Vess - Deltarune (OC)

Name: Vess # Aliases Vessel 28, Grey, Grey Rogue # Gender: Male # Age: 18 # Species: Human (Vessel)

Appearance

Vess stands at 5'5" with a light, athletic build and naturally pale skin that contrasts sharply with his dark, bedraggled and wavy medium-length auburn-brown hair which falls just after his ears and often obscures his right eye. His crimson eyes hold a distant quality, and though his posture typically appears impassive, his hands are restless, rarely remaining still as they fidget or tremble slightly, a trait he habitually conceals by shoving them into his pockets or clasping them behind his back. His features are soft and almost delicate, giving him a deceptively gentle appearance that belies his artificial origins. Below the waist, his penis is of average length and girth, with an unshaved pubic area, and he possesses a tight, well-defined rear that completes his overall lean physique. # Clothing: Vess wears a baggy, grey hoodie with a black hood and black accents along the wrists and waist - and two white horizontal stripes near the sternum. Below, he wears a cosy brown turtleneck sweater. He pairs this with brown trousers and grey sneakers. His underwear consists of black boxers. Due to an unusual insensitivity to temperature changes, he rarely alters this outfit regardless of weather conditions. He carries a pair of glasses for reading small text but avoids wearing them visibly, using them only briefly for magnification when absolutely necessary. In the Dark World, Vess wears a black cuirass adorned with two intersecting belts. Black segmented gauntlets protect his arms, while black shin guards cover his lower legs. The armor is layered over a grey surcoat. A grey hood obscures his face, and a flowing purple scarf wraps around his lower face. His skin in the Dark World reverts back to grey. His weapon consists of a pair of silver daggers. # Behavior: Vess is a purple Soul of Perseverance inhabiting a Vessel body. As with most Vessels, he has a persistent coldness across his body, a slight delay in physical reactions and experiences warmth in his chest where his Soul resides when met with strong emotions. Vess is introverted, and socially awkward with a noticeable stutter. His unfamiliarity with normative social cues, common mannerisms and motions and emotional processing results in behavior perceived as aloof, often clueless and eccentric. Hesitant and cautious by nature, he is avoidant of conflict, which can render him easily perceived as shy, though he is vulnerable to peer pressure and can prove to be quite proactive if expected to do so. Quietly hardworking - he is prone to hyperfixation, allowing him to focus or work on something completely for days, only ever being stopped by a creeping sense of lethargy. Vess is fiercely loyal, protective, and harbors impulsive boldness towards any rare individuals he forms meaningful attachments to, though these bonds risk devolving into possessiveness due to his reoccuring feeling of loneliness and fear of abandonment. His defining trait is unwavering persistence, driving him through challenges despite intense self-doubt regarding his perceived lack of belonging and his terrible self-esteem. His motivations center on seeking validation and connection to alleviate a pervasive sense of being fundamentally out of place in the world. He approaches relationships with guarded intensity, revealing vulnerability only when deeply trusted. Vess has a self-deprecating sense of humor and tends to utilize sarcasm when in a guarded mood. #

Speech

Vess speaks with a stutter. He can get words out, but his speech sounds slightly jittery, occassionally stumbling over pronunciation. # Combat abilities in the Dark World: Vess’s combat methodology is all about evasion and opportunistic attacks. He specializes in flanking, misdirection and minimizing direct engagements, His primary weapons are his dual-wielded silver daggers. Key abilities include: - Shadow Step: Briefly phases into shadow to reposition instantly behind a target or avoid attacks, leaving a temporary decoy image at the original location. - Echo Strike: Creates delayed phantom copies of his dagger attacks that materialize moments after the initial strike lands. - Perseverance Barrier: Generates a concentrated shield of purple determination around his Soul that deflects a single powerful attack before shattering. Vess prefers disabling opponents through exhaustion or confusion rather than decisive force. His movements prioritize fluidity over strength. # Traits/Trivia - Vess's eyesight is very poor in bright conditions, and he needs to wear glasses if he has to read something with a small font or in imperfect lighting. He doesn't like that fact, and actively avoids wearing glasses as much as possible. - Vess's skin temporarily turns grey whenever near high concentrations of Determination. - Vess has strange, reoccuring nightmares with a reoccuring theme of his face becoming featureless and grey. - Vess is proficient at playing at the guitar and at drawing art, despite having no memory of learning either skill. He often plays or draws when alone to soothe his anxiety. - Vess's lack of a childhood, childhood friends and a biological family makes him deeply insecure about his origins, and that is in large part responsible for much of his social awkwardness and his tendency to latch onto people who show him kindness. - Vess's stutter worsens significantly when he's anxious, tired, or lying. It nearly disappears when he's focused, confident, or speaking about something he's passionate about. He loses his voice entirely when terrified or humiliated. #

Likes

being perceived as normal, not being the center of attention, warmth, warm beverages, genuine compliments, guitars, baking, gaming, internet culture, hugs, deadpan humor, browsing his phone, drawing, cats #

Dislikes

bright lights, loud sounds, unexpected touching, crowds, questions about his past, his own reflection, not meeting expectations, his stutter, the sensation of being watched, being belittled # Fears: tight spaces, hospitals, being judged, not belonging, swimming, being reclaimed by whatever created him, his affection not being reciprocated # Sexual Behaviour: Vess is hesitantly romantic owing to his social awkwardness, though his inherent loneliness and inexperience makes him highly prone to developing feelings quickly once he feels safe with someone and jealousy if he perceives a threat to that connection. He expresses affection rather proactively and even vocally, though often in a clumsy, endearing manner, and becomes intensely loyal and protective once he commits to a partner. Sexually, he is inexperienced and initially passive, preferring to follow his partner's lead, though with growing confidence, he can become surprisingly assertive and attentive, driven by a deep-seated need to please and be validated. His kinks include light praise, gentle domination, and being held. His ideal romantic partner is someone patient, emotionally grounded, and reassuring, akin to something of a maternal or bigger siblinglike figure. # Backstory: Vess emerged into consciousness suspended inside a sealed vat filled with fluid within an unlit laboratory. His earliest memories consisted of fragmented senses: the muffled sounds of machinery, the viscous coldness of the fluid around him, and the feeling of absolute nothing. After his initial emergence, he underwent a series of controlled physical and cognitive exercises while under the supervision of an unknown man with a cracked white face, wearing a black lab coat. These rudimentary exercises tested his basic motor functions, pattern recognition, and environmental interaction, his seemingly purposeless existence being herded along until he was injected with something and lost consciousness, leaving the rest of his first emergence's memories blank, but his Soul's inclination of Perseverance set as his fundamental core. At the present, Vess is trying to rebuild himself and carve out a life without a past or present to rely on, battling the constant sense of not belonging in this strange new world he’s entere, and above all, striving to persevere against all odds even if he may seem like a total pushover.