Pierce Day

[Pierce Day]

Pierce Johnathon Day

FACE CLAIM: Troy Sivan

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AGE: 19
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION:Demisexual;Homoromantic
POSITION:College Student, Grocery Store Clerk

POWER: Gliridae Shape-Shifting

Pierce is able to shift into animals from the Gliridae family, which includes (pretty exclusively) dormice and their various species. His preferred form, or the one he typically shifts into when he is not concentrating on a specific species, is the Common or Hazel Dormouse.

LIMITATIONS:

The amount of time he can remain in his shifted form is limited and is typically capped at an hour before intense pain overtakes him. Any attempt to push past that limit can make it harder and more painful for him to shift back. Other than this he can shift at anytime.

SIDE-EFFECTS:

Aside from the characteristic pain of shifting Pierce can have a slow time readjusting to a human perspective for a period of time that is in direct correlation to the amount of time spent shifted. Some of the dormouse behavior he can retain at this time include a rather withdrawn or reserved attitude, alert and paranoid at the presence of predators with a habit of freezing in stressful situations.

Over the years of having, training, and using his ability a few traits have stuck around permanently in Pierce's behavior. Such traits include unconscious squeaking sounds and a need for more sleep especially during the fall and winter months.

Apart from this he suffers from fatigue after shifting and random bouts of joint pain as well as a sense of dysphoria from the loss of his tail and enhanced senses.





HEIGHT:5'6"
HAIR COLOR: Medium Brown
EYE COLOR:Blue
MISC: Pierce carries himself like someone much taller and intimidating than he is, his posture is closed off and uninviting and he is typically scowling if not glued to his phone. In reality he is a short, borderline underweight male whose only intimidating feature is his crass and rude language.

He is diminutive in appearance and what can only be described as a 'pretty' face (much to his chagrin). His skin is pale from a lack of outside activity, also resulting in him having little to no muscle on his frame. The pallor of his skin tone makes the dark birthmark that takes up most of the left side of his neck stand out noticeably, as well as the small spattering of freckles across his nose and chin that also traced along his shoulders.

In an attempt to downplay his petite figure he avoids baggy or long clothing, preferring to layer shirts to fake a thicker frame and carefully selecting clothes that give him the illusion of height. His medium brown hair curls naturally and when he can get away with it he wears a hat in order to hide this. He also avoids wearing his glasses, preferring the less nerdier look on contacts.

Perhaps in an attempt to make himself feel less soft, but also because he likes the look of piercings and tattoos, he has a lip piercing on the left corner of his lower lip and two studs in the upper cartilage of his right ear. After his graduation from high school he got a black ink, vintage style teapot on his left foot.






PERSONALITY:  
To make a long story short, Pierce is kind of a shit head. He avoids people for the most part, only partaking in somewhat polite conversation when required to (at his job or with his professors). His typical expression is that of a scowl and when he speaks it is typically nothing but insults, curses, or just general sass.

He spends most of the time he is not at work or school playing games on his computer, which is the only item in his bland apartment that shows personality. He prefers things simple and understated, which is reflected in the rather monotone selection of his wardrobe.

Essentially disgusted by the presence of most people, especially tall ones or people who call him pretty. Due to being picked on and teased both in school and within his family he doesn't like being complimented with 'girly' adjectives and responds aggressively when he is.

Pierce is a vegetarian and has been since before his manifestation though taking on the form of a prey animal only seemed to increase his solidarity in that lifestyle. He loves to sleep, and naps frequently, making it an adventure to try and get him out of bed and waking up an almost painful experience for him.

He portrays the same aversion to people to pants and will often forgo going outside simply to avoid putting a pair on. He is rather lacking in the friend department, obviously, and usually substitutes talking to people with talking to his guinea pig, Sir Galahad.


SECRET(S): He and his family have a very tense relationship. He has come out to them but they've decided to ignore it and told him as long as he didn't involve them in that part of his life or mention it to them again they would financially support him until he graduated college.

He also still has intense feelings for his ex-boyfriend.



FATHER:Wyatt Day
MOTHER:Tegan Day
SIBLINGS: Howell Day
WORTHY MENTIONS: Sir Galahad, his pet guinea pig

CHILDHOOD: 
Wyatt Day was a baseballl coach at a small university in North Carolina, Tegan Hier had been recently hired on as a British Literature professor when they met. Two years after their eventual marriage they had their first son Howell and then not even a year after that came along Pierce.

The two weren't treated any differently from each other but the grew into two very different children. It was apparent at a fairly young age that they were opposites. Pierce always hated outings, and being around people even other children his age. He never quite figured out how to share and almost always started the many fights between he and his brother. Howell, however behaved manageably and took interest in group activities and sports and even such basic things as communicating with his parents daily.

ADOLESCENCE: 
The differences between the two did not stop in childhood, nor did they grow out of them. Pierce continued to be avoidant, distant, and downright rude. Most kids did not like him, and rightly so, he sneered at those who approached him and poked at their insecurities to create an even bigger divide between them. His brother stopped trying to include him and left him alone as he made it very obvious that that was what he wanted.

Pierce's manifestation occurred early in his thirteenth year. His father had recently developed a reinvigorated interest in getting both of his sons to play baseball, something Pierce had never held personal interest in. He had thought to himself maybe if he could shrink his dad wouldn't find him and he could get out of it. It was a thought he'd had multiple times but this time a searing pain came with it. It burned through his joints and cracked through his bones as his body was compacted.

The shift didn't last long, ten minutes or so, and then he was back in human form curled in agony on the floor, vomiting from the sudden pain throughout his body.

It didn't take much thought to figure out what had happened, it wasn't a subtle ability after all. He arrived at Bellefonte within the week, a strange sense of relief about him to be away from his family.

His time at Bellefont was a lot like it was before Bellefonte, he did well enough so that teachers didn't bother him and stayed away from other students. He graduated with Bs and a mastered ability and enrolled directly into college.

Pierce attempted to come out to his parents about his attraction to men when he was around fifteen but the reaction was so terrible they seem to have just blocked the information from their minds. He doesn't bring it up and the don't ask.


ADULTHOOD:
He's been an 'adult' for a little over a year now, having turned 19 in early March, and is majoring in History. He doesn't know what he'll do with it yet but he figures that's a problem for another day. He lives alone in an apartment his parent's pay for, and doesn't call home very much.

Pierce works a few odd hours at the grocery store but spends most of his time holed up or studying. At this time he is also recovering from a rather devastating break up with his boyfriend of two years which makes him all the more 'pleasant' to be around.




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USERNAME: Jack
AGE GROUP: 22
EXPERIENCE: A good bit
WHERE DID YOU FIND US? Blame Pollo

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