"I'm a big believer in enjoying the little things."
"It's on my birth certificate and everything."
Bryce Augustus Nepthys
Nickname:
"Who's asking?"
Bryce, Augustus
Age:
"I'm the youngest in my family."
18
Sexuality:
"Sorry, boys."
Heterosexual
Pantheon:
"You couldn't tell by my last name?"
Egyptian
Ancestor:
"I curse you with an eternity of sandy shorts!"
Set, God of Storms, the Desert, and Foreigners
Occupation:
"Does that make me a slacker?"
Just a student- last year of high school
Attention
Parkour
Storms
Bicycles
Languages
Competition
Weird Things
High School
Spontaneity
Sandcastles
Swimming
Lollipops
Flirting
Joking Around
Goofing Off
Climbing Trees
Cats
Hoodies
Tall Buildings
Exploration
Excitement
Falcons
Birds of Prey
Boredom
Being Ignored
Losing
Feeling Jealous
Feeling Inferior
Red
Complete Seriousness
Deadpan Humor
Wicker Furniture
Apples
Being Told off
Monotony
Clear Skies
Betrayal
Cheating
Dyed Hair
Tree-less Places
Sitting Still
Passivity
Fears:
Falcons || Death || Inferiority || Betrayal
Hobbies:
Swimming || Learning Languages || Parkour || Partying
Set - Set is the Egyptian god of Storms, the Desert, and Foreigners. He is portrayed as having a human body and the head of what is commonly described only as 'the Set Animal'. Set was known to have been a jealous god, and it was his jealousy that led him to usurp his his brother, Osiris, who had been a wise leader and married to their sister, Isis. Set was married to Nephthys, a protective goddess who represents the death experience. He was an enemy of Horus, the son of Osiris.
Powers:
As the descendent of the god of the Desert, Bryce is in possession of some sand based powers, able to manipulate the sand to do things varying from conjuring a sand storm, to packing it tightly into shapes such as chairs, armor, etc. However, given the lack of large amounts of sand in the area, these powers have fallen mostly into disuse, and he has become rather rusty since his glory days of building the best sandcastles in the sandbox. He is far more experienced with creating rain storms, and in fact has often done so without actually thinking about it. Once he has created the storm, he is not necessarily in full control of it- while he can create and vanquish storms, the thunder and lightning aspect is a bit more out of his control. If he's truly angry, lightning might strike very close to him, but that's really as far as he can go in regards to manipulating the facets of a storm. He's happy with just being able to make them come about, anyway.
Weaknesses:
As far as his sand abilities go, Bryce can't just whip sand up out of nowhere, and needs the preexisting material in order to actually do anything. It also doesn't work on just plain dirt or anything- it has to be sand, which can be a bit of a pain. He's more adept with storms anyway, although even then, he has yet to manage to really control the thunder and lightning pieces of that puzzle. Outside of his supernatural ability-based weaknesses, the young man does have a problem with being extraordinarily jealous, and his head is easily clouded by suspicion in regards to these things, despite an otherwise easygoing attitude. Of course, that attitude has also made him slightly more reckless than he ought to be, and has led him to trouble on several occasions. He's also rather afraid of falcons, probably because Horus, enemy of Set, is often associated with the falcon.
Strengths:
Outside of his more mythical abilities, Bryce is a very courageous young man who is not afraid of sticking his neck out in order to achieve something. While this recklessness is downfall, it also makes him more likely to succeed, because he isn't going to avoid taking chances just because things might end poorly for him. Rather, he will do so anyway, and eventually one of those chances or risks will end up benefiting him in some way- that's what he's found, anyway. He's also a very athletic individual, likely due to his constant running around and messing about, and prides himself in being rather good when it comes to parkour. The young man is actually quite a show off about these things, probably because he likes to impress people- though it often doesn't actually work. He's rather good with linguistics, as well, and seems to have a natural talent for picking up languages- in fact, he does it for fun at times. The young man credits this to Set being the god of foreigners. As of yet, he can speak English, French, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese. He's pretty good at accents as well, though he mostly uses that for jokes and such.
Thoughts:
"I suppose those new Greeks can't help but be attracted to a town so strange as ours, but they sure are making a bit of a stir with their arrival. Not that I mind, of course- it makes things a lot more interesting than they have been recently. I don't go around preaching chaos and rivalries as the way to go or anything, but they sure can spice things up a bit, can't they? Besides, this town seems to thrive off of action."
Bryce is the sort of person who fully believes that a person should grasp at every opportunity they are given, and should live life as best as they possibly can, because it very well may be the only one you've got. This is not exactly an optimistic mindset, but nor is it pessimistic: rather, it is an active mindset that believes passivity to be the leading cause of destruction and death. It is his philosophy that one should, to quote Stephen King, 'Get Busy Livin', or Get Busy Dyin'." A fear of death prevents him from doing the latter, and thus he is the sort of person who tries to experience everything around him to the fullest, rarely exercising the sort of self restraint that most others will, and justifying it by saying that he merely didn't want to lock himself away from everything. Perhaps he doesn't have the strongest discipline, but he is perfectly content to take what is given to him and ring it for all of the adventure and fun that it is worth- he lives for the present, not the future, and that allows him to have such a carefree-seeming mindset. After all, he believes that to spend one's life worrying about the future is to live only for death, and there is no point in that: especially when the king of the underworld, based on your religion, isn't the biggest fan of one's family. Despite this apparent fear of death, he is a thrill-seeker who loves the energy he feels when trying new things, reaching for new heights, and bringing himself up higher and higher. He's the one jumping off of the highest cliffs into lakes, or skating off of roofs, only to hit his back on an electrical box.
Of course, there are going to be plenty of people who scold him for being reckless and, in many situations, absolutely stupid in the ways that he goes about things. When faced with such critiques, as with all insults at all, really, he can become overly defensive, being surprisingly sensitive to insults in that way. He will deny the truth in them furiously, and becomes more stubborn than the normally adaptable young man seems to usually have in him. This often is found to be offputting by others, unfortunately, and has led many to draw conclusions that he is very childish- if they hadn't thought of that already, that is. Of course, they aren't really wrong in this thought process. The young man is of the sort who, like a spoiled child, doesn't like others to get to close to what he considers to be his- whether that be a person, an item, or an animal doesn't really matter. He can be very territorial about particular things, and this is another trait that some find strange in him. Despite seeming more easygoing at moments, he is very suspicious about people leaving him or betraying him in some way, and thus has a great disdain for those who are disloyal- ironic, given that his ancestor murdered his own brother. Anyway, this fear of betrayal links in with him naturally being a very jealous person. Beneath the exterior image of someone who claims that people shouldn't worry about things too much, he is constantly guilty of envying what others have and he does not. He uses this as a drive to motivate himself further, but it still colors his skin green constantly. Whenever he is in a relationship, it can get especially bad, because he ends up anxious that the girl is cheating on him, even if it isn't particularly warranted. He's not necessarily controlling, but he can be slightly exhausting to date, honestly.
Contrary to the nature of his ancestor, Bryce is a very loyal individual who is always quick to stick up for those that he cares about, just as he is going to stick up for himself when he feels slighted. He is unlikely to betray a person, if only because he fears the repercussions of acting in such a way- it is perhaps the only situation in which he isn't completely careless about his actions. If someone is within his circle of friends, or even if he cares about them from afar, he will stand up for them without a second thought, and can be trusted to stick with them through the good and the bad, because he wants the same from others. It helps that he is rather brave, or perhaps very stupid, and therefore is willing to face the bad without blinking an eye, occasionally even jumping straight into it without thinking about it. He's a 'rip the bandaid off' kind of guy, and believes that it is better to get something over with quickly than it is to drag it out in an attempt to ease the pain. While his words may occasionally dart around the subject, his actions never do, and he is a highly impulsive individual who will jump into things without a thought. Of course, that goes with his previously mentioned lack of self restraint. The only thing that he can't resist is temptation, basically, and he has the bad habit of always wanting what he can't have: something that is just a set up for disaster, really. But, then again, that follows with the whole jealousy aspect, doesn't it?
Bryce has always been a social creature, and is very welcoming to strangers, being the descendent of the god of foreigners, after all. He hasn't got much of a problem making conversation with a complete stranger, and is very good at breaking the ice when it comes to parties or just meeting new people- it helps that he's willing to look like an idiot if it means succeeding in bridging the gap a little bit. The young man is all about meeting people and seeing new things, this probably being because he is prone to boredom when it comes to monotony, and therefore craves the excitement like a child craves a shiny new toy- it just shakes things up. His extroverted personality has allowed him to get people to see past his jealousy and defensiveness, because they look at it and say 'that's just Bryce.' He may do stupid things, or act strangely at times, but the bonds that he forms are often strong enough to withstand a bit of embarrassment or childish behavior- even when he is being a bit of an attention whore, as the young man often is. He likes to be noticed, as a good deal of people do, because it makes him feel important or special, and helps his ego, which is surprisingly average for such a careless young man. Despite his supernatural heritage, he is still a typical young man, who wants to be seen, to hang out with friends, to date pretty girls, etc. Being a descendent of Set doesn't change that in the slightest. It also doesn't change the fact that he can be very selfish at times, and may often put his own need before those of others without realizing that he's doing it.
Active || Selfish || No Self Restraint || Jealous || Defensive || Reckless || Friendly || Sensitive || Attention Whore|| Courageous || Loyal || Impulsive || Extroverted
Bryce is the younger of the two Nepthys siblings, who are the descendents of Set, god of the Desert, Storms, and Foreigners. He had actually been a very sweet child, the type who was very quiet in their youth and responded to things with nothing beyond a smile or a giggle- he cried rarely, and was typically quickly dealt with when he did. In general, the sort of child that many parents, at least as far as infants go, wish that they had when they are being woken up at four am for the third time that night to deal with a screaming baby. He slept more than he was awake, to be honest, which is probably why his parents were able to sleep well enough at night, and therefore why they were energized enough to give him attention once he had awoken. As the younger child, he received a good deal of attention through his childhood, something which he has come to simply expect as he grew older. While his parents were not particularly wealthy, they did live comfortably with their two children, something that Bryce very frequently took for granted, especially in a little town where most families seemed to be in the same situation of comfortable, if a bit dull, mediocrity.
As he grew older, they soon found that Bryce was going to be far more of a handful than he had seemed as an infant, because the young man was prone to doing stupid things that sent him straight to the emergency room. Whether it be the broken leg from trying to jump off of the roof and into the pool, or the stitches in his head when he thought it would be a fantastic idea to back flip off of the roof. Clearly, he had a fondness for jumping off of roofs, and injuries followed him like a desperately loyal puppy. People would laugh about Bryce's various antics, quietly grateful that their own children had a bit more common sense than he did. Sure, he did well enough in school, mostly average marks, with advanced marks in languages, but he seemed to lack the bit of logic that can be the difference between climbing down the ladder of the tree house and jumping straight out of it. His motivations for doing this were a mystery to many, but to be honest, it was a mix of recklessness and a desire for constant attention. People tended to turn and pay attention when he broke his arm, after all, especially when it was from something silly.
He was the sort to be jealous about his friends, though, and thus chose a tight group who were likely to hang out with each other more than with people outside of the group. This was perhaps selfish of him, but it fueled his choice all the same, because he didn't like the idea of being left out as his friends talked to other people, or did things he didn't know about. Most accepted this as a trait expected of his family, and this was his justification for such insecurities or his inherently jealous attitude. When he grew older, he was that way in dating as well- most girls liked it at first, thinking of it as him being cutely protective, but often they found him to be a bit suffocating with his attentions, and thus he hasn't ever really had much luck in relationships. He is still in high school now, of course, though this is his final year before he will continue on to study something in university. Unfortunately, he isn't actually quite sure what he wants to do, or whether it will even have anything to do with going to tertiary education. Despite being someone with such a mind for reaching forward, he has no focused passion, and has little clue about his future. Perhaps that is another reason for his carelessness- he doesn't want to think about the future too much, and so he doesn't.
