Fanon:Metis

Metis
Characteristics
Species	Raposa
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Fur Color	Orange
Hair Color	Unknown
Information
Home	Shadow City
Story Role	Protagonist (T35 '13, '17, '19, '22, '26) Minor Character (SR1)
Family Members	Descendant of Pheme Widow of Brontes Mother of Athena
Occupation	Co-Owner of Moondrop Pheme's Deputy Mayor (Formerly) Mayor of Shadow City
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“Frankly I wouldn’t call Wilfre a criminal. It was the Shadow that made him act up.”

–Metis

Metis is a Raposa created by GuyThatExists that appears in the short story Salem Rose Pt. 1 as a minor character. She also appears in The 35 in 5 out of 105 segments.

After working in Rapocity for some time, Metis met Pheme at Moondrop and the two of them became business partners. She would eventually learn about Virgil's work in Shadow City, attempting to get them a mayor recognized by the world, and she nominates Pheme to run. After being elected, Metis works as Pheme's Deputy until Pheme's assassination, where she becomes Mayor.

Appearance

Currently, Metis' appearance is unknown, but she likely has long ears and orange fur as she is a female Raposa.

Story

Before The 35

At one point in her life, Metis married and had a child named Athena. Eventually, Sigil invited Metis and Athena to join the Followers of Wilfre, an invitation they accepted. Some time later, Metis' spouse would pass, leaving her widowed.

The 35

2013

Metis is first seen in 2013, ordering a coffee and a muffin from Moondrop, where she meets Pheme. After receiving her coffee for free, Metis offers to help Pheme with her finances, and Pheme takes her upstairs to show Metis her vault of Rapo-Coins, Shadite, and Mannequite.

2017

Years later, Metis and Pheme would work at Moondrop together, and Metis served Brontes, who ordered her regular, so she gives it to him on the house. Shortly after, Virgil and his secretaries from Maradyn discuss their goal to open Shadow City to the outside world with Brontes, drawing the attention of everyone in the cafe. Virgil asks the crowd if they had any nominees for who could become the first official mayor of the City, and Metis nominates Pheme.

2019

After Pheme is elected to be mayor, Metis and Pheme celebrate with two Bosses, but an explosion blows the door off Pheme's vault. The two of them run upstairs to investigate, and when they head back downstairs, Metis finds a bullet hole in the wall, having gone through Pheme's Boss. Brontes, who had just appeared, is told to lock the doors by Pheme, who leads the two of them back upstairs, announcing that she was going to be assassinated.

2022

During her tenure as Deputy Mayor, Metis waits with Pheme and Brontes for confirmation that Shadow City would be renamed to Rust City. When they get the email, Metis and Brontes plan to officially get married in Rust City, but as they raise glasses to toast the new name, three shots ring out, one shatters her wine glass and she drops to the ground.

Metis calls out to Brontes and Pheme, but gets no response. After crawling around to where they were standing, she sees their bodies and shrieks, drawing some customers upstairs. She tells them to go to Rapoville and get Dr. Cure, and she attends to Brontes' body, assuming that Pheme would recover due to her rust fur. When Dr. Cure arrives, she begins giving her assistants orders, but as Metis realizes they were both dead, she calls them off and demands to have a Royal Guard assembled to take down the Shadowdwellers.

2026

Years later, Metis meets with Samuel inside the Moondrop, inviting him up to talk about Eos. Comparing their notes on Eos, they discover that Eos was working for the Shadowdwellers, and Samuel admits that he was meeting with Mayor's ghost frequently, implying that the Shadowdwellers ranks were made of ghosts and that they were likely operating on The Wasteland. However, before they can act on this hunch, they see a broadcast about the Lavasteam bombing, which claims that Ruby was responsible. Metis and Samuel note her Shadite armor and believe that Ruby's true identity was Eos, and the two of them head to Lavasteam to help with the relief effort.

Salem Rose Pt. 1

Metis is seen years later during the 10th annual Creator's Alliance meeting, chastising Mari for harboring Wilfre, and making fun of the Monkey King for not understanding the situation. She asks Mari about Aldark's location, prompting Mari to say that she doesn't know where he is. Eventually, after Miles and Russet remove Watersong and Lavasteam from the alliance, Metis follows suit with Shadow City, pulling them out of the alliance.

Quotes

“Just a black coffee for me please.” –Metis “Small please. I don't need to stay up all day. And I'll take a Boss too, please.” –Metis “Coffee on the house? I don't think you'll stay in business long, Ms. Pheme.” –Metis “Ms. Metis. I'm afraid that I'm just a widow these days. I can't even say I was alive back in the Rust City days, but I can say that I have a good grasp of business. If you're giving away coffee for free, you should be charging more than 5 coins for your pastries.” –Metis “If you're trying to offer me a job, I'll need a salary. I can't give up my work in Rapocity without a better offer.” –Metis “Oh, Creator! Now I'm upset at you for charging for pastries at all!” –Metis

“Just a moment sir! Order for Virgil?” –Metis “Alright sir, what can I get for you?” –Metis “It's the last day of the public season, everyone wants to grab a drink and a snack before we close for the winter.” –Metis “Alright, name for the order?” –Metis “Coming right up.” –Metis “You got it, black coffee and a Boss. It's my go to. On the house.” –Metis “Pheme's an amazing boss and has a lot of history here. I wouldn't count her out.” –Metis

“You did it! You actually did it!” –Metis “This is so exciting. Do we need to shut down the Moondrop?” –Metis “Boss to celebrate the new boss?” –Metis “Fuck! What was that?” –Metis “How much did they take?” –Metis “You think it was five people?” –Metis “That's a lot of info from a robbery. Are you sure it wasn't just that? A robbery?” –Metis “Not a soul.” –Metis “You were right. There was more to their plan.” –Metis

“Hush, you'll jinx it!” –Metis “Maybe we just need an internet upgrade?” –Metis “We did it! Wanna get married officially?” –Metis “We're back?” –Metis “Wait a minute, why are we doing this now? We should be celebrating! Everyone come with me!” –Metis “Let's really celebrate this time.” –Metis “To Rust City!” –Metis “Nobody move! There's glass everywhere! Hello? You guys okay? C'mon guys, answer me!” –Metis “No no no no no no no no no. Rust furs heal. She'll be fine. Brontes. Oh Creator. Fuck fuck fuck Fuck FUCK!” –Metis “Dr. Cure. Go to Rapoville and get Dr. Cure right the fuck now!” –Metis “Come on Pheme get up! You're a rustie you can survive this! Please! Please. Please. Please, please, please get up Pheme.” –Metis “Get me the Guard.” –Metis “They're dead. And I don't care who shows up. Get me Elodie. Get me Makaia. Get me fucking Mog, I don't care. Just get me an army who can take out that fucking bastard.” –Metis

“Hey! Hurry on up.” –Metis “I did. How much you got for me?” –Metis “I have my channels, but if you gotta know, I've been looking for Eos since she assassinated my friends.” –Metis “After four years of looking, Eos is the only name I can find attached to the Shadowdwellers. If it’s not her, I don't know who else it could possibly be.” –Metis “I saw that too, but no one's seen any action from them in over a decade. No one’s even seen those poor animals she did that stuff to.” –Metis “Unless you know of anyone else in your clan with rust fur, then that's Eos.” –Metis “Well they really took that symbol for themselves. Pretty much everyone here thinks of them when they see it.” –Metis “People have always claimed to see ghosts in the Rapoville forests. Pretty sure those guys are just dressing up as dead guys, but that's totally Eos.” –Metis “Dion? Wilfre's brother? Isn't that guy dead?” –Metis “What are you even talking about? I just said that these guys were cosplayers.” –Metis “The Wasteland?” –Metis “You think they're all part of the Shadowdwellers?” –Metis “Sin Sin? Should've known what?” –Metis “So you're confident that ghosts are a part of the group?” –Metis “Wait! This still doesn't answer any of my questions about Eos. How can I apprehend her? Stop her? Hell, how do I find her?” –Metis “It couldn't be...” –Metis “She's from Lavasteam.” –Metis “How would she get a bomb? How would she get that much Shadite?” –Metis “She wouldn't need a bomb...” –Metis “We need to go to Lavasteam to help them before we can act on any of this.” –Metis

“Yes, you nitwit! Although frankly I wouldn’t call Wilfre a criminal. It was the Shadow that made him act up.” –Metis “Mari, do you even know where Aldark is? Last we heard, he disappeared after fighting the Hero, vowed to come back, and then never did.” –Metis

Relationships

Family

• Pheme † - Ancestor
• Athena - Daughter
• Brontes † - Second Spouse

Allies

• Followers of Wilfre
  • Sigil †
  • Sin Sin †
  • Titania
• Virgil
• Dr. Cure
• Creator's Alliance
  • Mari
  • Kamalah
  • Steven †
  • Monkey King
• Miles
• Meeny †
• Russet
• Lock

Enemies

• Creator
• Shadowdwellers

Trivia

• The name Metis is taken from the Titaness Metis.

Media

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  A noncanon depiction of Metis made with Starryrapo's Create-A-Raposa! Character Creator