magpie
Magpie "Maggie" Rodriguez
male・pansexual・16 years old Jake T. Austin Thief by Imagine Dragons the leader of an infamous kid gang breeding slots・3/3 |
design by tigressa [NB #1603]
[growth by high noon] shine [s], hair [c] hex codes・ #BD5A55, #E89468, #F2BD5D, #F8D7A1, #EFF8F7, #BA5A5B pets・Grasshopper, female hooded crow |
from desert heat to cobbled streets
from broken home to the city beat
Maggie grew up on the streets, and it has fundamentally changed the teenager he's become. He's distrusting but covers it with an overbearing flair, and he holds a natural disdain for anyone that has never lived the hard life that he has. He considers folks who live in houses to be miserably unprepared for the way life really is. He started the gang because there was a surplus of homeless orphan kids after Diomedes' civil war that had nowhere else to go, and Maggie already had a little know how he could share. Maggie doesn't know where he came from and he has no idea where his name came from either; but he knows he's always been Magpie, and he mostly insists on people calling him Maggie. Some kids in the gang don't even know that his name is actually Magpie, for how infrequently it's used. He's very smart and has developed a veritable language of codewords that all the kids use, and he's very protective over everyone in his gang. They are primarily orphans and runaways, and he considers them his. He is sometimes playfully called "momma Maggie". His right hand man has always been Hotaru, and it's his influence that even gave the witch a home with the gang.
He's quick to join in a physical fight, but he has no patience for verbal ones. He hates backing down or giving up, and will urge an argument into a scuffle just to get it over with. He is submissive to no one. He's been in charge of the gang since he was all of ten, and that's just the way it's been from then on. He can't imagine having someone else tell him what to do at this point in his life. The sheer notion of being obedient to parents or elders enrages him. Maggie has a soft spot only for the other kids, and also stray animals. Despite their food situation (the gang relies mostly on stealing food for meals) he will always share a meal with a stray dog or cat. There's quite a few that regularly come around, and will sleep with the kids when the weather gets cold. Maggie has a good eye for adults he can manipulate, and is something of a little actor. He's skilled at getting what he wants. He knows exactly who Vassilios is, that he's Diomedes' heir, and is planning on taking him and Hotaru back to the capital eventually to return the former to Fiorello. They're just biding their time right now, making sure that Diomedes is really dead and that Fiorello has the time to rout out the loyalists still in Acriens.
He's quick to join in a physical fight, but he has no patience for verbal ones. He hates backing down or giving up, and will urge an argument into a scuffle just to get it over with. He is submissive to no one. He's been in charge of the gang since he was all of ten, and that's just the way it's been from then on. He can't imagine having someone else tell him what to do at this point in his life. The sheer notion of being obedient to parents or elders enrages him. Maggie has a soft spot only for the other kids, and also stray animals. Despite their food situation (the gang relies mostly on stealing food for meals) he will always share a meal with a stray dog or cat. There's quite a few that regularly come around, and will sleep with the kids when the weather gets cold. Maggie has a good eye for adults he can manipulate, and is something of a little actor. He's skilled at getting what he wants. He knows exactly who Vassilios is, that he's Diomedes' heir, and is planning on taking him and Hotaru back to the capital eventually to return the former to Fiorello. They're just biding their time right now, making sure that Diomedes is really dead and that Fiorello has the time to rout out the loyalists still in Acriens.
the more I see, the more I know
that everyone just wants a show
art credit・
Lil Red Floof, Blumoonwolf
Lil Red Floof, Blumoonwolf