VALENTINO (Coach Tino) LAHTI

o uo
MERMEN~
WITH KOI TAILSSS

IT'S ABOUT TIME I DREW HIM
I'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF DRAWING HIM FOR A WHILE
BECAUSE
MEN WITH FISH TAILS ARE HARD TO DRAW
BECAUSE ANATOMY

fuck anatomy
-flips table-

BIO TIME:
YEAH

OKAY

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teacher f i l e
►....n a m e...... ...... Lahti, Valentino

►....s e x ................ male
►....r a c e .............. merman
►....c l a s s ............. N/A; swim team coach
►....a g e ................ 27

►....h a i r ........... ... white
►....e y e s .............. sapphire
►....h e i g h t .......... 170cm (from the top of his head to the end of his tail is 223cm)
►....w e i g h t ......x.. 62kg

permanent r e c o r d
►....p e r s o n a ...... ✰
.... Valentino is a flirt. He carries the urges of his sea brethren and has a siren like nature. He loves to seduce young handsome men and have flocks of gorgeous faces around him all the time. Working as a teacher he can't exactly do this, and settled for having a position as the swimming coach so he can watch the hot bodies of Aurora Academy's swimmers.
When he's not flirting, he is actually a calm, collected, and reasonable person. He tries to make sure the students are happy and in the winter and cooler times of year he wanders the campus and finds himself standing in on various classes or just bothering the faculty that isn't busy- even if they are busy, he'll bother them anyway.

....Generally he's very conscious of his looks. He will hide in his room and refuse to leave the bathroom on his bad hair days, and if he ever gets caught in a fist fight he'll spend the next day crying over any bruises.
►....b i o............... ✰
.... As a child, Valentino originally lived in a colony of other sea folk near the Marianas Trench. His parents were pleasant enough, and life was a boring dullness that the others seemed to love. Every change of season a group of merfolk from closer to human settlements would bring back all sorts of trinkets that had been cast into the sea. Cups, plates, waterlogged cell phones, and all sorts of jewelry that had been washed to sea. The beauty of it all magnificent to him and he began to idolize the surface dwellers.

....After his fourteenth birthday he ran away from home with the group of traveling merfolk and began to travel the seas of the world. The lights of the cities that reflected on the oceans were mesmerizing and for the next few years he was a member of the traveling group. On the third year, the group's leader announced they were going back to the Marianas settlement to sell their collected treasures and the young Merman, fearing his parents may keep him from his adventures, left his beloved traveling group.

....Valentino traveled to the Mediterranean Sea to live his life for himself. He lived near countries like France, Italy, and Spain; and soon grew to love the people that walked the land. He encountered an encantado at one point who taught him to take a human form and the two were good friends until the other was hit by a boat's motor (while in dolphin form) and left to bleed to death. Valentino had absolutely no experience in medical procedures, and as such was left to sob and watch helplessly as his friend died.

....After he was left by himself, he managed to date a wide variety of humans in a few short years. He was only able to hold his human form for a few hours at a time, but became addicted to the feel of the love the land-walkers gave him. Many of them quickly left him after learning his "secret" and for a while Valentino grew to hate his true self. He saw his reflective scales as an ugly curse- his elegant tail an ugly deformation. He continued to practice his shape changing and eventually learned to hold it for days at a time.

....Just as he mastered the ability to hold his human form for weeks upon end, he heard of the academy. Of course he had to investigate it for himself, and he quickly saw the institute as a blessing and begged Mathilde for a job at the academy, just so he could be around the others there, and she reluctant accepted him as the swim coach. Who could be better suited to teach students to swim than a merman? He had never felt so accepted in his life and quickly adjusted to his new life at the institute.
^Just ignore this, its from an old RP^
►....l o o k s........... ✰
.... In his human form, Valentino has long white hair that ends at his lower back, his eyes are a vibrant blue like the ocean, and his nails are naturally a pale green blue or coral color, shifting colors influenced from changes in the weather and his mood. He's thin for his height, and his center of gravity is in his hips, where his tail would be attached to his torso.

....When he shifts into his true form, his skin from the waist down is replaced by a multitude of bright orange, white and black scales, reminiscent of a Koi. He has large gills on the sides of his throat, and a few large scales decorate the pale flesh around his eyes. Where legs should be, he has a long dappled white and pastel orange scaled tail. The fins are orange and a pale almost white in color. A main set of fins are at the end of his tail, and several smaller ones decorate the sides.
►....a b i l i t y........ ✰
.... Valentino has the ability to smooth his scales into skin and walk on land as a human. Upon doing such, his basic needs are still evident and he drys out quickly, needing to drink ridiculous amounts of water or wet his skin constantly. He can also hypnotize weak minds with a song to make them do his bidding, but he needs absolute concentration for this.

off the r e c o r d
►....l i k e s ........... ✰
☑ fish
☑ humans
☑ most types of pasta
☑ shiny things
☑ jewels
☑ bright colors
►....d i s l i k e s ..... ✰
☒ cats
☒ cat-like things
☒ being called ugly
☒ being dry
☒ the cold
☒ excess heat
☒ bland foods
☒ most types of “junk food”
☒ Macaroni and Cheese
☒ boats
☒ motors
☒ being seen as helpless/worthless
☒ being alone
☒ Eating Fish
►....c r u s h .......... ✰
....N/A
►....o t h e r .......... ✰
....N/A