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Derek fought back a giggle. He wasn't the one to make such a noise, but sometimes when a hot mutant or guy in general gave him attention like this then he was almost inclined to. Almost, hence him holding it back.

"Oh? Does it ever get lonely? I'm sure if feels like you have the apartment floor all to yourself." Derek on the other hand had two apartment mates: Richard and the guy on the end. He had met Richard when he gave him a brief tour of the house as well as going with him to Central Park when the zoo was closed. Derek took a sip of his iced coffee and moaned a bit at the flavor. It was rather good. Better than what he excepted.

"Thank you for the offer," Derek paused before continuing, "or maybe I'll go down there to check on you to see how you're doin' 'nd all." Derek chewed on his straw in thought. He studied Aleksandr's scales and felt a little fuzzy inside. "So should I save the questions I want to ask you for dinner?"[/color

Derek took a sip of his coffee as he watched Aleksandr's expression. "What?"Derek didn't know why he was looking at him like that. Maybe there was something on his face?

When Aleksandr explained that he was also a cohabitant of the Honeycomb Co-Op, Derek gave the same look to Aleksandr that he gave him. "...Oh." He gulped. He could feel his face get warm and his palms start to sweat. So Derek wouldn't have to go far in order see the sexy serpent. Derek slowly lowered his cup and grinned back at him. "I-I'm on the third floor."

"So, i guess that means we'll be seein' a lot of each other, huh?" Derek chewed on his bottom lip and tried not to seem too giddy.

After a couple of minutes, Derek came to a Chinese restaurant that he and one of his best friends, Xavia, loved and entered in. He kept the door open for the teenager before he headed to the hostess stand. They were seated at a booth and given menus.

"So, let's start with your name and how old you are, fhen we can work from there." Derek placed his hands on the table and gave him a soft smile to the boy. Their waitress came over and asked what they wanted to drink.

"Water for me."

So, Ms. Shinbo wanted to know more about Derek? He could do that no problem. Cleaning his throaty, he tried to seek confident, but at the same time humble. Taking in a deep breath, Derek responded saying,

"Well, I was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, I'm twenty years old, I'm a mutant, ah, I'm gay, and, ah, I can communicate and influence the behavior of animals," Derek paused, "I'm also a member of the Haven. We help minorities along with mutants." He explained with a smile. He made sure not to spill too much information. "Oh! And I'm applying for school in the fall at NYU as a animal studies major."

AV Derek

Individual

Character's full name: Derek Alexander Menes

Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Primal
Gender: Cis Male

Age: 23
Date of Birth: (08/20/1994)

Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Raleigh, North Carolina

Nationality: American

Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Black (his ancestors were brought over from West Africa during the North Atlantic Slave Trade). There’s a bit of Cherokee and Dutch mixed in as well.


Appearance

Same as MRO Derek

Miscellaneous clothing: green battle ring harness that goes across his torso, a brown leather loincloth, and Greek styled sandals. Oh, and gold forearm braces. He wears this when he's on a personal mission. Any other time he wears normal clothes.

Character

Personality: AV Derek is ball of sass, hormones, and cynicism. Unlike MRO Derek who is a cinnamon roll and barely has the guts to talk to guys he finds attractive, AV Derek is the total opposite. He's more dominate and quick with his words. He never backs down from a fight even if the odds aren't in his favor.

AV Derek is always found between a pair of Hyenas he released from the Central Park Zoo when they were about to be transported to a wildlife reserve. He made a pact with them that if they stay loyal to him then in exchange they'll never have to go hungry again.

Towards guys, Derek can be very flirtatious. He says outlandish things that either gets him punched in the face or lucky. When it comes to mankind, Derek has a distain for them. Any human that he catches messing with a mutant automatically gets eaten alive by his Hyenas.

AV! Derek has a strong love for animals. He has released several ones from captivity as well as maintain a small fleet of animals that he's the alpha of. Like the male lion above the rest of the Pride or the elk over his herd.

Hobbies/ Interests: Gardening, watching thrillers, watching Netflix, playing soccer, herb-ology

Job or part time job and description: None currently

Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Giving in to the dark side, afraid of losing someone close to him, afraid of not being good enough

Special talents: He’s an amazing cook and making a murder look like a bloody accident

Morality


Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Chaotic Neutral - Derek is only truly aligned with the animal kingdom. With that said, he will join a faction if one of the planks of their platforms is to teach humankind a lesson and preserve the environment.

Mutations:

AV! Derek is more of a manipulator than an influencer. His powers don't change, just the way he uses them.

Physical Strength:

Same

History:

Derek was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to two human parents. He had a fairly normal life up until seven months after his sixteenth birthday. Derek had always been in love with animals and volunteered at an animal shelter every weekend. One of those weekends, Derek was eating his lunch outside on one of the benches when a dog broke loose from it’s cage and ran toward him. This dog was one that Derek didn’t like because it was too aggressive. Before the dog got too close, Derek told him to stop and the dog did.

Instances like these happened on several different occasions and Derek came to the conclusion that he was a mutant. Derek felt afraid and knew that he couldn’t tell anyone and decided that at the age of eighteen that he would go seek help. Unfortunately, he tricked himself into believing that it was all in his head and went to college instead. Half way through school, he dropped out after an incident that involved two dogs and a fellow classmate that wouldn’t leave him alone.

Derek then realized what power he truly possessed and decided that he would no longer be pushed around. The rest of that school year went by fine with any major incident, but every now and again, Derek would have someone attacked by an animal just to feel that rush again.

After he graduated, Derek got accepted into vet school in New York where he now stays.

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"I'll be super careful, I promise." Derek was reliefed that he would finally be able to help his partner with taking the quills out of his back. Getting down on his knees behind Leon, Derek started to get the quills that were simply entangled in his fur first. Those would be way less painful than it would be for him to start at the ones that were really in his back. "As you probably know, this is gonna hurt. If you want, later I can rub coca butter on your wounds to help heal it up." Derek loved cocoa butter. He put it on his skin to keep himself moisturized.

Picking out the loose spines was the easy part, though when it came to actually pulling the embedded ones out, Derek paused. He really didn't want to hurt Leon for obvious reasons. "Okay....ready? One, two, three!" Derek yanked out two barbed spines from his back and winced.