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===Early Life=== | ===Early Life=== | ||
| − | Grollis Zephyr spent hyr youth chasing roles in films and television shows to follow in the footsteps of hyr mother, fitness coach and action movie star [[Arda Zephyr]]. Despite hyr surname’s fame, hyr | + | Grollis Zephyr spent hyr youth chasing roles in films and television shows to follow in the footsteps of hyr mother, fitness coach and action movie star [[Arda Zephyr]]. Despite hyr surname’s fame, hyr halfhearted acting left casting directors unimpressed. After many rejections and a few gigs in minor roles, Grollis admitted that hyr interests lay elsewhere, taking on the more low profile job of working as a theme park tokusetsu actor while continuing to live with Arda. |
===Lazarus Pit=== | ===Lazarus Pit=== | ||
| − | In hyr freetime, Zephyr pursued hyr own passions as an avid amateur speleologist, ecologist, obscure bootleg game connoisseur, and taxidermist. Ze gained notoriety in spelelogical communities for hyr contributions to the exploration and mapping of several cave systems, and one time | + | In hyr freetime, Zephyr pursued hyr own passions as an avid amateur speleologist, ecologist, obscure bootleg game connoisseur, and taxidermist. Ze gained notoriety in spelelogical communities for hyr contributions to the exploration and mapping of several cave systems, and one time said that the slow rate at which caves change was a welcome change of pace from a busy and stressful life of dealing with an ever-changing world. Hyr explorations would eventually re-uncover the [[Legscraper#Past_Ownership|Lazarus Pit]] located under [[Legscraper#Past Ownership|Dilsneyworld]], and some have observed that in low lighting ze appears almost bioluminescent, possibly due to side effects of prolonged contact with the water of the Pit. Zephyr has advised against other amateur speleologists and thrillseekers exploring the Pit, stating that rumors of the Pit offering immortality are misleading, overblown, and wildly dangerous. |
===Joining the Lift=== | ===Joining the Lift=== | ||
| − | When the Lift formed, the late captain and founder [[Stijn Strongbody]] appointed Arda to be one of the team’s coaches and she convinced Grollis to join the team’s rotation, as ze “really need[ed] to get out there and socialize more.” Grollis readily accepted, | + | When the Lift formed, the late captain and founder [[Stijn Strongbody]] appointed Arda to be one of the team’s coaches and she convinced Grollis to join the team’s rotation, as ze “really need[ed] to get out there and socialize more.” Grollis readily accepted, as the Lift’s stadium often came to rest directly above the Pit. |
| − | Upon joining the Lift, Zephyr quickly joined | + | Upon joining the Lift, Zephyr quickly joined a close-knit group known as “Brokyo,” consisting of [[Val Hitherto]], [[Coolname Galvanic]], [[Yusef Fenestrate]], and [[Gerund Pantheocide]]. Their antics caused Strongbody and the other more responsible members of the team many a grey hair, as Fenestrate and Pantheocide’s cumulative common sense appeared to be nullified in the presence of the others. To the clique’s delight, they eventually realized that all but Hitherto were autistic (additionally, Hitherto, Pantheocide, and Fenestrate all had ADHD), which they felt explained a lot about why they immediately gravitated toward each other. At one point they made a short-lived band, and Zephyr often hosted game nights showcasing the worst of the bootleg games ze had dredged up from the depths of the internet. |
| − | As a pitcher, hyr career was strikingly mediocre but other members of the rotation were often worse. Never the biggest problem, but never an asset, Zephyr drew | + | As a pitcher, hyr career was strikingly mediocre but other members of the rotation were often worse. Never the biggest problem, but never an asset, Zephyr drew Fan ire both for hyr unfriendly personality and hyr consistently lackluster on-field performance. Despite Fans jeering at hyr from the stands, ze appeared unphased, merely saying, “they hate me because I lose games? Well hey, {{#choose:they know they’re watching the Lift, right? If they want winners, they’re looking in the wrong place|being bad now just means there’s nowhere to lift but up|being bad now just means there’s nowhere to lift but up. Unless I eat a peanut, or get attacked by Consumers. Or get my pitching siphoned, I guess|if they’re not careful, I’ll take that as a challenge|I’d be happy to lose more if they try me|it’s always the right time for a speedrun to party time|go figure, it’s the Lift. Losing games is kind of like our specialty|go figure, it’s the Lift. The universe only allows us one competent pitcher at a time, and it sure as hell isn’t me|they’re the ones deciding what happens to us, so it’s not on me that they haven’t dumped me in the shadows or made me another team’s problem yet|screw them, I’m having a grand old time|I’d like to see them play in a death splort|the feeling’s mutual|nobody’s ever died or gotten harmed while I’ve been pitching. That’s more than some people can say|I like to think my stunning mediocrity is part of the appeal|I’m hardly the worst card the Lift has been dealt|sooner they shadow me, sooner I can do that long caving expedition into the Pit. I’ve been planning it for a while, just need to find a long enough opening in my schedule|guess what, I don’t care|my rivalry is with Gerund, I could care less about what the Fans think of me|move me to the lineup already, cowards. I’ve always played better when I can compete with Gerund|move me to the lineup already, cowards. I bet I’d be a better batter|move me to the lineup already, cowards. I’d be an improvement over most of my teammates|I’m not even sure if the Fans are real, or if they’re just some crude cutouts the Gods slapped together to make it feel like we’re not alone in this plane|are we even sure the Fans are real? Sometimes I think it’s just us and the Gods in this plane, and everything else is just set-dressing|if you have a problem you can meet me in the Elsewhere waffle house parking lot and we’ll settle this like a proper couple of idiots|fight me}}.” |
===A Rivalry=== | ===A Rivalry=== | ||
| − | + | During their first season together, Zephyr and Pantheocide realized that they pitched “in the exact same way. Like literally, we’re pitching twins,” and the two entered a light-hearted rivalry. As Zephyr ended the season with a better record than Pantheocide, Pantheocide endeavored to party once more than Zephyr, attaining a lead. This lead continued for the duration of their time together on the rotation, as every improvement one made was quickly followed up by the other. Pantheocide unintentionally put an end to it when she moved to hitting and became the team’s star hitter and co-captains with Fenestrate. Zephyr, feeling that despite all hyr growth ze had been left behind not only by Pantheocide but by Fenestrate and Galvanic as well, fell from that friend group entirely. In the following seasons, Zephyr drifted between the Lift’s social circles, befriending [[Wyatt Quitter|a]] [[Wyatt Mason (Season 14 birth)|number]] [[Cory Ross|of]] [[Jessica Telephone|players]], but with the exception of [[Elwin McGhee]]’s alternate and [[Rylan O’Lantern]], most did not stay on the team for long. This led Zephyr to believe that no matter how much ze changed, ze would always be left behind in some way or another, and ze spent more and more time in the Lazarus Pit. | |
| − | Following Pantheocide’s death in Season 21, Zephyr was one of three players on the team who partied, and the only one of those three to have known | + | Following Pantheocide’s death in Season 21, Zephyr was one of three players on the team who partied, and the only one of those three to have known her. After getting shadowed and emerging onto the lineup, Zephyr finally became a better pitcher and baserunner than Pantheocide, and the same season as she was resurrected by the [[ILB Semi-Centennial]], Zephyr benefitted from a division hitting boost that ended hyr career at a tantalizing 0.02 batting stars less than hyr formerly deceased rival, in the same position in the lineup Pantheocide had initially occupied. |
===Skipping=== | ===Skipping=== | ||
| − | During hyr stay in the shadows, Zephyr decided to go deeper into the Lazarus Pit than ever before, spending months in the twisting | + | During hyr stay in the shadows, Zephyr decided to go deeper into the Lazarus Pit than ever before, spending months in the twisting Infinite depths without emerging. After emerging from the Pit into the lineup as a batter, something about Zephyr was fundamentally different, and when asked ze merely {{#choose:commented that ze had “finally found what dwells at the bottom, and now there’s nowhere to go but Up.”|commented that ze had “finally found what dwells at the bottom.”|commented, “maybe nothing I do will ever be enough to keep up, but you know? I’ve made my peace with that.”|commented, “I finally understand that nothing I do will ever be enough to keep up, but that’s okay. I can and will outlast you all.”|commented that ze had found what really lies at the heart of the Legscraper. Ze offered no explanation on how ze had discovered this if ze had been in the Pit the whole time.|commented with a question about what happens when one meets the end of something Infinite.|commented with a question on what would happen if you arrived at the point at which two parallel lines meet.|commented, “we’ve been fools.”|commented, “our understanding of the Pit and Legscraper have been so off. It’s nothing like we imagined.”|commented that ze had realized the Legscraper and the Pit were a set of parallel lines.}} It is suspected there is some connection between hyr comment and hyr earlier claims of the misleading and dangerous nature of the Pit, but it is uncertain whether ze has actually taken the Pit up on its “offers of immortality.” Regardless, Fans speculate that whatever ze had experienced in the Pit, it transformed hyr nature in such a fundamental way that ze was unmoored from the normal passage of time, Skipping through blaseball and showing up to bat with strikes and balls from pitches that hadn’t happened in the same timeline the Fans watched. |
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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
*To Grollis’s chagrin, when [[Mags Banananana]] arrived on the Lift she quickly fell into a relationship with Arda Zephyr, becoming Grollis’s unofficial step-mother. Grollis has since joined a group chat of Banananana’s other children, step-children, and grandchildren. | *To Grollis’s chagrin, when [[Mags Banananana]] arrived on the Lift she quickly fell into a relationship with Arda Zephyr, becoming Grollis’s unofficial step-mother. Grollis has since joined a group chat of Banananana’s other children, step-children, and grandchildren. | ||
| − | * | + | *Zephyr made a brief background appearance as Dilsney’s first gay character in the film “MBP 2: Miku Binder Primate,” a modern reimagining of the classic MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, starring [[Stijn Strongbody]]. |
| + | *After Zephyr’s computer became unusable due to the vast array of viruses ze accrued while downloading bootleg games, it was enshrined in a glass case in the Legscraper’s conservatory, next to the memorial gardens. | ||
Revision as of 04:45, 28 November 2021
Early Life
Grollis Zephyr spent hyr youth chasing roles in films and television shows to follow in the footsteps of hyr mother, fitness coach and action movie star Arda Zephyr. Despite hyr surname’s fame, hyr halfhearted acting left casting directors unimpressed. After many rejections and a few gigs in minor roles, Grollis admitted that hyr interests lay elsewhere, taking on the more low profile job of working as a theme park tokusetsu actor while continuing to live with Arda.
Lazarus Pit
In hyr freetime, Zephyr pursued hyr own passions as an avid amateur speleologist, ecologist, obscure bootleg game connoisseur, and taxidermist. Ze gained notoriety in spelelogical communities for hyr contributions to the exploration and mapping of several cave systems, and one time said that the slow rate at which caves change was a welcome change of pace from a busy and stressful life of dealing with an ever-changing world. Hyr explorations would eventually re-uncover the Lazarus Pit located under Dilsneyworld, and some have observed that in low lighting ze appears almost bioluminescent, possibly due to side effects of prolonged contact with the water of the Pit. Zephyr has advised against other amateur speleologists and thrillseekers exploring the Pit, stating that rumors of the Pit offering immortality are misleading, overblown, and wildly dangerous.
Joining the Lift
When the Lift formed, the late captain and founder Stijn Strongbody appointed Arda to be one of the team’s coaches and she convinced Grollis to join the team’s rotation, as ze “really need[ed] to get out there and socialize more.” Grollis readily accepted, as the Lift’s stadium often came to rest directly above the Pit.
Upon joining the Lift, Zephyr quickly joined a close-knit group known as “Brokyo,” consisting of Val Hitherto, Coolname Galvanic, Yusef Fenestrate, and Gerund Pantheocide. Their antics caused Strongbody and the other more responsible members of the team many a grey hair, as Fenestrate and Pantheocide’s cumulative common sense appeared to be nullified in the presence of the others. To the clique’s delight, they eventually realized that all but Hitherto were autistic (additionally, Hitherto, Pantheocide, and Fenestrate all had ADHD), which they felt explained a lot about why they immediately gravitated toward each other. At one point they made a short-lived band, and Zephyr often hosted game nights showcasing the worst of the bootleg games ze had dredged up from the depths of the internet.
As a pitcher, hyr career was strikingly mediocre but other members of the rotation were often worse. Never the biggest problem, but never an asset, Zephyr drew Fan ire both for hyr unfriendly personality and hyr consistently lackluster on-field performance. Despite Fans jeering at hyr from the stands, ze appeared unphased, merely saying, “they hate me because I lose games? Well hey, if you have a problem you can meet me in the Elsewhere waffle house parking lot and we’ll settle this like a proper couple of idiots.”
A Rivalry
During their first season together, Zephyr and Pantheocide realized that they pitched “in the exact same way. Like literally, we’re pitching twins,” and the two entered a light-hearted rivalry. As Zephyr ended the season with a better record than Pantheocide, Pantheocide endeavored to party once more than Zephyr, attaining a lead. This lead continued for the duration of their time together on the rotation, as every improvement one made was quickly followed up by the other. Pantheocide unintentionally put an end to it when she moved to hitting and became the team’s star hitter and co-captains with Fenestrate. Zephyr, feeling that despite all hyr growth ze had been left behind not only by Pantheocide but by Fenestrate and Galvanic as well, fell from that friend group entirely. In the following seasons, Zephyr drifted between the Lift’s social circles, befriending a number of players, but with the exception of Elwin McGhee’s alternate and Rylan O’Lantern, most did not stay on the team for long. This led Zephyr to believe that no matter how much ze changed, ze would always be left behind in some way or another, and ze spent more and more time in the Lazarus Pit.
Following Pantheocide’s death in Season 21, Zephyr was one of three players on the team who partied, and the only one of those three to have known her. After getting shadowed and emerging onto the lineup, Zephyr finally became a better pitcher and baserunner than Pantheocide, and the same season as she was resurrected by the ILB Semi-Centennial, Zephyr benefitted from a division hitting boost that ended hyr career at a tantalizing 0.02 batting stars less than hyr formerly deceased rival, in the same position in the lineup Pantheocide had initially occupied.
Skipping
During hyr stay in the shadows, Zephyr decided to go deeper into the Lazarus Pit than ever before, spending months in the twisting Infinite depths without emerging. After emerging from the Pit into the lineup as a batter, something about Zephyr was fundamentally different, and when asked ze merely commented, “maybe nothing I do will ever be enough to keep up, but you know? I’ve made my peace with that.” It is suspected there is some connection between hyr comment and hyr earlier claims of the misleading and dangerous nature of the Pit, but it is uncertain whether ze has actually taken the Pit up on its “offers of immortality.” Regardless, Fans speculate that whatever ze had experienced in the Pit, it transformed hyr nature in such a fundamental way that ze was unmoored from the normal passage of time, Skipping through blaseball and showing up to bat with strikes and balls from pitches that hadn’t happened in the same timeline the Fans watched.
Trivia
- To Grollis’s chagrin, when Mags Banananana arrived on the Lift she quickly fell into a relationship with Arda Zephyr, becoming Grollis’s unofficial step-mother. Grollis has since joined a group chat of Banananana’s other children, step-children, and grandchildren.
- Zephyr made a brief background appearance as Dilsney’s first gay character in the film “MBP 2: Miku Binder Primate,” a modern reimagining of the classic MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, starring Stijn Strongbody.
- After Zephyr’s computer became unusable due to the vast array of viruses ze accrued while downloading bootleg games, it was enshrined in a glass case in the Legscraper’s conservatory, next to the memorial gardens.
