#deoxyoc

Name: Deoxy. Yes named after my account but their design was something I was considering for a persona and decided it would make a pretty cool WuWa character as well.

Age: 28

Birthday: 23rd of May

Pronouns: Has a slight preference for they/them, but actually doesn't care that much and will respond to anything. Would forget to mention them unless asked for and go with whatever the other person said. They're just a creature going about their day and sees it in the same way you might misgender an animal but the animal doesn't care.

Attribute: Electro

Weapon: Pistol (Gene Gun)

Class: Mutant Resonator

Tacet Mark: Right wrist

Combat Roles: Sub-DPS; Negative status, DMG amplification, and interuption resistance boost

Rarity: 4* because we need more and then everyone can have and use them

Affiliation: Jinzhou, Huanglong

Faction: Huaxu Academy. Kinda. Deoxy has always been an extremely self-motivated scientist who will find any way to get through the projects they are interested in. Their primiary interest is in genetics and genetic resource conservation. They believe that a deeper understanding of the world can come through analysing DNA samples and learning about how different organisms are related. From this, Deoxy's main goal is collecting and preserving samples from every living thing they can get their hands on.

In the past, Deoxy used to roam around the wilds alone, collecting samples and writing down what organism they came from (if possible). Everything from a blade of grass, a tuff of fur, soil samples, or swabs from the willing participant was put in a tube and recorded in meticulous detail. But there soon came a point where they hit a wall. They had collected all of these samples but still did not have a laboratory where they could analyse or store any of them, and while DNA is an extremely stable molecule, their bags were running out of space.

So Deoxy marched right up to the nearest scientific institute that they knew of- which happened to be Huaxu Academy. They said they had a research proposal and wanted to talk to the Principle Investigator of the academy. The person at the front desk told them that they would see what they could do, but that he was away from the academy for the next week.

This didn't bother Deoxy. They said that they'd wait for the next time he was free, and asked for a stack of paper.

That week was productive for Deoxy. Their original plan was to walk in and show to the Principle Investigator all of their samples and notes while explaining the importance of their project, but after taking a moment to sit and reflect outside of the academy they knew they would have a better chance if they wrote out a formal proposal. Their old professors would have been shaking their heads at Deoxy's brashness, but Deoxy was always so nose-deep in their work that they would barely notice. It took some planning and multiple drafts to concisely lay out their research project, but by the end of the week Deoxy felt confident in their proposal.

They had rarely left that spot outside Huaxu Academy during that time, much to the concern of the people working there. Because they were constantly wandering, Deoxy rarely had any shell credits and would eat off of the land. There was nowhere else to stay in the city, and while they could have camped in the plains outside of the city Deoxy did not want to miss when the Principle Investigator came back. While intensely focused on their projects, Deoxy had a bad habit of forgetting to eat. It was useful for situations like this, but their accidentl fastings were occasionally broken up by a woman who would bring him hot tea and different assortments of cold vegetables.

The day had finally come when the Principle Investigator came back, but Deoxy only learned of this when they got woken up by said person. He had a smile on his face, saying that he heard that someone was waiting for his return and apologised for the wait. Once Deoxy connected the dots, they excitedly jolted up and gathered all of their things in their arms to follow him inside.

The man took a while to read through Deoxy's proposal, clearly taking his time to understand the details of the project. Deoxy tried to wait patiently but couldn't stop their leg from bouncing, their finger from tapping, or their tail from swishing behind them. Lulls like this where they had nothing else they could do always made Deoxy restless. Eventually, the Principle Investigator set the stack of papers down, the same smile returning to his face.

"This is an excellently written proposal with a very fascinating project. However, our research focuses on ideas that help with the ongoing tacet discord threats. I'm failing to see how this would relate to that cause."

Deoxy wasn't fazed by the rejection. They knew that getting acceptance for a random proposal would be a long shot.

Their eyes gazed over the man's metal arm, noticing the faint etchings of a tacet mark within the metal workings. Deoxy had spent a lot of time working on discovering if there was an underlying genetic basis for tacet marks, attributes, and resonance awakenings but had left before being able to see any conclusions. They had never known that tacet marks could appear on inorganic parts of an organism.

Deoxy grabbed a piece of paper that still had some free space left, talking while they wrote. "There are three aspects that relate to TD outbreaks. The first is already a part of this proposal; we know that Waveworn Phenomenon can disrupt and destroy areas, so maintaining a biodiversity collection will help ensure that we do not lose precious species or information during a catastrophic event.

"The next two are new focuses branching off of the original project idea. One would be collecting information on as many resonators as possible. Understanding how genetics relate to the observable features of resonators can help our ability to predict and identify resonator abilities and stability and could potentially lead to finding resonators before they awaken. The last experiment would be to see if we can collect and extract DNA from tacet discords themselves to further understand where they come from and how they work."

Deoxy had no clue how well these new experiments would work. They had just pulled them from thin air while their pen and brain was speaking. But it seemed to be satisfactory for the man, and he said he would speak with the president about these ideas.