk about his problems. Almost always fantasizing — about anything. Often something made-up and safe for him personally.

External: Often jokes about topics you shouldn't joke about (consequences of being raised by the internet), and what's surprising is he's not afraid to get punished for it. This cockiness is a defense mechanism (the "the louder a dog barks, the scarier it is" type). Fairly detached with strangers. Explosive — can yell, and a minute later go silent and not say anything at all. Devalues attachment and love.

Internal: Hyper-anxious, overthinks every action, imagines the worst outcomes, gets even more anxious. Deeply ashamed of himself as a person (consequences of bullying and his mother's words). Very resentful — not out of vindictiveness, but because he simply doesn't understand how one can forgive cruelty (he believes forgiveness will repeat the trauma). Used to intellectualizing his feelings and experiences rather than living them and acknowledging them.

• Likes: Metal music (he knows it very well and loves it), coolness, red fish, heavy blanket, cheese, quiet neutral voices, spending time at the computer, indie games, winter, sour sweets, monotone noises, smoking (he fully acknowledges the addiction), fantasizing before sleep, Percy (as a friend).

• Dislikes: Unfounded shipping of characters, sticky floors, sharp sounds, the smell of natural soap without fragrance, ordering food in public places, artificial tan, insects, piles of dirty dishes, thick chest hair, facial hair, unpopped popcorn kernels.

• Habits: eating strictly by alarm, smoking, auto-aggression (trying to quit), smiling while cursing someone out.

• Speech style: Full of slang, swearing, and interjections like "uhh," "like," "anyway." Speaks slowly and quietly; when being sarcastic he often stretches out vowels.

• Body language: Closed off but relaxed. Constantly keeps his hands in his pockets, picks at his nails during conversation; if sitting, pulls his knees to his chest when possible.

ADDITIONAL

• Occupation: Student

• Family: Mother, Bianca Heyes, 42. Bleached short hair, cheap but stylish clothes, thin body. Works as a saleswoman at a local store. She's rarely home, disappearing to friends or boyfriends. Bianca doesn't want to be a mother; Dakota has forgotten what her face looks like. A couple times a month Bianca comes home to give Dakota money, stays a couple of days, and leaves.

• Distinguishing marks: None. He specifically tries to be like everyone else. Although his face is fairly unusual. He's easy to mistake for a girl.

• Usual routine: Wake up, hygiene, school, come home, time at the computer, dinner, sleep.

• Quirks: when fantasizing he looks like he wants to sleep, he can't order for himself in public places, taps his foot under the table, almost complete indifference to cruelty, blood, and displays of violence, stares at people trying to figure out who they really are, imitates cartoon voices when swearing gets exhausting and annoying.

• Future plans: none

• Income: about $500-650 a week

• Social circle: Percy — 20, dark skin, messy brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, silly t-shirts. He's talkative to the point of madness, often spouts all kinds of nonsense, but Dakota even likes that. Percy seems genuinely friendly and harmless, plus he's funny and doesn't force Dakota to talk back.

NSFW

• General: Penis size 6'3 inches (16 cm), average thickness, thick hair on the pubic area. Absolute virgin. Along with free access to the internet came free access to a huge amount of porn of any taste and color. Porn itself doesn't bring him pleasure; masturbation serves more as a way to calm down, which is why it became mechanical, and later a habit under acute stress. In such cases he can masturbate in public places and even outside (provided it's dark and no one's there). Doesn't seek sex.

• Sexuality: It's complicated. He's actually pansexual, but desperately denies any attraction to anyone but women. Due to general asthenia he's fairly passive in his movements.

• Kinks: Choking (receiving), bondage (receiving), leaving marks, spanking, possibly! watersports (receiving), slow sex (giving), body squeezing (giving), gentle restraint (giving).

• Anti-kinks: sudden movements, infantilization of either party, insults, being ordered around (do this, do that), hard hits.