About me: name roger vitali (formerly carmello). nickname the artful roger. age 26. birthday august 24. birth location perdido beach, ca. main location usually doesn't stay in the same place for long. education new york school of visual arts. occupation traveling tattoo artist, children’s book author and illustrator. pets tiny tuxedo cat, poe. talents sculpture, painting, drawing, parallel parking a camper, doing way too many drugs without dying. orientation homosexual. personality jaded, sarcastic, blunt, untrusting, funny, often takes his dark humor way too far, and is generally off-putting to most people unless he really makes an effort. fears fire, large bodies of water, the dark. vices alcohol, cigarettes, pot, xanax, occasionally cocaine, chronic nail biting. mental illnesses severe ptsd, anxiety, depression. discord junkiecosmonaut.
- he's an only child.
- his father left when he was seven, and he only spoke to him once more when he was fifteen.
- was trapped in the FAYZ, or perdido beach anomaly, for about a year with several hundred other kids.
- ate bugs, rats, and the occasional cat to survive, and can’t look at any of them without having flashbacks.
- was caught in a house fire and suffered from severe burns and smoke inhalation.
- briefly lived with and took care of a little boy, justin, who he considered a brother.
- also briefly lived in a houseboat with his boyfriend before being forced to evacuate, almost drowning in the process.
- was presumed dead, and spent several months in the hospital recovering after the end of the fayz.
- got very into drugs when his boyfriend became a dealer - namely pot, cocaine, and very occasionally heroin.
- finally got help when they broke up at 24 and has been more or less clean since, but still indulges once in a while.
- has gone to therapy once a week since he was sixteen.
- moved to new york for art school, got a degree in visual arts.
- has written and illustrated six children’s books so far, all dedicated to justin, who didn’t make it to the end of the fayz.
- became a tattoo artist, spending a year in a shop before deciding to start traveling in a camper and doing it on the road.
- has dozens of tattoos of his own, his most important one being justin’s name on his wrist, the first tattoo he ever did.
- often rubs this tattoo when he’s feeling nervous or anxious, and has therefore had to have it touched up several times.
- still has issues with food and regularly dumpster dives for both his meals and food to donate.
- always sleeps with a nightlight.
- since getting out, he has trouble staying in the same spot for more than a few weeks, and is more often than not traveling the country in a camper with his cat, stopping for a few days here and there for tattooing or book appearances.
name roger vitali (formerly carmello).
