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Origins in Research

Pedro Davids is a biological and cultural anthropologist, as well as a player for the Baltimore Crabs. After visiting Baltimore when he was young, Davids took the opportunity to return during his postdoctoral research on the migration habits of cultists of local mythical being The Olde One. While in Baltimore he attended a try-out for the Baltimore Crabs, earning a position on the team.

To show his team spirit (and feel closer to The Olde One), Pedro Davids began channeling the humble Hermit Crab by carrying a caravan home on his back at all times. Though the crushing 1560kg weight slightly impedes David’s speed, it does protect him from predators and means he never feels homesick.

Davids parks in a shallow lagoon formed from the footprint of one of the Crabitat's legs, where a number of mobile homes of various size and make rust in the brackish shallows. He enjoys fixing them up as a hobby alongside his own home, and may trade into different makes and models if he has to dress for an occasion. He can fix up a car that's been flooded in saltwater in a matter of hours, while it's still underwater, and often talks shop with Sutton Dreamy who is more interested in imported motorcycles.

He is in charge of the Crabs' carpool program. Emerging from his car pool to go on a morning run, Davids will regularly pick up team members who risk a life outside the safety of the Crabitat. Tillman Henderson, despite often vacationing outside Baltimore, is banned from the carpool program, and he knows what he did.

Writing to Valentine Games

Art of Pedro braiding Val's hair by @glassgoblin.

Davids has been writing to Valentine Games long before either of them joined the ILB, having met in the Baltimore Aquarium during a childhood vacation. They two became fast friends and began their correspondence with enthusiasm as soon as Davids arrived back home. Since then they have exchanged letters frequently, even when Davids moved to Baltimore full time and the two of them joined the Baltimore Crabs. When Valentine Games was traded to the Jazz Hands for Tot Fox, and they were apart once more, their letters kept them tied together.

In season 7 when Davids played as the only unstable player of the Baltimore Crabs under the effects of the eclipse, he wrote a letter to Val realizing it may arrive posthumously. Due to the fact the Houston Spies, Val's team at the time, having a conflicting game, Val was unable to be there in person for Davids . In fact the Spies put out an uncharacteristically straight forward statement confirming that, "There is absolutely no way that we could have sent Valentine Games to Baltimore, you can clearly see the footage of him in our game against the Flowers. It would be absurd to think anything else could have happened in that game".

After the Crabs were called up Val received one final letter from Davids written before the fateful game, but has continued their half of the correspondence by dropping off letters at the Telescope to await the Crab's return.

Making a New Shell

While in the Big Leagues, Davids outgrew his current camper. Rather than risk getting ingrown into this one he decided to perform a complicated ritual using all the resources available to the Crabs to try and rework his own carcinization.

While it is unclear whether something went wrong with the ritual or the Olde One couldn't reach the Big Leagues effectively, the result was unsatisfactory. Unwilling to give up, Davids took matters into his own hands and began using his understanding of Carcinization as well as parts from former teammate Axel Trololol and his RV to create a new more compact and more customizable appliance to carry around. The result was a dense crab-like creature that could clamp onto his back, and expand into a wing-like shape.

When asked about how he felt about making use of Axel's remains in such a way Davids commented that "Evil is a label applied by the world to behaviors society rejects. They call us evil here for killing our god. Let them say what they say about us. I don't let it affect me and my decisions. I'm taking control of my own destiny". This was reportedly followed by yet another attempt by Evelton McBlase II to recruit Davids as their sidekick.

After Ascension

Pedro and Val being reunited after the Crabs return in season 12. Art by @glassgoblin

When the Crabs returned to the ILB after their long hiatus, Davids was eager to put to work the many things he had planned while away with the Crabs. He took advantage of the Crab’s late return to spend a considerable amount of time in Season 12’s lateseason with Valentine Games, and while it’s not common knowledge exactly what was shared between them, it seemed that many things that had been long left unsaid were finally put to words. The two of them stayed in close contact even as the Crabs began their season 13 run for the championship, where Davids and Valentine met in the finals.

It was soon after that however that the Crabs ran into troubling times, with theme captain Kennedy Loser becoming haunted, and the loss of many of their team members across season 15. This left Davids to take on a leadership role alongside Silvaire Roadhouse and the newly traded Parker Meng. Even with his time occupied trying to keep the team together, he still exchanged letters frequently with Valentine, and even with increased frequency as the league learned the fate of legendary players in the league, and Valentine’s prominence on the idol board.

A Loss

In the Season 19 MVP call, Valentine Games was made legendary and removed from the ILB. Despite the two of them attempting to make peace with it in advance, Davids was still devastated by the loss, and as replicas of Valentine Games began to appear in the league, Davids found it difficult to continue to play, and was shadowed in the Season 20 elections.

David’s solitude was not to last however, as in Season 22 Day 19, former Baltimore Crab and captain Brock Forbes was incinerated by a rogue umpire. As sharply as Davids felt this loss, he quickly took advantage of his status in the shadows to be at the side of his old friend, and husband of Forbes, Adalberto Tosser , who had recently been traded to the Boston Flowers. Long gone were the days when the two of them could complain about their team and the lack of recognition for their hard work, with those worries replaced with a fraying team and the losses of their partners, but the two of them found solace in their old traditions. Davids also left strict instructions for Crabs rookie Zeruel Kramer not to let the team get shut out at home, as that would activate the newly Ratified Voicemail and require Davids to return to active play. Kramer did zer best and managed to stay in play until Day 96, giving Davids plenty of time to steady his friend before returning to Baltimore.

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-===History===
+===Origins in Research===
-Pedro Davids is a biological and cultural anthropologist, as well as a player for the [[Baltimore Crabs]]. During his postdoctoral research on the migration habits of cultists of local mythical being [[Baltimore_Crabs#The_Olde_One |The Olde One]], he attended a try-out for the Baltimore Crabs, earning a position on the team.
+Pedro Davids is a biological and cultural anthropologist, as well as a player for the [[Baltimore Crabs]]. After visiting Baltimore when he was young, Davids took the opportunity to return during his postdoctoral research on the migration habits of cultists of local mythical being [[Baltimore_Crabs#The_Olde_One |The Olde One]].  While in Baltimore he attended a try-out for the Baltimore Crabs, earning a position on the team.
-To show his team spirit (and feel closer to The Olde One), Pedro Davids began channeling the humble Hermit Crab by carrying a caravan home on his back at all times. Though the crushing 1560kg weight slightly impedes Pedro's speed, it does protect him from predators and means he never feels homesick.
+To show his team spirit (and feel closer to The Olde One), Pedro Davids began channeling the humble Hermit Crab by carrying a caravan home on his back at all times. Though the crushing 1560kg weight slightly impedes David’s speed, it does protect him from predators and means he never feels homesick.
-Pedro parks in a shallow lagoon formed from the footprint of one of the Crabitat's legs, where a number of mobile homes of various size and make rust in the brackish shallows. He enjoys fixing them up as a hobby alongside his own home, and may trade into different makes and models if he has to dress for an occasion. He can fix up a car that's been flooded in saltwater in a matter of hours, while it's still underwater, and often talks shop with [[Sutton Dreamy]] who is more interested in imported motorcycles.
+Davids parks in a shallow lagoon formed from the footprint of one of the Crabitat's legs, where a number of mobile homes of various size and make rust in the brackish shallows. He enjoys fixing them up as a hobby alongside his own home, and may trade into different makes and models if he has to dress for an occasion. He can fix up a car that's been flooded in saltwater in a matter of hours, while it's still underwater, and often talks shop with [[Sutton Dreamy]] who is more interested in imported motorcycles.
 He is in charge of the Crabs' carpool program. Emerging from his car pool to go on a morning run, Davids will regularly pick up team members who risk a life outside the safety of the Crabitat. [[Tillman Henderson]], despite often vacationing outside Baltimore, is banned from the carpool program, and he knows what he did.
 ===Writing to Valentine Games===
 [[File:Pedro Davids and Valentine Games - Goblin.png|thumb|Art of [[Pedro Davids|Pedro]] braiding [[Valentine Games|Val's]] hair by [https://twitter.com/glassgoblin @glassgoblin].]]
-Pedro has been writing to [[Valentine Games]] long before either of them joined the ILB, having met in the Baltimore Aquarium during a childhood vacation. They two became fast friends and began their correspondence with enthusiasm as soon as Pedro arrived back home. Since then they have exchanged letters frequently, even when Pedro moved to Baltimore full time and the two of them joined the Baltimore Crabs. When Valentine Games was traded to the [[Jazz Hands]] for Tot Fox, and they were apart once more, their letters kept them tied together.
+Davids has been writing to [[Valentine Games]] long before either of them joined the ILB, having met in the Baltimore Aquarium during a childhood vacation. They two became fast friends and began their correspondence with enthusiasm as soon as Davids arrived back home. Since then they have exchanged letters frequently, even when Davids moved to Baltimore full time and the two of them joined the Baltimore Crabs. When Valentine Games was traded to the [[Jazz Hands]] for Tot Fox, and they were apart once more, their letters kept them tied together.
-In [[season 7]] when Pedro played as the only unstable player of the Baltimore Crabs under the effects of the eclipse, he wrote a letter to Val realizing it may arrive posthumously. Due to the fact the [[Houston Spies]], Val's team at the time, having a conflicting game, Val was unable to be there in person for Pedro. In fact the Spies put out an uncharacteristically straight forward statement confirming that, "There is absolutely no way that we could have sent Valentine Games to Baltimore, you can clearly see the footage of him in our game against the Flowers. It would be absurd to think anything else could have happened in that game".
+In [[season 7]] when Davids played as the only unstable player of the Baltimore Crabs under the effects of the eclipse, he wrote a letter to Val realizing it may arrive posthumously. Due to the fact the [[Houston Spies]], Val's team at the time, having a conflicting game, Val was unable to be there in person for Davids . In fact the Spies put out an uncharacteristically straight forward statement confirming that, "There is absolutely no way that we could have sent Valentine Games to Baltimore, you can clearly see the footage of him in our game against the Flowers. It would be absurd to think anything else could have happened in that game".
-After the Crabs were [[Ascension|called up]] Val received one final letter from Pedro written before the fateful game, but has continued their half of the correspondence by dropping off letters at the Telescope to await the Crab's return.
+After the Crabs were [[Ascension|called up]] Val received one final letter from Davids written before the fateful game, but has continued their half of the correspondence by dropping off letters at the Telescope to await the Crab's return.
+==Making a New Shell==
+While in the Big Leagues, Davids outgrew his current camper. Rather than risk getting ingrown into this one he decided to perform a complicated ritual using all the resources available to the Crabs to try and rework his own carcinization.
-===Writing Home===
+While it is unclear whether something went wrong with the ritual or [[the Olde One]] couldn't reach the Big Leagues effectively, the result was unsatisfactory. Unwilling to give up, Davids took matters into his own hands and began using his understanding of Carcinization as well as parts from former teammate [[Axel Trololol]] and his RV to create a new more compact and more customizable appliance to carry around. The result was a dense crab-like creature that could clamp onto his back, and expand into a wing-like shape.
-After a moving to Baltimore and joining the Crabs Pedro began keeping a written correspondence with his family back in Puerto Peñasco. They are reportedly just "not that into sports" so Pedro makes a point of keeping them abreast of the latest developments in the ILB, though usually focuses on his own accomplishments, and leaves out the accomplishments of [[Nagomi Mcdaniel|certain]] [[Axel Trololol|other]] [[Forrest Best|star]] [[Kennedy Loser|players]]. In an excerpt of one of his letters to Valentine Games he admits that, "I know it's not the whole truth, and they can watch the games from where they are, but who doesn't brag a little when writing home, Val?"
-===Writing to Goobie Ballson===
+When asked about how he felt about making use of [[Axel Trololol|Axel's]] remains in such a way Davids commented that "Evil is a label applied by the world to behaviors society rejects. They call us evil here for [[Olde One|killing our god]]. Let them say what they say about us. I don't let it affect me and my decisions. I'm taking control of my own destiny". This was reportedly followed by yet another attempt by [[Evelton McBlase II]] to recruit Davids as their sidekick.
-An unexpected Pen pal, Pedro began writing to [[Goobie Ballson]] shortly after the 12 game series that the [[Chicago Firefighters]] played against the Crabs in season 8. While Pedro maintained his usually writing style in these letters, Goobie primarily sent short letters, often consisting of single words. Reportedly Pedro has received:
+===After Ascension===
-*A mix CD made by Goobie
+[[File:Valentine Games and Pedro Davids S12- Glassgoblin.png|thumb|Pedro and Val being reunited after the Crabs return in season 12. Art by [https://twitter.com/glassgoblin @glassgoblin]]]
-*A cool rock he found
+When the Crabs returned to the ILB after their long hiatus, Davids was eager to put to work the many things he had planned while away with the Crabs. He took advantage of the Crab’s late return to spend a considerable amount of time in Season 12’s  lateseason with [[Valentine Games]], and while it’s not common knowledge exactly what was shared between them, it seemed that many things that had been long left unsaid were finally put to words. The two of them stayed in close contact even as the Crabs began their season 13 run for the championship, where Davids and Valentine met in the finals.
-*A label from a local brewery bottle
-*Items from the gift shops of other team's stadiums (that they both play at regularly)
-*One package of sticky hands
-*A collection of Chicago Firefighters merchandise to decorate Pedro's RV
-*What appears to be a human skull
-===Outgrowing the Shell===
+It was soon after that however that the Crabs ran into troubling times, with theme captain [[Kennedy Loser]] becoming haunted, and the loss of many of their team members across season 15. This left Davids to take on a leadership role alongside [[Silvaire Roadhouse]] and the newly traded [[Parker Meng]]. Even with his time occupied trying to keep the team together, he still exchanged letters frequently with Valentine, and even with increased frequency as the league learned the fate of legendary players in the league, and Valentine’s prominence on the idol board.
-While in the Big Leagues, Pedro outgrew his current camper. Rather than risk getting ingrown into this one he decided to perform a complicated ritual using all the resources available to the Crabs to try and rework his own Carcinization.
+===A Loss===
+In the Season 19 MVP call, Valentine Games was made legendary and removed from the ILB. Despite the two of them attempting to make peace with it in advance, Davids was still devastated by the loss, and as replicas of Valentine Games began to appear in the league, Davids found it difficult to continue to play, and was shadowed in the Season 20 elections.
-While it is unclear whether something went wrong with the ritual or [[the Olde One]] couldn't reach the Big Leagues effectively, the result was a molt that took a significant toll on his body. Before his next game his teammates [[Silvaire Roadhouse]], [[Luis Acevedo]], and (unfortunately) [[Evelton McBlase II]] put together a serviceable exoskeleton before the next game, and have since worked on a combination of retaining/improving mobility, pruning malignant carapace, and adding some strict "improvements" such as the wings (a work in progress) or trying to make it more comfortable for Pedro.
+David’s solitude was not to last however, as in Season 22 Day 19, former Baltimore Crab and captain [[Brock Forbes]] was incinerated by a rogue umpire. As sharply as Davids felt this loss, he quickly took advantage of his status in the shadows to be at the side of his old friend, and husband of Forbes, [[Adalberto Tosser]] , who had recently been traded to the [[Boston Flowers]]. Long gone were the days when the two of them could complain about their team and the lack of recognition for their hard work, with those worries replaced with a fraying team and the losses of their partners, but the two of them found solace in their old traditions. Davids also left strict instructions for Crabs rookie [[Zeruel Kramer]] not to let the team get shut out at home, as that would activate the newly Ratified Voicemail and require Davids to return to active play. Kramer did zer best and managed to stay in play until Day 96, giving Davids plenty of time to steady his friend before returning to Baltimore.