"Yes, my hair is unusually long for a boy. Can we talk about something else, please?"Name: Beryl Cantrell
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Appearance: Long, white hair that is naturally spiky. Usually seen in a braided ponytail. Light grey eyes, if he's not in school he wears red-rimmed reading glasses. 5'4" (five feet, four inches)
Personality: "Hard to Get"
School: Always trying to avoid conversation, Beryl is the kind of person that won't even give someone 5 seconds to give them a nice greeting. He will literally take the long way around the school grounds in order to get to a destination, just so that he doesn't have to come into contact with any of his other classmates. Even when he actually engages in conversation, it's always in this soft, hard to hear voice that really annoys people to no end, and he never, ever, makes eye contact. Because of this combination of avoidance and refusal to have conversation etiquette, his fellow classmates usually start to see him as a "shy" person, and try to "bring him out of his shell". Sometimes, people see it as him looking down on them, annoying them even further. However, if any of his peers need help and assistance, he will come to their aid and help out. If one actually get to know him, they'll soon learn that he is actually a pretty nice person, always listening to the problems of the few friends he has, and making room in his schedule to accommodate for them. However, if a fight ever broke out, he wouldn't be the one to try to break them up, he would be one of the first to start walking away. If it was his friend that was caught in it, he would try to pull them away from it and plead for retreat, even if it meant the anger of the aggressor (either his friend or the other person) became centered upon him.
He sees friends as some of the most important people in his life, second only to family, because he has so very few of them.
Out of school: While he still tries to avoid his peers, he becomes more conversational and doesn't try to hide his voice as much when he's within the general populace. Either than that, though, he still acts like the same person.
Hidden: He avoids other people because he doesn't like being mistaken for a girl. The feminine structure of his face, long lashes, and long hair give him the appearance of being a female. Even though he could fix a part problem by cutting his hair, he really likes the way it looks on him, and he still has another, not easily as fixed problem. His voice is naturally high pitched, further cementing the idea that he is a girl, so he tries speaking at a much lower tone to try to assuage the assumptions of his peers, but as he lowers his pitch, he also subconsciously lowers his volume as well. He doesn't try to explain himself to others, fearing that an explaination would lead to conflict. When publicly insulted for his looks, he takes it like a man, never flinching, raising his anger or retaliating until his gets home, where he bawls into his pillow at how mean people could be. He has absolutely no experience in romance, except for some highly embarrassing and disturbing pick-up lines he had heard from guys who thought he was a girl.
Likes: shade, nature, animals, singing, chocolates, opinions, natural beauty,
crossdressingDislikes: Bullies, bigots, anger, conflict, being mistaken for a girl
Sexuality: Heterosexual
bio: His father died before he could remember, leaving him with a mother and a brother as his family. He always admired how beautiful his mother's hair looked, and started to grow out his own in order to emulate her. However, his classmates saw it in a different light, and mocked him for looking like a girl. Instead of cutting his hair, he instead took them as compliments, as it gave him the feeling that he was more like his mother. However, when middle school came around, his fellow males who didn't know him very well started to flirt with him, causing much embarrassment and conflict for both sides. As he transitioned into high school, the gender labelling became less of a compliment and more of an insult. He finally started to understand that they were trying to hurt him with their comments, and they succeeded. In pain from the jeers and prejudices, he created his habit of avoiding people, creating the avoider of conflict that now lives today.
Extra:
-He is diagnosed with albinism, and has the kind that messes with his hair, skin, and eyes. His family actually has naturally brown hair and black eyes.
-Because of the over-sensitivity caused by albinism, Beryl wears long clothing and carries a small parasol with him to keep himself from getting sunburned. It is also the reason why he can't make eye contact, his eyes have a very hard time making sense of what an object looks like, and keep darting around in order to get a clearer picture. He wears his reading glasses to fix this problem, but doesn't wear them in school because it accentuates his femininity. The parasol can be explained away, but certainly not the red-rimmed glasses.
-Secretly has a beautiful singing voice.
-Even though he hates being called a girl, Beryl actually has two sets of girl cosplay in his closet, one of a magical girl, and one of a maid/ Butler. He has never let anyone besides his brother (who laughed like a hyena when he saw the magical girl one) see him in one of them.
