Lurk Smylr

Lurk Smylr(Also known as Lurk Smylr Ⅰ-φ5) is an interdimensional criminal and former famous Irken scientist.

Personality
Most of the time, Lurk is, simply put, a huge jerk. He often tends to be manipulative, selfish, emotionally distant, and ill-tempered. He also seems to enjoy teasing others and ridiculing them, finding entertainment in it. He enjoys pranks and messing around with others. Lurk also seems to take few things seriously, always managing to crack a joke out of almost everything.

However, Lurk knows when to be serious, and can be relentless. Lurk possesses an insane amount of determination, and usually refuses to quit when pursuing a goal. Unfortunately, this causes him to be often stubborn and put all of his energy into even the most unimportant of tasks(An example being traveling through 800 dimensions to find a specific brand of chicken nuggets that was sold out in his home universe.) This can often make him a sort of spoiled brat, getting very angry when he doesn't get what he wants. Lurk has a very volatile temper and can go from being calm to filled with rage in seconds. He is also prone to mood swings but usually suppresses his sadness around others.

Lurk can also be quite the trickster, often stealing things and scamming others for money. When not being given assassination contracts by his "boss", Lurk is a con artist. He will often set up fake tourist traps in space for gullible aliens, sell trash disguised as rare items to the black market, or simply just sell bagels made to look like donuts to the almighty tallest. He also possesses an endless array of holodisguises and fake identities.

Despite all of this, under the surface, Lurk intentionally acts rude and irritating to distance himself from others out of fear of abandonment. He secretly craves affection and wants to connect to others, but thinks that the second he attempts to do so, people will toss him away when he's no longer of use to them. He also seems to have a very intense form of self-hatred, causing him to view himself as nothing more than an "unlovable abomination". This is also a driving force in his awful behavior toward others. His intense self-loathing causes him to react to compliments with anger or to simply do something to irritate the person giving the compliment. If not, Lurk will accuse the person who gave the compliment of "pretending to be nice" for some ulterior motive.

Lurk also seems to enjoy making self deprecative jokes about himself, and can be quite self-destructive. If things are going well for him, he will usually self sabotage his own success. This is out of his self proclaimed acceptance that anything good that happens in his life won't last long and will inevitably end horribly. His self-destructive nature can even lead to him purposefully causing himself to be injured. Lurk also seems to enjoy causing himself pain, and will sometimes beat himself up, finding the pain "hilarious".

At worst, his intense self-loathing can lead to him attempting to commit suicide. These attempts are usually secret and always end in failure due to his regenerative abilities given to him by his boss. Lurk also seems to be an alcoholic, and will often drink to the point of passing out. He usually does this to "forget" bad things that happen, or to numb himself from his emotional pain.

Despite his crippling depression, Lurk usually chooses not to express his sadness around others(unless it's disguised as a joke). This is because of his fear of being sad. His mental state is similar to that of a porcupine, sprouting spines to protect itself. He will put on a sort of "tough guy act", pretending not to be bothered by most things. To add to this, he seems to intentionally make himself angry, believing that his anger will "protect him." Ironically, his constant emotional expression causes him to often explode and be quite emotionally unstable.

If given enough time, Lurk can eventually form bonds with others and even friendships. However, eventually, Lurk snaps and suspects that he'll be "abandoned again". This causes him to usually destroy any friendships he sometimes manages to create, whether it is by screaming out the most obscene of profanities at his new friends, or attempting to force them to attack him by any means. If none of this works, Lurk will just disappear and never speak to them again.

Lurk is also psychologically dependent on a stimulant he calls "med stims", he uses them for focus and to help "numb" the intense emotions boiling up inside of him. If they end up losing their effect after a certain period of time, or he simply runs out of them, Lurk's emotional suppression and jerk facade will quickly fall apart. During this withdrawal state, Lurk becomes incredibly clingy and emotionally unstable. He will even go as far as to sob for the smallest of reasons, and his mood will change rapidly in mere seconds. Usually, Lurk isolates himself in his pocket dimension when this occurs, so few have seen him in this state. If anyone does, Lurk will immediately deny it ever happened or even delete the memories of it happening from his PAK.

Lurk also seems to suffer from severe identity issues, often taking personality traits from others. On the bright side, this makes him an excellent actor when using his holodisguises. Sometimes, Lurk will secretly act like one of the many alter egos he's created for his fake identities. This doesn't last long, however, and Lurk usually goes back to feeling empty. There are a few things he does know about himself, however, but even then it is debatable if these things are just stolen traits, or lies Lurk tells himself to make himself fit in more with others around him.

During his days as a scientist, Lurk often preformed PAK experiments. These have led to him developing short term memory loss. At times, Lurk can even forget names or even parts of his childhood. This only worsens his identity issues. At this point, Lurk is most likely defective from how much he has indirectly damaged his PAK's memory drives.

Despite his incredibly unstable psyche, Lurk can be a terrifying adversary. During his days as a scientist on Planet Vertex, Lurk was a famous scientist well known for his knowledge of wormholes and various other scientific topics. This combined with his decades of traveling the multiverse, gathering knowledge on the nature of higher dimensions and alternate universes, makes Lurk a genius. His sheer determination, crafty personality, and tendency to always come back from a failure, make him a tough pest to get rid of. However, Lurk can be prone to laziness if a task uninteresting to him takes too much work. He also seems to be incredibly irresponsible and can be quite the coward if outmatched.

However despite his intellect and cunning personality, Lurk is prone to be impulsive at times. He also seems to be a poor planner, choosing to just make a simple checklist or list of things to do when pursuing an objective. Sometimes he will even go against his own plans if he feels the need to(or outright ruin his plans if he's feeling self-destructive.)

Also, Lurk has an intense hatred for dictators and rules, and love for chaos. He often performs little acts of rebellion against the Irken Empire, and even goes so far as to assist the meekrob in their war against the Irkens from time to time. Lurk also has an intense hatred of being told what to do, and will even sometimes do the opposite of what someone tells him to do, just for the sheer sake of being rebellious. This makes working as a team with him absolutely hellish. However, if needed, Lurk can force himself to collaborate with others for the sake of his own survival.

Lurk seems to also have a moral code of sorts, being unable to kill or harm children. He also dislikes interfering with the romantic relationships of others and seems to deeply care about the people he forms "friendships" with. He will usually not admit this to anyone, however, and instead pretends that he only keeps said people around because they "entertain him".

Ultimately Lurk's biggest flaw is that he cannot accept that he can be a good person and that even he can change for the better. Instead, he chooses to act horribly, because he believes that's all he is on the inside and the outside. He also eventually destroys anything remotely good that happens in his life, because he truly believes that he either doesn't deserve it or that all good things never last long.

History
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Darrz
Out of all people, Lurk views Darrz as the most valuable. Darrz reminds Lurk of his younger self before he was abandoned as a smeet. This causes Lurk to view Darrz as a "favorite person" of sorts. Lurk also finds it hilariously easy to manipulate Darrz into doing tasks for him, and helping him on his "missions". Despite his fear of abandonment, Darrz seems to be the person Lurk considers himself the closest to. This does not stop Lurk from often pushing him away or mistreating him, however. Their relationship is best described as toxic and codependent. Lurk also seems to be quite paranoid of him "abandoning him like everyone else". Thus he will often think of backup plans to "win him back" incase he pushes Darrz too far.

Almighty Tallest Miyuki
Lurk used to greatly respect Miyuki. However, after the events of Vertex, he wishes he could've seen her death himself. Lurk claims he would have brought popcorn and "enjoyed the show".

Almighty Tallest Spork
Before he left his home dimension, Lurk never got the chance to even know Spork existed at all. This was due to his lack of info about the outside world while committed to the Loon-E Bin. However, he eventually managed to know about him while observing alternate timelines. Apparently, Lurk is incredibly fond of him and wishes Zim hadn't gotten him killed. He believes Spork would've handled Vertex better had he been tallest during Lurk's time as a scientist.

Almighty Tallest Rango
Lurk thinks Rango's plans to ally other races and then subtly manipulate them into becoming dependent on the Empire is pure genius and respects him because of this. He also finds Rango "amusing". Lurk makes sure to not let Rango see him when he's having "mood swings", to not lose Rango's respect. Lurk also keeps his distance from him so he doesn't get too attached, similar to Darrz.

Zim
Lurk has never met Zim, and only heard about him via observing alternate timelines. Lurk is incredibly aware of Zim's hyper-destructive tendencies and even fears him because of it. One of Lurk's many crack scientific theories is that Zim is some sort of indestructible "Multiversal Filter", that prevents most of the Irken Empires in every timeline from becoming Multiverse Tier Civilizations. Thus Lurk tries to avoid Zim as much as possible, and usually just watches the disasters he causes in an alternate reality far away, with a bag of popcorn in hand.

Poltroon
Lurk has a never-ending intense hatred for Poltroon and calls her "the bane of his existence". He will frequently complain about her to strangers and overshare about her abuse toward him in his childhood. This hatred seems to be so intense Lurk will often do things he thinks Poltroon wouldn't do, just for the sake of not being anything like her. His love of chaos also seemed to have been created by his dislike of Poltroon's strictness and regulations. Lurk will even refuse to correct typos because of how much Poltroon demanded perfection from him. Lurk seems to also have an obsession with getting revenge on her, often fantasizing about torturing her in endless ways or ruining her hopes and dreams. He says he knows it's unhealthy, but "doesn't give a shit anyway". Lurk has said to have made plans for his vengeance on her for years. It is said that during his early childhood, however, that Poltroon used to be more mellow than she is now. As a smeet Lurk did love her and would forgive her abusive behavior. He thought she would one day "stop being so grumpy and be a nice mom". Unfortunately, this hope for her to change eroded after Goon left him and Poltroon. After Goon left, her terrible behavior became non-stop and got even worse. At this point, Lurk became resentful of Poltroon. After being abandoned by Poltroon, this resentment transformed into pure hatred. Despite his incessant rants about his desire to harm her, Lurk also seems to have an intense fear of her. He will often have nightmares about her taking control of his life as she did during his childhood or leaving him to die. Lurk will frequently set up defenses in his base and creates emergency plans in case she ever does return. Looking at pictures of her face also seems to cause him to disassociate and have a sense of dread. After Goon left, he would even have trouble making eye-contact with her because of how terrified of her he was. Lurk also seems to hate and fear people that even "look or act like her." This is to the point of having an inherent dislike toward Irken females with White-colored eyes(like Poltroon herself). If Poltroon ever does return, Lurk hopes to finally make her pay for ruining his childhood and enact the "perfect ultimate revenge" on her.

Tak
Lurk has never met Tak and only heard about her via observing alternate timelines(like with Zim). Lurk seems to admire her lust for revenge against Zim and finds it incredibly relatable. However, part of him seems to have a fear of her because of how much her psionic abilities remind him of Poltroon's telepathic powers. This causes him to never consider actually talking to her. Lurk also seems to find her ugly.

Trivia Of Doom

 * At some point during his childhood, he dreamed of becoming a comedian.
 * He loathes the color purple. His favorite color is pink.
 * His favorite instrument is the kazoo and the didgeridoo.
 * Lurk has an intense hatred of family relationships and hates Mother's Day with a fiery passion.
 * He speaks in a Brooklyn accent.
 * Lurk has said he enjoys torturing himself for fun and out of self hatred.
 * His favorite song is Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears because of the sheer absurdity and lack of meaning in its lyrics.
 * In his spare time, Lurk enjoys playing online games and angering random players for amusement.
 * Lurk has an intense hatred of time travel.
 * He will often stab himself with forks or claw at his arms when he has no outlet for his anger(when wearing spare limbs installed with pain receptors).
 * The current Almighty Tallests are his favorites out of all of the Almighty Tallests in the multiverse. This is only because of how much Purple amuses him, and how utterly incompetent they are at handling the empire. He eagerly waits for the day they both cause the empire to collapse.
 * Due to Poltroon's rampant experiments on his PAK when he was still a smeet, Lurk is defective. The experiments left his memory drives permanently damaged. This is what (mostly) causes his frequent memory problems.
 * Lurk hates pasta with a passion.
 * Due to the fact that this Lurk's version of the Irken race exclusively reproduces via cloning, (much like the and Reproduction series canon ), this version of Lurk was given a last name by his "mother" Poltroon(because of her rampant narcissism).
 * His full name was formerly "Lurk Poltroon", he changed his "last name" to "Smylr" during his stay in the loony bin. How he came up with his new last name is unknown.
 * When he feels like self-harming he will activate pain receptors in his cybernetic body parts. Otherwise, he cannot feel pain in them.
 * He often enjoys making jokes and references to human pop culture, despite most of his friends not knowing much about humans at all. He mostly does this to confuse them for his own amusement.
 * Lurk claims to be "an expert at pissing people off" and enjoys making people hate him. He does not admit it but this is because he believes himself to be "inherently unlikeable".
 * His robotic noodle-esque limbs(along with his accent, theme song, and rift-scythe) were heavily inspired by Spinel from Steven Universe. His theme also contains a mellotron, just like Spinel's theme does.
 * He dislikes sad movies or anything sad, because of his fear of crying.
 * Lurk has a habit of overexplaining things in unneeded detail(similar to Darrz ). He has said he does this because of how much Poltroon "refused to listen to him."
 * Lurk is an atheist.
 * He has an interest in psychology, similar to Poltroon.
 * He seems to be fond of cats and insects. Lurk also seems to enjoy collecting lifeforms he deems "as ugly and unlovable as he is". As a result, his home is often crawling with terrifying and hideous creatures he keeps as pets.
 * He would only take a selfie if it was "for a meme". Otherwise, Lurk detests taking pictures of himself.
 * Lurk hates writing and calls himself a "visual learner". To add to this, his handwriting is quite messy and he detests fixing typos. When sending text messages he will use acronyms and make careless spelling errors, believing grammar to be "a waste of time making words pretty when you can just type what's readable".
 * When she is around, Lurk enjoys using as much incorrect grammar and slang words as possible to make Terrz furious.
 * Lurk dislikes boredom immensely, and often cannot sit still. He can also be quite hyperactive.
 * He enjoys creating security measures and defenses in his base due to his rampant paranoia.
 * Lurk has an inherent distrust toward therapists because of his own experiences with terrible ones in the past. He also seems to view therapy as a whole as "a waste of time", because of how much he sees himself as a lost cause.
 * His favorite shape is the Tetrahedron.
 * If Lurk were to ever play Minecraft, his favorite biome would be the Basalt Delta.
 * He modified his DNA to allow him to digest Earth Food and consume Earth liquids. However, he is still able to be burned by Earth water like most Irkens(he enjoys intentionally burning himself with Earth water.)
 * Lurk tends to often be a massive hypocrite.
 * Sometimes he likes to hack into Terrz' base and play the Dad Dance at full volume.
 * He has an intense hatred of religion and finds the concept of a "creator" aggravating and stupid. This is mostly because of his hatred of authority or people having control or power over him. Lurk also views religious people as "a bunch of brainwashed delusional people using the idea of a god to fill the pathetic void in their lives".
 * He refuses to talk much about his boss and seems to fear him, it is unknown why.
 * He claims to be an absurdist.
 * His med stims are manufactured on Medicidion.
 * Lurk is often prone to destructive tantrums and has even "destroyed a planet or two while throwing a fit". In his childhood, he would often punch holes into walls and break things when enraged.
 * In his childhood, Goon would often spoil him rotten. At some point, he even bought Lurk a planet to his as his own personal playground.
 * As a smeet, Poltroon would create him sentient toys to serve as friends. Most of them were tossed into a black hole while he was forced to watch as punishment.
 * Most of his parent's abuse was non-physical, and they were often neglectful. However Lurk has said they "emotionally abused the hell out of him with a touch of psychological abuse". To this day Poltroon refuses to apologize or acknowledge it, and instead continues to deny it ever happened(or create excuses to defend herself).
 * He has said that he still loves his father, but refuses to talk to him out of fear of him either not apologizing for his abuse or "abandoning him again". Unlike Poltroon, Lurk does not even like to talk about him or think about him to "avoid the pain".
 * He is prone to abandonment rage when he thinks someone has "left him behind." When in this rage Lurk will do things that even break his loose sense of moral code.
 * Lurk tends to talk to himself and babble when he is stressed. This often made Poltroon tease him about being "sent to a mental hospital for talking to himself" in his childhood.
 * He has hinted to have a brother but refuses to talk about it.
 * Lurk would never "abandon" a belonging of his(especially a toy). As a result, he likes to compulsively hoard things and hates losing stuff.
 * One of his greatest fears is being like his Mother.
 * Part of the reason he hates Terrz is because of how her no-nonsense personality reminds him of Poltroon.
 * If a child were to complain to him about their family to him, Lurk would listen and empathize with them without question. Of course with Lurk being an extremist, he would then murder all of the adults in said child's family to "solve their problem".
 * Lurk has said to kill abusive parents every once in a while as a hobby, and views it as a "charitable escapade". He rarely thinks about the psychological effects of this on the children of said parents, because of how impulsive he is.
 * He has a collection of slinkies and sometimes boasts about "being the only Irken in existence capable of actually fixing one".
 * He likes to write stories about orphans.
 * It is hinted he used to own a SIR unit. What happened to them is unknown.
 * Often he will force Darrz into buying his meds for him because of how vulnerable he feels in Irken Empire controlled space.
 * He always enjoyed how much more fun and silly his father was as a child.
 * Lurk has a fanfic.net account and enjoys posting disturbing and incredibly bizarre fanfictions for his own amusement.
 * Lurk enjoys carnivals and cotton candy.