Sylvester Phoeniths

"'RRRRRGH-! Miles, c'mere kid. Don' you start gett'n fuck'n scared now... We need a'leas' one of us t'be brave.'""- Sylvester attempting to assure Miles in the comic, Stuck With You ."Sylvester Phoeniths is a vehement and unpredictable puppet that abides in the household that is run under Erin's lead. He contributes to the home as a chef and primarily spends his time cooking and cleaning.

He was once an Egyptian man known as Alistair Christoff before he was killed in prison and crafted into the renown pyromancing Fantoccini that he is to this day by Maxwell Fitzgarry.

He is a side-character in the first book, but a main character in the second one.

Appearance
Sylvester is a slender canid-like feline standing at 17 feet and underweighing 210 kilograms. Despite being a hardworking chef, his litheness is the product of his poor eating habits.

He wears a lengthy bubblegum-pink trenchcoat sporting stripes along the base of the tail that gradually fade as they reach the hip. A pale pink tie that neatly rests around his neck, the colour of the tie matching with the inside of the coat. He wears pale green-grey pants and a matching waistcoat beneath his suit.

He has a very crooked, elongated face with a protruding snout that is considerably dog-like. If he's mistaken for a canine, he will be extremely aggressive, but it's an understandable mistake and has come to be a hated nickname.

Sylvester's fur is a dusty shade of lilac with saturated stripes and dots decorating his tattered ears, neck, limbs, and torso. Lavender fur highlights within his ears, gullet, torso, hands, feet, and the region of his left eye, which appears to be absent and beholding stitches its place.

There is also a stitched lining that comes across the underside of his jaw, implying that his chin can be removed.

His left forearm is mechanical after having been removed and replaced with gun-like attributes. Within the casing of the metal forearm is where a trigger and cylinder is situated. His hand can twist into the shape of a pistol, index and middle fingers forming the barrel while the other two curl against the palm of his hand while his thumb imitates a hammer. His hand is detachable, hence why the bullets are kept in his arm to make the gun unusable for others.

Personality
Sylvester is a hot-headed feline in both a literal and figurative sense. He is blatantly rude and unfriendly - especially towards newcomers and reacts with agitated jealousy to those that get along well with his ex-lover, Erin.

His possessive nature can be alarming due to how defensive he can grow over objects and people. He is especially defensive over the kitchen in their home, and will unapologetically chase other housemates and guests out of the kitchen in a hysterical rage whenever there may be an attempt to enter it.

He is not someone who should be taken lightly when furious, since he will eagerly bring himself to such an extent as to murder someone else. His maniacal and volatile mood-swings make him prone to having irrational tantrums and inflicting harm on his environment and company. He is a dangerous creature to cope with due to his malicious psychosis.

Sylvester typically will find ways to make others feel guilty of doings things they haven't done, or salvage what he may deem as a justifiable reason to bring harm towards someone else. He has an intense delusional belief that everyone is out to get him. He's especially scared of strangers because he doesn't know what their intentions will be, and so just assumes that all newcomers are treacherous and merciless. He acts in violent ways to try and assert his own dominance, but results in becoming even more paranoid.

He displays diligence and unmatched resilience when he puts his mind on doing something. His intense dedication can be focused on the aforementioned reason of his protective childminding ways, or towards more sinister tasks such as killing someone. He'll react stubbornly towards anything that may oppose his task at hand. When in the wrong, Sylvester becomes doubtful and aggressive due to believing that he couldn't be in the wrong. He refuses to admit when he is being treacherous and immoral as he considers that his reasons for acting in such a way can be justifiable.Despite Sylvester's delirious rage, he proves to be very protective over children and often attempt to look after them as if they are his own. Often, he will go out of his ways to nurture a child, becoming softer and gentler when looking after one.

His mental instability warps his interpretation of emotions, and diminishes his reactions to something simple that he can understand; aggression. Sylvester appears to have difficulties comprehending his feelings towards love, as displayed through his uncertainty on how to approach Veronica or even confront and identify if what he is even feeling could be determined as love.

He tends to have hallucinations that get so intense that he believes he is getting hurt, and sometimes will begin shouting or crying at sporadic intervals. However, he has more delusions that hallucinations, and clings so strongly to these beliefs that it results in the development poor relationships.

Trivia

 * Sylvester and Erin's designs were created before Maxwell, and ultimately before the concept of Fantoccinism had been developed.
 * Sylvester was designed in June of 2016 and Maxwell was designed in October of the same year.
 * Erin and Sylvester were initially going to be brothers, with both of them following the route of Erin's backstory.
 * It was instead decided that Erin and Sylvester were once rivals that eventually became a couple.
 * Sylvester was originally going to be named either of the following names: Vernon, Alistair, Maxwell, Peter, and Zaac.
 * The name Alistair eventually became Sylvester's human name, along with his middle name.
 * The name Maxwell was forwarded to their puppeteer once he had been invented.