[ TATI GABRIELLE — GENDERQUEER ] trust me, i think phoenix ardeux is a squatter. i hear that they are about 24 years old & can often be seen staying in nightmind venue. they can be energetic & charismatic, but also childish & impulsive. just hope the aries doesn’t get into too much trouble. [ drew — 22 — est — he/him. ]
personality.
the kind of person that will help you however they can, even if you’re not a person that they like. they’re generally a cheerful person, jumping from task to task with practiced ease --- but they have a hard time saying no and often end up in over their head and trying to finish far too many tasks and ending up being burnt out. ( someone please, teach them about self-care )
can come across as immature ( and honestly, yeah ) and a tad bit reckless, jumping into situations with little forward planning --- they run mostly on adrenaline and the ability to make up plans on the fly. they’re a strong leader, but they struggle with keeping everyone together and in line, relying on the help of a second in command to have their back. for all that they like to support those around them, it’s nice to know someone else will support you in the same way.Â
trivia.
picked their name when they were sixteen and looking for something more gender-neutral - has and will continue to say that they’re in a constant cycle of burning and rising from the ashes. on stage, they’re just phoenix - no last name, not even an initial.Â
occasionally writes songs, but doesn’t have any interest in sharing them so they live in a notebook that they keep in their guitar case.Â
backstory.
half of the world disappearing was sure to take a toll on anyone, but phoenix only remembers chaos. they recall the stacks of job applications covering every surface in the family’s kitchen when people found themselves without jobs --- remembers watching their parents try to help anyone that they could --- remembers the years of sharing their room with half a dozen kids whose parents had left them behind. it was never quiet or still as the world that they knew burnt to the ground, leaving only ashes behind.
watching their parents trip over themselves to pull others out of the ashes, to offer safety and refuge to those in need, is what inspired phoenix to become a squatter in the first place. they’re no tech genius but they’ve taught themselves enough over the years to become a proficient hacker --- even amongst the elite of the squatters, they have a skill for getting into places that they don’t belong ( both technologically and physically ).
it was their trespassing that got them noticed by the others, the way that they lead around a small crew of teens --- seeking shelter in abandoned buildings and avoiding capture. well, avoiding capture all but once --- but does it really count as being captured if they’re looking to help you? most people assume that they’re still a renter and they have no intention of correcting them.
spends their days playing guitar in a band, a gig that they carefully balance with helping their parents run the family’s bar and the squatters’ list of tasks and goals. it’s not that they don’t love music ( it’s the driving force behind their survival, they think ) but they have bigger ambitions and it occasionally shows. they’re dedicated but only to a point, skipping practices with only a moment's notice for the things that they consider more important with a blunt refusal to explain themselves.Â
