I've been planting his roots into the core of the story recently as I've really started to polish his character a bit........ and so I wanted to talk about him. Also because there's been some rising request in my inbox to talk about him. So I wanna talk about his first several weeks in the physical realm especially!!!
While all mime's true consciousness are interlinked, and they inherently are at least aware of each other's existence, El Ganso is one of the few mimes in the main cast that doesn't start out with any close ties to the others. He is a neutral wanderer with no initial direction.
He crashes in the middle of nowhere in the desert, shortly thereafter finding Maggie who seems lost, scared, and confused. Decently natured and moved by her turmoil, he stays by her side as they travel the land together.
After a day or two of wandering, and Maggie already having a connection to TyV & Chickenstab who she can sense are not all that far away, El Ganso aids in her gradual gravitation towards Lystrike. They're both really kinda slow so they're still out together alone for a little while longer, but they make it eventually.
He's happy to get her there, and he sticks around the pleasant company, but it wouldn't be too long after his arrival that TyV loses his eye, causing great upset to the aformentioned pleasantry. This wave of emotion again triggers El Ganso to try and make things right, and effectively becomes a(n emotionally) hired gun for TyV. It's around this point he starts learning what he believes to be his true calling, which is to just. Help the wronged, by any means necessary.
So he gets in kerfuffles with the Lystrike trio for a bit as he helps exact revenge for TyV. He manages what he manages, going all out but getting his heart strings tugged by the trio's fear & emotion, so rather than outright hunt down Leon (the one who destroyed TyV's eye), he just makes sure Leon's loss is equal to that of TyV's. TyV is all about equilibrium, and kind of gets El Ganso on that kick too.
After TyV's lust for vengence is quenched, El Ganso chooses to stick around the general Lystrike area, which is a hotspot for a lot of the main mimes. He picks up small jobs from a lot of them, ones that he thinks are fair and justified. Many are not vengeful, but instead other jobs like scout & retrievals, menial labor, or settling petty squabbles.
When mimes like Weepy and Holly start to come around though, with drama in the area thickening, he's caught in the middle of a lot of emotion that starts weighing on him. wow he's like an empath or smth. sorry just clicked in my head. Anyway. He wants to help so many of his peers, but many of them don't actually have rational reasoning nor the moral justification for their drama. Or rather, nobody really feels wronged in a way that El Ganso can help fix, which only makes him more stressed out x_x
But-- and here's where you Atrox & El Ganso fans may be pleased-- during a particularly heated get together of many a mime, Calamea causes some serious issues for Atrox, to which El Ganso feels more than justified in dealing with. That'd be the comic, which I'll drop below this paragraph as a reminder, taking place.
It's a little more indepth than that, that'd be the tail end of it all. But having done some right, settling his nerves a bit, he and Atrox abscond for breather from the stress for a bit. Kind of enrages Calamea, but she's too fearful of El Ganso for the time being to get too close to either of them. Weight off Atrox's shoulders for sure!
After turmoil has settled down a bit, El Ganso would decide to part ways with Lystrike so that he may continue to travel the lands and help out who he can along the way. He sticks around in the greater desert/aridecic area for a while, just because he likes the scenery & the peace it brings him. So he sees his new friends a few more times here and there.
The thing that prompts him to expand his horizons though, would be him crossing paths with an upset Hannah, who just lost her van, all possessions and memories gone with it.
El Ganso, as one could expect, is moved by her upset and starts out on a new mission to make things right for the duly wronged. Not knowing the whereabouts of the stolen van past a vague, last-known location of theft, he sets out far and wide to search for the thieves and enact justice.
Of course, while he's dedicated to his calling in this new world, he does take time to relax now and then, and enjoy what reality has to offer. Creativity and storytelling, & spending time with the friends he's acquired throughout his missions. annnnnd; An appropriately timed rabbit trail, on the subject of friends....
At first, he hangs out with Rede and Chickenstab for a brief moment in time, but really doesn't end up vibing well with Rede. El Ganso can have his tough guy moments but like. it's like trying to hang out with mime beavis and butt head for him. it's just too fuckin much sometimes. Cstab can be fine on his own but it's rare to see him without Rede.
Maggie, TyV, and Uppsulka are like family to him, and they're probably the ones he hangs out with the most. He enjoys their company, though with their very grounded lifestyle against his wanderlusty ways, he's often the one that has to go out of his way to hang out, never the other way around.
The drama club-- AKA Holly, Atrox, and Weepy (and TyV but we already talked about him shh)-- while not really a group El Ganso seeks out, is really good at pulling him in. From hang outs to arguments to sob parties, if they're nearby he's often drawn into it.
He isn't a fan of Holly like, at all, but Holly being so stuck up his own ass never really realises this and treats El Ganso like a near and dear friend, in the same plastic way he does with many of his...... lesser friends.
He thinks Weepy is a fine mime, and they get along perfectly fine, but her intense emotional reactions towards... everything, often leaves him overwhelmed. There is a mutual level of respect between them, but very different outlooks on life.
Atrox would be the easiest to get along with between the three. While he can be a bit depressive and dramatic, El Ganso understands its roots. And, because of his lemme-fix-it-fer-ya attitude, he actually has the most fun around Atrox of the three. Because he gets to wrangle up issues that Atrox can't deal with by himself, and they're tangible and rational, and he likes doing things for others in distress. Yeehaw!
He also gets along great with Bonnie and Tim specifically. Tim, who's a natural at being a good and honest friend, can pull a lot of good laughs out of El Ganso and amuse him in a way few other living beings can. And with Bonnie, there's a high level of respect between their nomadic lifestyles, and hardships faced. They are two very good story tellers, and their convos can span hours if you let them.
Okay sudden subject change now. I held one of my geese today and was reminded of how soft they can be, specifically their undersides. I think El Ganso (puppet form) would be really soft underneath that shaggy top layer of feathers 🥺.
And speaking of his puppet form, he's one of the few focus mimes that spends more time in puppet than in a humanoid state. On travel especially he prefers his puppet. He also has a great sense of direction in puppet, which aids him in his travels.
Also also also I think at night, rather than continue to seek light, he hunkers down in safety and chooses to either reflect on himself, mentally communicate with his friends, or even attempts to sleep.
As a puppet his tough guy side shows a lot more. He's a bold mime already, but he can come off a lot more aggressive in puppet if he's upset. He puppets for a lot of his gun-for-hire jobs, to which both his look and demeanor tend to scare people into submission.
Oh god and his loud voice. When he yells, especially in puppet, it's booming, and it travels. If he's riled up and in the right place, you can hear him miles away. He can parallel Jarna in volume-- though his is usually controlled and much quieter, while Jarna is just like... always turned up to 11.
ughghhhh El Ganso has changed a lot from his first iteration, & same can be said for almost any character, but he's come a long way and I love him and I love him so much this is one of those times where nothing even prompted me to write all this I just wanted to share him with you guys. honk hhonk hink honk. im running out of stream falling asleep so this is where i leave my ramble.
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