Clerk

"He scrubs his eyes dry with his robe, and smacks his tiny fist on ground beneath him in frustration. Instantly pain blossoms in the side-meat of his hand, "FUCK."

Yeah asshole, his own voice echoes in his head, it's rebar and concrete. Maybe punch it with your face next time."

Half-bred son of an immortal father, Clerk Guy and Five Guy share the same human mother. Because of his hybrid nature, he ages at rate three times slower than a human— so even at age 30, he maintains the appearance of a ten year old.

Appearance
Clerk is 4'8 with shocking teal hair and very youthful features. His mother is anime, so he is stylized and cherubic in appearance. His stark blunt bangs cut across his hooded eyelids, covering his eyebrows. His big eyes are seafoam green and betray no lack of misanthropy. His mouth and nose are tiny and pink.

He is very slender. He is almost always wearing a depression robe.

Personality
"“Bro,” her face mirthful and distressingly earnest, “It's super funny that you go everywhere barefoot— I love you so much for it, but seriously, you're miserable. It's not 'admitting defeat' to borrow some sandals.” She had said it when they were alone, like she was trying to assuage some sort of indignant fit that she was already anticipating just by bringing it up to him. He was somehow both grateful for and dizzyingly enraged by the gesture."

Clerk is pithy and forthright, and will drop into an indignant fit at any moment. He has no control over his speaking volume or emotions and his contribution to a room's vibes is Loud and Jarring.

As important as his dignity is to him, he loathes himself completely, and is always caught between demanding respect and submitting to misery. If he is an asshole to everyone, no one can hurt him first except himself.

He craves closeness and warmth, but is terrified by the vulnerability of being loved and seen. As a result, Clerk has mastered the art of quietly yearning while loudly scowling.

He is a mean little bitch, but at his core is a dependable person. He has no want to hurt another person, and dwells in guilt if he perceives he has done so.

Childhood
Clerk's father has anger issues and is a figure of Toxic Masculinity. Clerk's mother is a near stranger to him.

Immortals are a rare species, and growing up at a slower physical pace than the other human kids meant that Clerk never had a peer group. As an adult, and with his whole life, Clerk has felt deeply like an outsider.

Five
Five is an incredibly important person to Clerk. She is his only living sibling and his best friend.

He finds her carefree nature unfathomable and gets frustrated when she doesn't maintain her focus on him when they hang out. He gets intense flares of jealousy when she pays attention to someone that isn't him.

He cares immensely about what she thinks of him and it's a huge blow to his psyche when he perceives her as finding him lame.

He loves Five. She is the only person who ever treats him with the softness he longs for, and this is due to her being the only person who pays attention to his feelings— attention which Clerk finds mortifying.

Reuben
Reuben is a local musician that Clerk idolizes without his knowledge. Clerk finds him endlessly fascinating and inscrutably cool— and he envy's his ability not to be hyper-aware of every person in the room who might be watching him.

Clerk checks the old cathedral often in hopes of catching Reuben's band dicking around with their instruments there, so that he might find somewhere to sit and enjoy their company and music. He doesn't know why they let him, but he's grateful that they allow him to be there.

Being around Reuben and his band allows Clerk to fade into the background in a way that lets him almost relax. Reuben really doesn't notice.

Vicar
Vicar is Clerk's sister's boss, and another inscrutable figure in his life. He doesn't understand why Five spends so much time with her boss, and he doesn't understand why Vicar spends so much time with just one of his random henchmen.

Despite Clerk's uneasy feelings, Vicar's presence demands respect in Clerk's brain and so he attempts to be on his best behavior around him, which never works out. Clerk has no control, but Vicar never judges Clerk when he lashes out— which just frustrates him more.

Vicar sometimes goes out of his way to make Clerk laugh, which leaves him at a loss for words. Clerk has complicated feelings about Vicar, but comes to trust him as someone he can call for help.

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Trivia

 * His favorite robe has a design on it that resembles the TARDIS, from Doctor Who.
 * He has trouble smoking cigarettes in public because of his appearance.
 * He was blushing furiously in a bar bathroom with his phone open to urbandictionary after someone called him tsundere for the first time.
 * His apartment is large for the disc that he lives on, and is very beige.
 * He's a full grown man, but his time with the Depression is what raises him.
 * He will outlive everyone in the story.