Mustel Squike

Mustel Squike, also known as technologicalRat, is the twenty-second fantroll and twenty-fifth fancharacter I posted to the forums. His symbol means "the fourth element," and its shape is reflected in his upward-curving horns. His typing quirk consists of turning any letter that makes a "K" sound into a Q, and ending all his sentences with a "==>".

His first name, Mustel, comes from "mustella" - the Latin word for a ferret or weasel. His last name, Squike, is based on the word "squeak."

Personality
Mustel is an avatar of laziness, hating to exercise or even leave his hive. He spends most of his time glued to the computer in his respiteblock, but sometimes he will navigate his way around the hive to other areas. Mustel occasionally feels guilty about being so lazy, but he tries to compensate by wearing athletic sweatpants and sneakers. Mustel is also quick to blame others for his laziness, such as his lusus or the makers of Troll Amazon.

Despite his shut-in nature, Mustel tries to be social, and often talks to others over Trollian or Skythe (Troll Skype). Social interactions make him somewhat nervous, though, because the trolls he usually talks to all knew each other before Mustel met them. Mustel often tries using humor to win them over, but others end up not understanding the jokes, and Mustel has resigned himself to being a relative outsider.

Mustel has a bit of a dirty mind, which manifests itself in strange thoughts that he avoids sharing. He also worries a lot about his quadrants, because his nature makes it difficult to form significant relationships. Mustel tries to console himself by saying the drones would never be able to find him, but he also acknowledges the truth that an imperial drone could get to him in seconds.

Mustel's best skill is computer programming, and he likes to make Flash games and bizarre applications. They have never gotten exceedingly popular. Mustel's magnum opus is doing much of the coding for Roboasis, which consisted mainly of editing FLARP data.

Lusus
Mustel's lusus is an enormous rat, who Mustel calls "Papa Rat." Papa Rat is a compulsive hoarder, and has filled Mustel's hive with pointless trash. This facilitates Mustel's laziness. Papa Rat is actually a helpful lusus, though, because he is responsible for bringing food to Mustel's respiteblock.