Name: Ideal - this is not his name but it's far too late now, they all call him that, and he answers to it anyway; he hates it.

Gender: Male, bisexual

Age/DOB: 34, unknown dob

Origin: Aperturth, Chicago IL

Family: unknown, highly likely to be deceased on homeworld, but has at least four children with the hippies and carnies, Pollen with Crystal; Lotus and Liana with Anna, Inteus with a deceased Carnie

Other: He had no idea he was a furry.

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 165, muscular and lean with broad shoulders and good running legs

Hair: Charcoal black, will likely be silver-grey within a decade; curly, thick, kept short

Eyes: vibrantly sapphire blue, smallish and deep set, does require reading glasses

Appearance: fair to light tan, seems hairless on limbs and torso but he certainly keeps a strong jaw of sandpaper stubble at all times; likes the dapper look, he'd have been a hipster in another universe with the large earrings and shorts-with-vests; loves loafers

Genetic Abilities: might have some form of substance sensing, plant based, as he was always 'right' whenever someone bought from him

Icarus Processing: none, might benefit Vortally and doesn't show any negative markers for it, highly likely to benefit his children however

Image Credits: Doll Divine Hipster + mine

Skills or Profession: Ideal is, or was, a drug dealer. That's why his name is so funny hah hah haaaahhhh...*sigh*. He was an adept businessman, good with math and chemistry, as well as a good public speaker even if he was out of his mind on illegal substances. He was hardly the 'Miami Vice' type, he preferred casual encounters in reasonably public places, perhaps he just liked being seen. Measurements and weights, estimations of distance and volume, as well as money handling - most of these aren't even remotely useful these days. However he does have a very steady aim and can shoot handguns of most types with ease, preferring revolvers.
Personality: How would someone as good at math and science as he was in school, get into dealing drugs as a profession? Boredom, opportunity, variety of people to talk to? He could hook up with so many desperate, hot people... And never let it be said that he wouldn't - because he absolutely could have turned the Hippies into a brothel if they had continued heading west over to Las Vegas. Hell he might try it now, that mansion is pretty spiff and has a shit ton of bedrooms. He's not too hot on the idea of New Vegas, it looks way too dangerous. Plus there's all that existing competition? Hah. No. He knows how to hedge bets.

Events or History: he'd been a dealer for over 5 years before the events on Aperturth, and he got caught up in whatever weird bullshit the hippies he dealt to were doing. Though he does think that the contortionists in the carnival might have been a lot of fun to play around with.

He and Zein spend a ton of time up in the Cafe, and in fact he's become a bit of a barista there.

Dragon

Name: Zeinyarlis Houten
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: Small, 6'10" s / 28' l / 30' ws
Colors: metallic glitter brown fur body, markings shiny gold, belly shiny cream, fringe metallic black, horns and claws silver, eyes red; wings bright white-gold, metallic black, cream
Features: Deer-dragon shapeshifter, very furry and shiny given that his parents are effectively 'holiday shiny dragons' themselves. Shapeshifts so leg number is different sometimes. Feathered wings, joined antler-horns, split tail, has clawed fingers and toes rather than hooves; any of that fur that falls off him is absolutely great for making thread
Powers: Winged Flight, though Zein is gifted with strong wings, he requires a lot of updraft and warm air to get going. His flight would be more common if he were down in the Rookery proper, but here he gets some nice breezes and even has fun playing with the fire-breathers and their wakes. Since he's a smaller dragon he can fly circles around those much bigger ones, but only if they're actually warming the air around themselves in the process. His humanoid shape's wings obviously are for show and nothing else, though he does get the impression that if he learned how to make them bigger he'd be 'an angel'!
Teleportation, more commonly used than flight or galloping around on his feet, Zeinyarlis can zip from place to place with ease, a feature of his ancestors S'onmul and Zenizap. He has a limited range for on-world teleportation that's around 1km, but under that he can effectively 'walk' 100 meters at a jaunt indefinitely. He can go off-dimension, though it wears him out considerably, and he has to know exactly where he's supposed to go in order to do it. All that time spent around the Den made him aware of other dimensions and how to reach them, he's just less talented at it than some in his family.
Shapeshifting, Zein has a humanoid shape, which he actually spends quite a bit of time in here on the Grounds. Though as a deer he can also 'fake it' along side more normal animals, at least bigger ones, until he opens his wings or his big loud mouth.
Communication, he speaks clearly in English, knows only a little draconic and no Vort to speak of; however he does have a good vocabulary and enjoys chatting, even if his human friends are all a bit high. Sometimes that's an advantage, because they're more apt to keep talking, and not just stand there agape when he's shifted humanish.
Sonic Manipulation, those bells and chimes all over him can be either completely silent, or overwhelming at just a little magical nudge. He can use them to distract or silence them to sneak.
Heal Self+Others / Multiple Lives; can rescue a living thing from the brink of death, or even beyond it; if healed from a normal wound or injury, sickness, or the like, the person or dragon will be just fine, however if they have been dead even for a few moments, their own abilities will change and possibly evolve or grow, or become stunted and useless, it really just depends on who it is and what the circumstances are around their death and revitalizing.
Danger Sense, not really under any form of control, and often he doesn't even realize that there is danger because he just avoids a particular thing or direction or even person. It's a passive power but it's kept him safe for quite some time, and now serves more directly.
Combines powers in interesting ways and has been known to teleport away from danger before anything actually occurs where he was standing
Parentage: Zenizap Houten (Whorling Mutt) and Moyangulmandulda's (S'onmul/Liaxeri) breeding 2008, with numerous siblings
Origin: Healing Den; originally for Xalia, never paged :(
Other Info: Though this breed tends to want to be around 'nice and good' people, at this point some have ranged a little into the jaded cynical side. Zeinyarlis does actually think that most of the people in the Grounds are 'good' and they are absolutely 'nice', plus he does love it when Ideal scratches his shoulders... He is not bonded to Ideal, but they do make a pretty good couple as well as team while out and about. He really loves the looks that Melissa gives him when she 'looks' at his genetics.