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★ Character Information ★

Character Name: Dustin Henderson
Character Age: 15
Character Species: Human
Current Health: Despite current affectations and his lack of collar-bones he's physically as fit as he's ever bet, but in the full maelstrom of "adolescence," and therefore a little more manic.
Outfit: A fleece pullover, with camoflauge bandana, a t-shirt, outer shirt and hat over pants and sneakers. Complete with a walky-talky attached to a headset stashed in his pocket and looped around his neck.

Character Canon: Stranger Things
Link to History: "Our friend has superpowers, and she squeezed your tiny bladder with her mind."
Canon Point: Following the events of 4x9, airdate July 1st, 2022. The finale titled: The Piggyback.
Canon Iteration: Original canon

★ Folkmore Roles & Attributes ★

Skills:

• Genius-Level Intelligence/Wisdom: As being the bard, Henderson has wisdom and knowledge to maintain a balance where things can be endured through the indifference of chaos. His knowledge tends to save himself and his friends whenever trouble comes their way, building equipment and find resources to fight against evil foes.

• Engineering / Technical Skills: He is able to craft many impressive items which successfully worked and proved as the work of a great inventor at such a young age.

• Singing: Another skill of Dustin as the bard is having a good singing voice. As he excellently sang "Never Ending Story" to his girlfriend Suzie over Cerebro.

• Strategist / Charisma: Being well-read and an attentive student only goes so far in the real world and Dustin has shown to be able to put those skills into practical application, using deduction, reasoning, and consistent study work to formulate plans to combat what he and his friends have to go through. While he's not what many would consider "popular," he knows how to speak to people, level with them, and has shown an ability to reason with individuals that would likely not participate in his antics otherwise. Up to and including effortlessly lying to adults, teachers, and other people in roles of leadership and authority.

Role: Familiar
Role Qualities/Attributes:

Familiar: (Capybara) - As a familiar Dustin will first struggle with transformation and will pop in and out of his shifting without realizing (i.e. while asleep, or otherwise addled thinking stress, event-related entanglements, etc) but will eventually learn to control the animal aspect as its been gifted to him. At first, he'll retain certain features like a pair of brown tufted ears in his curls, webbed feet, whiskers, buck teeth (sometimes in the absence of his own), and coarse hair. Over time he will learn to use his talents while maintaining his true appearance, like the natural agility and swimming strength he wouldn't have otherwise. Right and wrong exist to him, but rules are still meant to be broken if it means the success of a mission. With this in mind, it makes the most sense to have him as a familiar that may eventually find a bond with a myth or legend. It's his talent for overcoming adversity and finding solutions when others fall short that makes the application of becoming an animal more interesting long-term. His quick wit and his sometimes aloof demeanor play into the role as well.

Role Reasoning:

While outspoken and heavily motivated toward good Dustin is a neutral party member and leans toward a chaotic-neutral stance by nature. His motivations are usually tasked with asking questions, and subsequently answering them or solving dilemmas himself and his opinions are his own despite what the majority of the party may think. He doesn't sway heavily toward following rules and instead listens to his heart and what he thinks is right at any given moment. The

★ Personality ★

Please choose one of the follow options for your personality section. Please clarify which option you have picked and, if option 2, which questions you are answering:

Option 1.

Astute and effervescent, Dustin is one of the few in his group to maintain ties with both logic and his sense of wonder and find balance there-in without any great expense to his sense of self. He is a well-read and dedicated aficionado of science and SyFy culture alike and this plays into a lot of his ideas and interests where it pertains to fighting the strange things happening in Hawkins and helping his friend. His intellectual acumen is unrivaled in his group and Dustin is no stranger to using his wiles and his keen understanding of things to manipulate people into giving him the feedback he's looking for, whether they want to or not.

In their Scooby-Gang he's always the man with a plan, the guy looking for answers, and the one trying to keep it all together while everything's falling apart. Not a lynchpin by choice, but by nature, Dustin is highly intuitive and empathetic and knows how to read the room. He sees the best in others, even when they don't see it themselves, and is never too proud or selfish to admit where he's wrong, especially if it's hurting others around him. Dustin is no stranger to moral high ground and knows the difference between right and wrong, very clearly, even where the wild and outrageous may be concerned as evidenced by his understanding and inclination to diagnose the UpsideDown and the things that stem from it as a natural result.

As someone born with and suffering from cleidocranial dysplasia he's also no stranger to being hazed and mistreated and has had to grow up with self-respect and self-trust of his own making. It's not something he lets slow him down at all, and in many respects, this constant driving force within himself has allowed him to be more active and therefore proved his strength against the condition and the resilience he has to not let it bother him or define him.

An avid listener, learner, and participant of all things educational - in any aspect, while he may not always have something to say he is more often than not digesting what's ahead of him with discernable interest and deciding where to go from there. Dustin has no problem asking questions, standing up for what he believes, and doesn't mind telling people when they're wrong even his friends. His huge moral compass has gotten him into trouble before, and that indefatigable need to do good and no harm is a motivating factor for all of his interactions with Eleven and with getting to the bottom of everything going on around them.

His eagerness can be preconceived as hyperactivity and these same habits have been responsible for others discouraging his insight as a natural result. Where he sometimes might lack the ability to bite his tongue on occasion, what leaves his mouth is never a source of regret. His huge passion for his projects and compassion for others plays right into his decision-making and lines his sharp tongue with ready-to-deliver wit.

Dedicated and willful even through the terror of the unknown he rolls with the punches and doesn't let the hammer of negativity fall upon his mood until all is said and done. The fact that he is so optimistic is a huge strength but can also be a weakness, in that it blindsides him when people do play to their own interests or remain blatantly discouraging in the face of what they're struggling against. He is a team player, a creative and enthusiastic support system for his friends but he's not always able to reroute his own feelings on things to keep all of them grounded and in those moments he has to grapple with himself to really dedicate the time and energy into staying focused on what matters.

Overall, he is a well-informed, and learned member of the rag-tag bandits trying to resolve the constant looming threat over Hawkins. Despite the hardships, he remains unsullied by the trivialities of growing up and the burden of saying goodbye to his youth because he knows the value of a moment and is selfless when it comes to matters of the heart. His natural tendency is toward the care of others, and even though he's an avid participant in defying reality he also knows where and when to best define it.

Long-term success for Dustin is entirely rooted in the success of him and his friends where Vecna is concerned. His full potential can't be met with Hawkins in the Upside Down and the world under attack. Guaranteeing that success is tantamount to becoming the most enlightened version of himself, and a future with that met looks like a job where every day he gets to learn and invent and his friends are all safe and healthy.

★ Player Information ★

Player Name: Noodle
Pronouns: She/Her
Are you over 18?: 33 on July 7th ;o;
Contact(s): doggos
Who Invited You?: milk
Current Characters: Castiel (dirtytrenchcoat)
Permissions: Here
Writing Samples: here, and ongoing bc covid kicked my arse.