Lem Lem
Character created by wik_wav
born: 20.11.2002
sex: N/A
mammal
Japanese name: 澪夢レム （れむれむ）
Knowns:
- Physical traits: Weight and height vary. Seems to prefer small shapes.
Tail has a brush tip regardless of the form he takes. Has a persistent, heart-shaped, light fur patch on chest. Life expectancy unknown. - Shapeshifter.
Lem’s Forms are many. - Affect: Gender non-conforming. Behaves flamboyantly, else plays pretend.
- Loves fractals, especially in nature. Thinks of himself as one of them, or perhaps a function in a computer simulation.
- Can change shape, but is unable to time-travel (can’t become younger at will).
At any given point in time he can choose to be a small number of things he’s capable of becoming, but those options change as he ages. He finds this troubling but meaningful. - Seeks out Repeating Patterns.
- Linked / related to the minor planet (3836) Lem (radiation?);
partly a star… has the number 3836 written on the bow-tie
which he always wears. - No-one knows what he was originally or how he came about. The shapeshifting ability perplexes everyone. Sadly, it can not be studied due to laws and regulations. He himself is very curious about it but any method of examination leads to a certain demise. While his lofty ideals would have him part with life, he knows what pain this would cause to those he cares about most.
- Has vivid, nonsensical dreams. Prominent themes are video-games he used to play in childhood, the time before midnight, unfamiliar places, foreign languages, mischief, windy or rainy weather, animals, songs. Very often they are stylized peculiarly; this is also how he sees when he’s tired.
- Scared of the dark.
- Equal and opposite creature to Mel the Shapeshifter.
Trivia
The one thing he knows is shapes. He loves shapes. He is a shape, after all. As such he admires every shape.
He is ever changing, as is every inhabitant of The Lozenge Tessellation.
His smell has been described as “fresh electric blue paint on metal fence railing on a playground on a hot summer’s early afternoon soon after it had rained”. Enjoys concave gamepad buttons.
Images
Lem in his Civet, Quoll and Phascogale forms respectively:
