03-02-2020, 01:14 AM
Octavio was a product of neglect. He wouldn't consider his childhood to be bad, and it took a third party pointing out to him that it was, indeed, bad. It wasn't abusive, Octavio considered bad parents to be beatings and starving you and all the stuff from the Holonet.
His therapist pointed out, though, his childhood under the marble and gold lined ceilings of the Silva mansion wasn't perfect by any means. His dad had custody and left his mother, and the maid was his mother for all intents and purposes.
Such neglect led to a need for attention. He just wanted his dad to pay attention to him, at least for a few minutes. Getting him a rabbit instead of a puppy was a good example of this, rabbits were cheaper and didn't "require as much." He was so emotionally detached from his father by 24 that talking to him after blowing off his legs didn't even cross his mind until hours later.
Navi, the little scamp, had been so good. Octavio would never know the warm, loving embrace of his father, but he would know the feeling of a cold, dead rabbit in his hands for years. The rabbit was part of his brand, now. Octane had plushies and build-a-bears of himself as a rabbit, and it was on a few of his banner cards.
He had thought about getting more, though. It helped out his public persona, owning a rabbit made him more approachable and cute. Caustic had, more than once, recommend he get his own hobby to obsess over.
So, watching someone tend to little rodents peeked his interest. Octane didn't know this bobcat that well- he looked too flashy and the jewelry adorning him reminded the cheetah too much of the life he left. The rats though? They looked cute! Octane had no choice but to approach! "Hey hey heye! What's up? Aren't you the guy who tried to set a house on fire the other day?" He climbed onto the porch, lanky form tumbling along, his metal legs making a different sound on wood from his fleshy ones. "I'm Octavio, by the way. Everyone calls me Octane though," He sat now, splaying out his metal legs in a way than was more human than animal. Brown eyes stared at the rats, pupils wide and tail flicking. "Who are the rats? Really cute. Are they yours?"
His therapist pointed out, though, his childhood under the marble and gold lined ceilings of the Silva mansion wasn't perfect by any means. His dad had custody and left his mother, and the maid was his mother for all intents and purposes.
Such neglect led to a need for attention. He just wanted his dad to pay attention to him, at least for a few minutes. Getting him a rabbit instead of a puppy was a good example of this, rabbits were cheaper and didn't "require as much." He was so emotionally detached from his father by 24 that talking to him after blowing off his legs didn't even cross his mind until hours later.
Navi, the little scamp, had been so good. Octavio would never know the warm, loving embrace of his father, but he would know the feeling of a cold, dead rabbit in his hands for years. The rabbit was part of his brand, now. Octane had plushies and build-a-bears of himself as a rabbit, and it was on a few of his banner cards.
He had thought about getting more, though. It helped out his public persona, owning a rabbit made him more approachable and cute. Caustic had, more than once, recommend he get his own hobby to obsess over.
So, watching someone tend to little rodents peeked his interest. Octane didn't know this bobcat that well- he looked too flashy and the jewelry adorning him reminded the cheetah too much of the life he left. The rats though? They looked cute! Octane had no choice but to approach! "Hey hey heye! What's up? Aren't you the guy who tried to set a house on fire the other day?" He climbed onto the porch, lanky form tumbling along, his metal legs making a different sound on wood from his fleshy ones. "I'm Octavio, by the way. Everyone calls me Octane though," He sat now, splaying out his metal legs in a way than was more human than animal. Brown eyes stared at the rats, pupils wide and tail flicking. "Who are the rats? Really cute. Are they yours?"
![[Image: Tiny_Pixel_Octane.png]](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/420775002091028481/716860912790929508/Tiny_Pixel_Octane.png){kind=tracking}
Run fast. Hit fast. Win fast.
( [color=black][b]✌ ━━━━━ octane / tanglewood / pixel by kinglykingstone )[/b]
( [color=black][b]✌ ━━━━━ octane / tanglewood / pixel by kinglykingstone )[/b]