Eight Cups

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Name: Eight Cups

Gender: Male

Age: Teenager

Species: Octocampi

Scale Color: Alabaster

Pelt Color: Beige

Eye Color: Green

Residence: Lyonesse

Occupation: Student

Talents, Skills: Multi-tasking with his limbs.

Likes: History class, phys. ed, practicing his piano music, going to weapon practice, seaweed.

Dislikes: Being out of water, chores, self-important Hippocampi, pranks, bullying.

Character Personality: Easily mistaken for a typical student, eager to learn in class, annoyed by pranks, and even the sort to finish his schoolwork early. He simply wants to *know*, learning about the extensive history of kelpies, finding out how to play music or fight with weapons, practicing all manner of things intent on adapting, learning and improving. He's actually rather happy and chipper for a younger octocampi, and his eagerness has often lead to him being referred to as the Teacher's Pet in class. Regardless of insults or discouragement Eight Cups presses on, ignoring the negatives and always searching for that next positive.

Bio (optional): His family had been working some of the seaweed farms outside of most of the big towns, where he had been born. There in his youth he was taught the basics of tending to the plant life, how to harvest and multi-task, and even learned a few basics of how to play a piano. He was incredibly eager to learn new things, much to his parents gratefulness. Soon enough, though, his family sold the farm and moved up to Lyonesse. While most youths have trouble adapting to a new environment, Eight Cups was more than eager to learn everything he could about this new and amazing place. After being enrolled in school, he was often found either studying, exploring the city, conducting 'personal research' in the library, improving his piano skills, or attending martial arts. Ever since he was young he and his family had noticed he had a definite knack for multi-tasking with his limbs, often performing a task set for each limb. He'd read through a book with his forelegs, practice his music with two tentacles, write down a few scattered notes on what he was reading with two more tentacles, and rearrange his toy collection with the remaining four. He often considered doing something of that sort "improving everything at once," if anyone asked him about why he did that sort of thing so often.
He took quickly to music as well as martial arts, being able to use his talent of multi-tasking to effectively make the most of his many limbs. In martial arts, he used this advantage to swarm his opponent with the fake knives, deflect an attack whilst attacking, or even at one point using six different weapons at once to keep them guessing. While it isn't his favourite activity, it's certainly up there. As for his music practice, being adept with multiple limbs certainly does him plenty of favours in playing the piano. While he certainly isn't musically adept like some of the other students he knows, he still plays with a certain degree of skill and enjoyment.
Being young, he still isn't entirely sure what he wants to be when he's older. With no goal in mind, he figures that once he's learned enough about everything he could - or at least learned enough - an idea of where to go will strike him and inspire him to find an occupation. Until then, he's just content to learn and practice a growing number of hobbies and interests.

[King Tidal Wave]

Approved! Looking forward to seeing a character interact with the Hippocampus world.