<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">indarkestknight</span></strong></div><div class="floatright">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c7433bc0-c83f-42ae-8c4c-3bea2e5535fe/darlbmz-1ae377bb-656e-495b-b903-c6312c1fc916.png/v1/fill/w_1600,h_1155,q_80,strp/grell_sutcliff_by_vermeillerose_darlbmz-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTE1NSIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2M3NDMzYmMwLWM4M2YtNDJhZS04YzRjLTNiZWEyZTU1MzVmZVwvZGFybGJtei0xYWUzNzdiYi02NTZlLTQ5NWItYjkwMy1jNjMxMmMxZmM5MTYucG5nIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE2MDAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.ds0AWF4YbIjXhZWOE_lcpLMBDBI2QejHmWozEB8CUSw)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Jorogumo</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b8/05/7e/b8057eb28c4c85a7156d0f4f59f421e8.jpg)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Richard "Richie" Graychild</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://cdn.inprnt.com/thumbs/1d/ac/1dacfe8cb7528b4778c1037c11a9e84a.jpg?response-cache-control=max-age=2628000)</div></div></div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Nemo<br/><strong>Age:</strong>28<br/><strong>Species [Type]:</strong>Zoroark [Dark]<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Genderfluid<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Pansexual, Female Preference<br/><br/><strong>Residence:</strong>Nemo lives in a Midtown brownstone "inherited" from Tracy Graychild.<br/><br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Delinquent Town's Premier Information Broker [as Jorogumo], Detective [as Richard "Richie" Graychild]<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>In their true form, Nemo cuts a lithe, lean, androgynous figure, standing at 5'9". Their most noticeable features are a thick mane of luxurious crimson hair, black, pointed, furred ears, and the sharp teeth of a predator. As Nemo rarely appears as themself in front of others, their wardrobe is somewhat limited, but having lived in the impoverished Delinquent Town in their youth, they have a taste for finer attire, typically favoring tailored, high-end clothing, predominantly red and black.<br/><br/>The Jorogumo persona is most frequently seen in the nude, as she conducts business in her bath house, and requires her clients to do likewise. Standing 5'9", she presents a statuesque figure, soft curves, porcelain skin, almond-shaped lavender eyes, matching her silken lavender tresses. For all her loveliness, however, it is hard to ignore the chitinous limbs that extend from the small of her back, striped golden and the same amethyst as her eyes. When she must garb herself, she is most frequently seen donning silken kimonos, though she will occasionally mix it up and wear a cheongsam instead.<br/><br/>Richard "Richie" Graychild is by far the scruffiest of the faces Nemo shows the world. The Pikachu has a bit of a hangdog, perpetually rumpled look to him. Standing at 5'9", he peers out at the world through sky blue eyes from beneath a mop of dirty blond hair which always seems to have at least one unruly lick of hair that won't be tamed no matter how presentable he's trying to make himself look (though trying to make himself look presentable rarely seems to be much of priority). His tie is perpetually loose, his collared shirt almost always a button or two shy of being buttoned up. If he isn't wearing a threadbare, ratty brown trenchcoat (or, on rare occasion, one that's only halfway to be ratty and threadbare), it probably isn't far off. His cheeks seem perpetually flushed – not terribly uncommon for a Pikachu – but even if it weren't for that, together with his black-tipped, pointed furry ears, most people catch onto his species.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Nemo fills every moment of every day with something to work on, something to think about, because if they leave even a moment empty, their mind inevitably turns to the lurking fear that they are inadequate as a successor to their mentor, that they are not and never will be enough because they have failed to solve the cold case of what happened to their disappeared mentor.<br/><br/>They do take pride in their work, though, and are the consummate professional in both their personae as information broker and detective.<br/><br/>For all that Tracy taught them, they never showed Nemo how to form meaningful connections with anyone but themselves. While their work is satisfying, almost all of their relationships, platonic and sexual, are hollow. Since they were taken in by the detective, not one person has ever met Nemo before meeting one of Nemo's personas first, and the number of people who know the person behind the masks Nemo wears are vanishingly few. Until Nemo learns to form meaningful positive connections, they will never escape the feeling of aching lack of emotional fulfillment that follows them like a childhood sweetheart. In fact, they spend so much time over the past ten years in their personae, they barely know who they are anymore with all the illusions stripped away. Though they would never acknowledge it, a part of them fears there isn't anyone actually there beneath all the illusions.<br/><br/>Nemo is mostly work, little play, but when they do play, they have a bad habit of using their illusory mastery to play bed tricks on people in committed relationships, most often taking the form of a spouse or partner who has been away and showing up a day before they're supposed to return. They take a wicked pleasure in choosing those who have secret desires unfulfilled by their current partners and finally scratching those itches for their partners.<br/><br/>Knowing more and picking up more than anyone else in the room is the safety blanket that Nemo wraps themselves in to protect themselves from the fear of intellectual inadequacy, and when in their personae, their presentation is typically far more assured and confident than they actually are.  Depending on the nature of the person they interact with, how much Nemo picks up about others can be off-putting or comforting.<br/><br/>Nemo has a memory like a steel trap, and while capable of forgiveness, they do not forget.<br/><br/>Nemo is not a morning person. Nemo is grouchy and abrasive in the morning hours, and is even worse if they haven't had their first cup of coffee yet.<br/><br/>Nemo dislikes violence, avoiding it when possible, though they will resort to it if they believe a case necessitates it.<br/><br/>While donning the Jorogumo persona, Nemo gives the impression of a spider resting at the center of a web – laid back, languid, but keenly (sometimes unnervingly) aware. Self-assured, the Jorogumo carries herself with dignity, and will treat others with dignity so long as they treat her with the same. She can be friendly, flirtatious, or coolly professional, depending on what she judges the client will respond most positively to. Rudeness is not met with rudeness, but her attitude may grow colder and her prices may rise accordingly. She is prone to touching strangers in a lingering way with her Ariados legs or her hand as a way of testing their reaction and gauging them upon meeting them for the first time. She does not openly behave differently when interacting with Mistypes or Normies, but what she charges for the information, in terms of currency or favors, is on a sliding scale depending on the client's ability to pay... and Normies are typically more affluent.<br/><br/>Richard "Richie" Graychild is reserved, and always seems like he has something on his mind. He views the world with suspicious eyes – though in this regard, he is equally suspicious of both Normies and Mistypes, and treats Mistypes the same as he'd treat Normies, even willing to employ and work for them. While the Jorogumo might, at times, be suspected of enjoying herself, Richie only really seems to be enjoying himself when making progress on a challenging case.<br/><br/>Both the Jorogumo and Richie give their clients what they pay for: the truth, even if it isn't the truth the client wants them to find when they walk in. The Jorogumo, however, is more likely to... selectively frame the truth in a way she believes will benefit Delinquent Town and the Mistypes.<br/><br/><strong>Inherent Abilities:</strong><br/>• Darkvision<br/>• Psychic Immunity<br/>• Umbrakinesis<br/><br/><strong>Special Abilities:</strong><sup>1</sup><br/><em>Illusionist</em>: Zoroarks are capable of weaving illusions that ensnare the senses of multiple people, the illusions capable of fooling all five senses. They can cloak the terrain in illusions and make convincing illusions of attacks. These illusions are extremely realistic, enough to fool even cameras and make one believe they're being physically affected, though the illusion does not have any direct physical effect. (For example, Nemo can make someone see and smell and hear a Burn Blast attack, even feel the pain the attack should inflict, but it won't actually leave any burns.)<br/><br/>However, the illusions are not without limitations. Zoroarks cannot create distinct illusions for different individuals – that is to say, if a Zoroark were to create the illusion of an object in their hand, they could not have one person perceive an orange cube and another person perceive a red ball – the Zoroark would have to choose one object that everyone subject to the illusion would see the same way.<br/><br/>While under the influence of alcohol or other psychotropics or any effect that would inflict the confused status ailment, their ability to weave illusions is affected. The exact effects are inconsistent, but Nemo is much more likely to get details wrong, or for the whole thing to turn out fuzzy around the edges, or missing a third dimension, or for it to simply very obviously be an illusion. As such, Nemo makes a point of abstaining from such substances.<br/><br/><em>Master of Disguise</em>: Training under Tracy Graychild, a Ditto, Nemo honed their ability to cloak themselves in illusion to a degree beyond that of most Zoroark. As a result, Nemo is particularly talented at disguising themself, either as one of their personae, or as other individuals.<br/><br/><strong>Egg Move:</strong>Detect<br/><br/><strong>Strengths:</strong>cunning, deductive, flexible, investigative, memorious, observant, quick-thinking, sly, tricky<br/><br/><strong>Weaknesses:</strong>bad work/life balance, caffeine addicted, dangerously curious, distrustful, emotionally unfulfilled, inferiority superiority complex, insecure, not a morning person, obsessive, sore loser, subject to mistype prejudice if found out<br/><br/><strong>Likes [Non-Sexual:</strong>coffee, games, privacy, puzzles, stories, strays, winning battles of wits<br/><strong>Dislikes [Non-Sexual]:</strong>alcohol, cold cases, losing battles of wits, prejudice against mistypes, psychotropics, unsolved mysteries, unsolved puzzles, violence<br/><br/><strong>Ons:</strong>bed tricks (and by extension dubcon)<br/><strong>Offs:</strong>anal to oral, anal to vaginal, bondage (receiving), fisting, guro, pegging (receiving), scat, snuff, vore, watersports<br/>Player On/Offs (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=5738.0)<br/><br/><strong>Backstory:</strong><br/><br/>The Mistype that would eventually rename themself Nemo started life in Delinquent Town raised by a single mother. When a fire swept through Delinquent Town, their mother too badly burned to continue conventional work to support them, turning to the using illusions to give clients exactly what they asked for as part of the world's oldest profession.<br/><br/>As soon as they were old enough, the Zorua turned into just another Mistype stereotype, stealing to survive and support their mother, doing better at it than most due to their illusions. They weren't good enough to escape the notice of Detective Tracy Graychild, however... but the detective saw a potential in the Zorua, first recruiting them to acts as one of their Irregulars, their eyes and ears on the street, then, eventually, revealing to the Zorua that they were, in fact, not a Pikachu, but a Ditto, and offering to train the Zorua in detective work and to use their illusions to become a master of disguise.<br/><br/>Over the years, the Zorua eventually shed their old name and identity, taking on the name Nemo as they evolved into Zoroark, and assuming the public persona of a Pikachu, Richard "Richie" Graychild, distant relative to Tracy Graychild. But despite how much the Ditto taught them, becoming a surrogate parent figure, especially after Nemo's mother finally passed away, the dynamic duo was not without rocky patches, and it only worsened over time. Finally, Nemo stopped accompanying their mentor on the cases they took on, desiring independence, to build a life of their own.<br/><br/>And, on their first solo case since they'd taken on Nemo all those years ago, Tracy Graychild disappeared.<br/><br/>Haunted first by guilt, then by their inability to track down the detective's fate, Nemo ended up taking over their mentor's detective agency, while also building a new identity as an information broker only known as the Jorogumo in Delinquent Town. The case has been cold for nearly a decade, now, and despite rationally knowing that they should let go and accept it will probably never be solved, they still continue to use their dual occupations to hunt for leads that may have been missed.