Cedric Jalen Fortier

Central cast member

CJ

He/him, cis

Late twenties or early thirties (usually about a year younger than Diard).

A figure consistent with his being a compact little fireplug of an endurance athlete.

In his words: 5'7" in hiking boots.

Dark auburn

High-and-tight fade.

Scruff goatee. Also kind of has a unibrow.

Deep russet brown

Human (mostly Ethiopian and ambiguously West African, with admixtures).

Light golden brown; freckly

Short, stocky, and trim. Think gymnastics base.

He's a black ginger. Also, he's kind of got a unibrow. Also, unibrow or no, he's smoking fucking hot.

Design reference here.

He'd like to be able to say that his military career made a pacifist of him. Unfortunately, his life has had other ideas.

Acts silly to cover up trauma.

Licensed paramedic and a hell of a field medic.

Cooking. Also: trolling.

Sanguine.

PTSD.

Agnostic, but raised in a syncretist household (mom is Ethiopian Jewish by ancestry and Reform by upbringing, dad is African Methodist Episcopal).

Veterans and first responders are off limits unless they thoroughly disgrace the status.

Former Navy corpsman; current paramedic.

Indigo

Anything ube.

He's a paramedic. Before that, he was a "Marine Doctor." He prevents people from dying in the interim.

He's a licensed paramedic.

This guy was a corpsman attached to one of Naomi Diard's past units.

This guy is kind of a simultaneous foil and parallel to Diard. Yes, that includes being a bi disaster who spent his entire military career in the closet. No, they are not related; it is entirely acceptable to 'ship them if you're into that.

He's got a fairly specific "type" (read: tall musclechubs) when it comes to men. Yes, he has probably called Kieron Vanu a "cub" at some point.

Once bought Diard a box of fancy miniature chocolate bars, some of which were ruby cacao, contained natural tints and flavorings, or both. While it was a genuinely nice gesture, it was not as romantic as it sounds, and in fact contained an element of snark: You see, they were shaped like crayons.

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